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| software for securing information systems that allows only specific users access to specific computers, applications or data |
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| Testing performed by the development organization to assess whether the entire sytem meets the design requirments of the users |
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individual piece of information about an entity in a database
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| Using information systems to do an activity faster, cheaper, and perhaps with more accuracy |
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| Best-cost provider strategy |
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| Strategy to offer products or services of reasonably good quality at competitive prices |
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| testing performed by actual sustem users with actual data in their work enviroment |
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| body characteristics such as fingerprints, retinal patterns in the eye, or facial characteristics that allow the unique identification of a person |
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| short for software robot. a program that works in the back ground to provide some service when a specific event occurs |
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| Brick and mortar business strategy |
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| a business approach exclusively utilizing physical locations, such as department stores, business offices, and manufacturing plants, without an online presense |
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| bricks and clicks business strategy |
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| a business strategy utilizing both physical locations and virtual locations. |
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| large fluctuations in suppliers forecasts caused by small fluctuations in demand for the end product and the need to create safety buffers |
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| Business to business (B2B) |
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| electronic commerce between business partners, such as suppliers and intermediaries |
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| Central processing unit (CPU) |
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| responsible for performing all the operations of the computer. |
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| click only business strategy |
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| a business approach that exclusively utilizes an online presence. |
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| any computer, such as a users workstation or PC on a network, or any software application, such as a work processing application, that requests and uses the services provided by a server |
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| the activities withn a value chain that process inputs and produce outputs, including inbound logistics, operations and manufacturing, outbound logistics, marking and sales and customer service |
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