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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.






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






9. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






10. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.






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






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






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






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.






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






16. 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






17. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.






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






28. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.






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






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






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






32. 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






33. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.






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






35. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






36. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together






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






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






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






40. 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.

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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.






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






47. 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.






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






49. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.






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






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