Computer Science 1032A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Software, Six Sigma, Texas Instruments

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Diane Goldstein

Document Summary

Information system (is): a group of components that interact to produce information. Components: hardware, software, data, procedures, people. Mis: the development and use of information systems that help businesses achieve their goals and objectives. Elements: development and use, information systems, business goals and objectives. Information technology (it): refers to methods, inventions, standards, and products. Refers to raw technology and it concerns only the hardware, software, and data components of an is. Information and communications technologies (ict) sector: the industry sector most closely related to the use of information systems in canada. More people work in this sector than in agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining combined. Three occupations that the ictc believes will have above-average growth rates: manager, computer and information systems, information systems analysts and consultants, user-support technicians. Predicts that the number of transistors on a computer chip would double roughly every two years (20 months). David ticoll suggested that within the next decade: