[COMM 205] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 19 pages long Study Guide!
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Comm205 lecture 2: explain what an information system is and describe its basic components. Information systems is the collection of technologies, people and processes designed to create, store and analyse information for a specific purpose. Information technology deals with the technology involved in the systems themselves, and typically includes hardware, software, databases and networks. Software: program/collection of programs that enable hardware to process data. Network: system that permits different computers to share resources. Data: collection of raw facts such as business transactions, unprocessed facts of interest to end users. Information: meaningful, presentable, aggregation of facts that is useful to research of human beings in management and decision making. Process: steps undertaken to carry out a specific business activity in order to achieve a desired outcome or goal. People: individuals (e. g. managers, end users, system analysts, programmers) directly involved with the information system.
