KuTenk 2000 - ITOT110105-An Executive’s Guide to Information Technology—Principles, Business Models, and Terminology

by Robert Plant and Stephen Murrell 

2007 (384 pages)

ISBN:9780521853361

A concise review of the most important aspects of information technology from a business perspective, this book provides a clear definition for each term, as well as an unbiased appraisal of its business value proposition.

An Executive’s Guide to Information Technology—Principles, Business Models, and Terminology

Introduction

A

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ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)—Audio

B

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Backup—Business Process Re-engineering

C

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C, C++, C#—Cracking

D

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Database—Dynamic Web Pages

E

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e-Commerce/e-business—European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Commerce 2002

F

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Fiber optics—Fuzzy logic

G

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Global positioning system—Groupware

H

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Hacker—Hypertext, HTML

I

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ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)—ISP (Internet service provider)

J

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Java—Joint application design (JAD)

K

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Knowledge-based systems—Knowledge management

L

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LAN/WAN/subnet/internet/intranet—Logic programming

M

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Machine learning—Multicast

N

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Natural language processing (NLP)—Normalization

O

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Object-oriented—Outsourcing

P

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Packet switching and circuit switching—Public key-private key

Q

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Quantum computing—Quantum computing

R

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RAID (redundant array of independent disks)—RSS (Really simple syndication)

S

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)—Structured design methodologies

T

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T-Carrier—Trojan horse

U

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UML (Unified Modeling Language)—URL (Uniform resource locator)

V

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Value added network (VAN)—Voice over IP (VoIP)

W

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W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium)—WYSIWYG

X

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X.12—XML

Y

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Y2K problem—Y2K problem

Z

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Zip—Zip