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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.






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






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






4. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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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19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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).






26. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Describes how best to represent information






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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