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1. 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).






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.






7. 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






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.






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






42. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






43. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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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48. Describes how best to represent information






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






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







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