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1. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
form
template
gadgets
database
2. 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.
PowerPoint presentation
fixed cost
database integration
camelback notation
3. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
Pitchbook
analytical design
extract - transform - load (ETL)
business intelligence
4. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
template
SQL
PowerPoint presentation
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
5. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
layout
database integration
scatterplot
startup costs
6. Model slides that define the theme elements. The slide master defines the background elements - colors - and fonts. The layout masters provide a menu of possible layouts to apply to a slide.
form
camelback notation
master
template
7. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
website authoring tools
assumptions area
SQL
finance charge
8. 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).
theme
pivot table
payment (PMT) function
relational database
9. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
page template
contribution margin
foreign key
schematic report
10. 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.
pie chart
enterprise resource planning
dynamic reports
database integration
11. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
static reports
payment (PMT) function
SQL
foreign key
12. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.
database integration
affinity
drill down
data warehouse
13. An analysis of five key forces which profiles the attractiveness of an industry. These include the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers - barriers to entry - threat of substitutes - and the competitive rivalry of firms already in the industry.
14. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.
pie chart
Doing Business As (DBA) license
bar graph
usibility
15. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
pivot table
primary key
camelback notation
cloud development
16. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.
enterprise systems
contribution margin
dashboard
landscape orientation
17. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
PowerPoint presentation
client side development
foreign key
form
18. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
gadgets
Pitchbook
assumptions area
industry Analysis
19. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
assumptions area
business intelligence
system development life cycle
static reports
20. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
pie chart
landscape orientation
theme
master
21. 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
pie chart
foreign key
report
cloud development
22. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
enterprise systems
database integration
static reports
drill down
23. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
static reports
pivot table
sensitivity analysis
relational database
24. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.
site template
variable cost
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
page template
25. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
singularity
data mining
enterprise resource planning
database integration
26. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
demographics
layout
enterprise systems
singularity
27. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts
scatterplot
theme
Porter's five forces
database integration
28. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
analytical design
relational database
camelback notation
static reports
29. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
bar graph
differentiate
user centered design
drill down
30. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.
page template
differentiate
analytical design
startup costs
31. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
singularity
PowerPoint presentation
gadgets
dynamic reports
32. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
microfinance
latency
data warehouse
extract - transform - load (ETL)
33. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
foreign key
layout
information systems
bar graph
34. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
schematic report
microfinance
theme
variable cost
35. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
demographics
database
startup costs
line graph
36. 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
system development life cycle
dynamic reports
primary key
page template
37. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
database
camelback notation
theme
usibility
38. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
database
website authoring tools
market segment
business intelligence
39. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
theme
form
affinity
fixed cost
40. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
Pitchbook
landscape orientation
system development life cycle
master
41. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.
data mining
industry Analysis
enterprise resource planning
startup costs
42. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
primary key
usibility
form
contribution margin
43. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
line graph
dynamic reports
data mining
form
44. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.
business intelligence
enterprise systems
assumptions area
fixed cost
45. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
foreign key
SQL
bar graph
data mining
46. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
Doing Business As (DBA) license
relational database
startup costs
usibility
47. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
business intelligence
Porter's five forces
pivot table
form
48. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
primary key
form
data mining
layout
49. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.
singularity
extract - transform - load (ETL)
client side development
latency
50. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
bar graph
startup costs
market segment
site template