CIS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, Firefox, Common Application

• School: ASU
• Department: Computer Information Systems
• Course: CIS 105
• Professor: Mc Carthy Matthew

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Quiz next thurs. on chapters 1,7, & 15. Management of a computer-based information system, particularly software and hardware. *get passion out of your head in business* Voip phones? (get this wrong and you affect your business profoundly. ) Leader: buy newest technology and get an edge. *-follower: wait to see what works and loses an edge. Business computing hardware tangible and physical aspects of computing hardware: mainframe- size of a fridge, midrange, microcomputer. System software: among other things, collection of system software that makes hardware work. Collection of computer programs that accomplish a specific task. Operating systems (platforms)-collection of computer programs that work together to manage hardware and software and makes sure the computer is working correctly: file management, multitasking, memory management, disk management. *common business operating systems (platforms: microsoft windows, mac os, linux (free, unix. Performs particular tasks like creating budgets, resumes, or professional presentations. Chances of an application software not meeting an end user"s needs are remote.