CET 3010

Introduction to Information Technology

Wiki-Text

 

Chapter 1 - IT and Business Overview

 

The Digital Economy

 

The Digital Economy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_economy

Globalization - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization

Business Impact Analysis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Impact_Analysis

 

IT Support Structures

 

Technical Support Structures - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IT_Support

Outsourcing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing

New Economy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economy

 

Information Systems and Information Technology

 

Information Technology - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology

Information Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_systems

 

 

Real-time Enterprises and Systems

 

Enterprise Information Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Information_System

Enerprise Software - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_software

 

Porters Models

 

Porter Five Force Analysis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter%27s_5_forces

 

Definitions (General Business Terms for Chapter 1)

 

Adapative (business) Strategy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_strategy

Affiliate Marketing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing

Business Model - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model

Business Operations - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_operations

Computer Hardware - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware

Computer Network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network

Computer Software - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software

Core Competency - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_competency

Database - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database

Digital Economy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_economy

Extranet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extranet

Information Ethics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_ethics

Information Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_systems

Information Technology - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology

Intranet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet

Real-time Systems (part of ERP) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning

Requestion for Quote (or quotation) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_quotation

Sabanes-Oxley Act - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes-Oxley_Act

Value Proposition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_proposition

 

Chapter 2 - Overview Managing Information Systems

 

Categorizing Information Systems

 

Transaction Processing Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction_processing_systems

Management Information Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_systems

Decision Support Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_support_systems

Expert Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_systems

Office Automation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Automation

Business Intelligence Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_intelligence

Global Information System - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_information_system

 

The Business Supply Chain

 

Management - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managerial

Supply Chain - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain

Build to Order - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_to_order

Build to Stock - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_to_stock

 

 

Computing Environment and Categories

 

Grid Computing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing

Utility Computing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_computing

Hosted Service Provider - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosted_service_provider

Software as a Service - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service

Mobile Computing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_computing

Pervasive Computing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervasive_computing

 

Technical Computing Terms

 

Transaction Processing -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction_processing

Service Oriented Architecture - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture

Web Services - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service

Virtualization - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization

Open Source Software - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software

 

Other Definitions

 

Knowledge Workers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_workers

 

 

Chapter 3 - Databases

 

Catergory: Database Management Systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Database_management_systems

 

Types of Databases

 

Relational Databases - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database

XML Database - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xml_database

Object Databases - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_database

Hierarchical Databases - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_model

Flat File Databases - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_file_database

 

Major Parts of a (Relational) Database

 

Database Tables - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_table

Database Views - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_(database)

Database Relationships (Keys) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_model

Foreign Keys - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_key

Primary Key - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_key

Constraints - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint_(database)#Constraints

Database Index - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_index

Stored Procedures - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_procedure

 

Database Languages

 

Structured Query Language (SQL) -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL

 

Functional Database Types

 

Database -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database

Document Management System - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system

Data Warehouse - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_warehouse

Distributed Database -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_database

 

Chapter 4 - Networking