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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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).






21. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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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32. 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.






33. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.






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






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






48. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






49. 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.






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







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