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






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






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






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






6. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






50. 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.







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