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1. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.
client side development
differentiate
schematic report
market segment
2. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.
drill down
latency
site template
pie chart
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.
database integration
latency
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
finance charge
4. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.
form
SQL
fixed cost
payment (PMT) function
5. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.
PowerPoint presentation
Doing Business As (DBA) license
static reports
business intelligence
6. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.
theme
contribution margin
primary key
finance charge
7. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.
enterprise systems
system development life cycle
schematic report
business intelligence
8. 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.
camelback notation
form
website authoring tools
template
9. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together
business intelligence
foreign key
report
assumptions area
10. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.
differentiate
market segment
sensitivity analysis
layout
11. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.
gadgets
camelback notation
analytical design
differentiate
12. 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
cloud development
page template
report
SQL
13. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.
dashboard
pie chart
template
client side development
14. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.
gadgets
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
enterprise systems
Pitchbook
15. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.
page template
website authoring tools
information systems
static reports
16. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.
information systems
demographics
drill down
sensitivity analysis
17. 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
usibility
Porter's five forces
extract - transform - load (ETL)
business analyst
18. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.
differentiate
master
data warehouse
PowerPoint presentation
19. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.
schematic report
foreign key
SQL
affinity
20. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.
finance charge
data mining
assumptions area
fixed cost
21. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse
theme
usibility
variable cost
extract - transform - load (ETL)
22. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness
singularity
data warehouse
payment (PMT) function
primary key
23. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.
scatterplot
Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)
microfinance
industry Analysis
24. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.
form
finance charge
enterprise resource planning
camelback notation
25. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.
primary key
pie chart
schematic report
enterprise resource planning
26. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure
cloud development
Pitchbook
bar graph
database
27. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.
user centered design
industry Analysis
layout
master
28. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.
usibility
cloud development
gadgets
schematic report
29. 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.
finance charge
business intelligence
relational database
system development life cycle
30. 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).
finance charge
website authoring tools
payment (PMT) function
SQL
31. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.
theme
report
information systems
Pitchbook
32. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.
enterprise systems
assumptions area
scatterplot
sensitivity analysis
33. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns
Porter's five forces
differentiate
page template
database
34. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.
dynamic reports
extract - transform - load (ETL)
theme
dashboard
35. An unfortunate reuse of the word template
Pitchbook
page template
business analyst
cloud development
36. Describes how best to represent information
assumptions area
payment (PMT) function
analytical design
database
37. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.
camelback notation
site template
variable cost
bar graph
38. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.
primary key
enterprise systems
market segment
schematic report
39. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.
extract - transform - load (ETL)
camelback notation
Doing Business As (DBA) license
cloud development
40. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table
market segment
primary key
layout
pie chart
41. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.
form
market segment
static reports
industry Analysis
42. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.
landscape orientation
variable cost
data warehouse
information systems
43. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.
latency
enterprise systems
page template
relational database
44. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.
report
static reports
relational database
Porter's five forces
45. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.
SQL
microfinance
business intelligence
gadgets
46. 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.
data mining
variable cost
master
layout
47. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.
database integration
affinity
camelback notation
form
48. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.
relational database
landscape orientation
affinity
line graph
49. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure
form
line graph
SQL
information systems
50. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.
scatterplot
sensitivity analysis
report
SQL