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1. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.






2. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.






3. The ability to capture and store information gathered from a form into a database. Database integration also refers to the ability to extract and display information from a database on a website.






4. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.






5. A business presentation combining concise text and graphics. Schematic reports should be brief - well organized - and easy to navigate. Though usually designed in PowerPoint - schematic reports are intended primarily to be read rather than projected.






6. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts






7. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data






8. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.






9. The process of uncovering the numbers that contribute to creating a summary number. Drill down is like being shocked at you ATM balance and then calling the bank to get a list of withdrawls and payments made against your account.






10. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.






11. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.






12. Look like standard reports but with a major difference. They are interactive and allow the user to drill down to disover the source for the summary numbers.






13. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.






14. The total interest paid over the life of the loan. The finance charge is calculated by adding up all of the loan payments and then subtracting from this total the amount originally borrowed.






15. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.






16. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.






17. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.






18. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse






19. A built in Excel function that calculates loan payments. Inputs to the function include the loan amount (pv) - the interest rate (rate) - and the number of loan payments (nper).






20. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.






21. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.






22. A model report in which the theme is predefined. In some templates even some of the slides are already created. For example - the Pitchbook template includes a title slide - a table of contents slide - and a section heading slide.






23. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table






24. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.






25. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure






26. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table






27. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.






28. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.






29. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.






30. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness






31. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns






32. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate






33. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






34. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.






35. A wat to get information out of a database. Often a report will gather information together from multiple tables and present it as a single table






36. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.






37. This is a job title typical for an IS graduate. Business analysts work both with business units such as Human Resources and the programmers. They discover the needs of the business unit and then translate those needs into documentation for the progra






38. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.






39. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.






40. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.






41. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.






42. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.






43. Describes how best to represent information






44. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.






45. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.






46. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.






47. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.






48. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.






49. A method for designing information systems. The life cycle proceeds through the following stages: an analysis of the current state - development of requirements - design of a solution - development from the design and finally to implementation or rol






50. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure







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