BUS 237 Chapter 6: MIS Chapter 6 Networks and Collaboration.docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Zorana Svedic

Document Summary

Occurs when two or more people work together to achieve a common goal, result or product. Email, virtual private networks, im, and more sophisticated communication systems, dependent on the network technology available in an organization. A process or procedure by which content is created, edited, used and disposed. The larger the number of people using a network, the more valuable that network becomes. A collection of dozens of satellites orbiting the earth that transmit precise microwave signals. A gps receiver can calculate its position by measuring the distance between itself and several of the satellites. A collection of computers that communicate with one another over transmission lines. Physical media, such as copper cable and optical fibre (glass fibre) cable, or wireless media transmitting light or radio frequencies (including cellular and satellite systems) which transmit electronic signals. A network that connects computers that reside in a single geographical location on the premises of the company that operates the lan.