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\.3D printing - Answer-Builds—layer by layer in an additive process—a three-dimensional solid
object from a digital model.
\.acceptable use policy (AUP) - Answer-A policy that a user must agree to follow in order to be
provided access to a network or to the Internet.
\.access point (AP) - Answer-The computer or network device that serves as an interface
between devices and the network.
\.accessibility - Answer-Refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or
perform when operating a system.
\.accounting - Answer-Analyzes the transactional information of the business so the owners and
investors can make sound economic decisions.
\.accounting and finance ERP component - Answer-Manages accounting data and financial
processes within the enterprise with functions such as general ledger, accounts payable,
accounts receivable, budgeting, and asset management.
\.accounting department - Answer-Provides quantitative information about the finances of the
business including recording, measuring, and describing financial information.
\.active RFID tags - Answer-Have their own transmitter and a power source (typically a battery).
,\.adaptive computer device - Answer-Input devices designed for special applications for use by
people with different types of special needs.
\.administrator access - Answer-Unrestricted access to the entire system.
\.advanced encryption standard (AES) - Answer-Introduced by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), AES is an encryption standard designed to keep government
information secure.
\.adware - Answer-Software that, although purporting to serve some useful function and often
fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the
consent of the computer user.
\.affinity grouping analysis - Answer-Reveals the relationship between variables along with the
nature and frequency of the relationships.
\.Agile BI - Answer-An approach to business intelligence (BI) that incorporates Agile software
development methodologies to accelerate and improve the outcomes of BI initiatives.
\.agile methodology - Answer-Aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous
delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process with a design point
that uses the bare minimum requirements.
\.agile MIS infrastructure - Answer-Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications
equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the
organization's goals.
\.algorithm - Answer-A mathematical formula placed in software that performs an analysis on a
data set.
,\.ambient digital experience - Answer-A blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic
environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the user moves from
one place to another.
\.analysis latency - Answer-The time from which data are made available to the time when
analysis is complete.
\.analysis paralysis - Answer-Occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of over-analysis
(or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the
outcome.
\.analysis phase - Answer-Analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals
into defined functions and operations of the intended system.
\.analytical information - Answer-Encompasses all organizational information, and its primary
purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks.
\.analytics - Answer-The science of fact-based decision making.
\.anomoly detection - Answer-The process of identifying rare or unexpected items or events in a
data set that do not conform to other items in the data set.
\.anti-spam policy - Answer-States that email users will not send unsolicited emails (or spam).
\.antivirus software - Answer-Scans and searches hard drives to prevent, detect, and remove
known viruses, adware, and spyware.
, \.appliance - Answer-A computer dedicated to a single function, such as a calculator or
computer game.
\.application programming interface (API) - Answer-A set of routines, protocols, and tools for
building software applications.
\.application service provider license - Answer-Specialty software paid for on a license basis or
per-use basis or usage-based licensing.
\.application software - Answer-Used for specific information processing needs, including
payroll, customer relationship management, project management, training, and many others.
\.arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) - Answer-Performs all arithmetic operations (for example, addition
and subtraction) and all logic operations (such as sorting and comparing numbers).
\.artificial intelligence (AI) - Answer-Simulates human intelligence such as the ability to reason
and learn.
\.As-Is process model - Answer-Represents the current state of the operation that has been
mapped, without any specific improvements or changes to existing processes.
\.asset - Answer-Anything owned that has value or earning power.
\.asset tracking - Answer-Occurs when a company places active or semipassive RFID tags on
expensive products or assets to gather data on the items' location with little or no manual
intervention.
\.asynchronous communication - Answer-Communication such as email in which the message
and the response do not occur at the same time.