BM Ch 12 Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. private business that maintains the websites of individuals and organizations on its web servers for a fee.
  2. 5. name given to the data storage systems over widely dispersed Internet networks.
  3. 7. computer that contains the software and stores the data for nerworks.
  4. 8. data processed into meaningful way
  5. 11. top computer executive
  6. 12. program that helps users locate information on networks.
  7. 14. in 1965 that the amount of data that a computer chip could process would double about every 18 months.
  8. 17. process of using data in databases to find relationships between individuals and their behavior or preferences.
  9. 19. computer that stores data and application software for all workstations.
  10. 20. is a secured, private network that companies use to share certain information with selected people outside the organization, such as suppliers and major customers.
  11. 24. integrates data from various departments to make the information available to help managers with day-to-day business operations.
  12. 27. helps managers consider alternatives in making specific decisions.
  13. 28. private company network that allows employees to shared resources across various locations.
  14. 29. network of linked computers that serves users in a single building or burial complex.
Down
  1. 1. combines and summarizes ongoing transactions within the company to provide top-level executives with information needed to make decisions affecting the goals and direction of an organization.
  2. 2. occurs when the median nerve, which runs through a tunnel in the wrist, is compressed or irritated.
  3. 3. program that keeps track of shoppers' selections as they shop, provides an order form for them to complete, and submits the form to the company through the Internet.
  4. 6. website owner's unique name that identifies the site.
  5. 8. worldwide network of linked computers that allows users to transfer data and information from one computer to another anywhere in the world.
  6. 9. consists of a set of standards that have made the Internet accessible to the average person.
  7. 10. network of linked computers that covers users in a geographic area such as a city, state, or country.
  8. 13. management information system that allows multiple sources of information to be displayed graphically.
  9. 15. using the Internet for telephone services.
  10. 16. uses special software that screens people who enter a network by requesting specific information such as passwords.
  11. 18. The science of adapting equipment to the work and health needs of people.
  12. 21. movement of information from one location to another
  13. 22. collection of data organized in a way that makes the data easy to find, update, and manage.
  14. 23. A computer system that processes data into meaningful information.
  15. 25. people who work with information
  16. 26. virtual community that allows users to post information about themselves and share that information with others.