COMMERCE 1E03 Chapter Appendix A: APPENDIX A

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMMERCE 1E03
• Professor: Rita Cossa

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Information technology (it): technology that helps companies change business by allowing them to use new methods. Business intelligence (bi): bi refers to a (cid:448)ariety of soft(cid:449)are appli(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s that a(cid:374)alyse a(cid:374) orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s raw data and take useful insights from it. Intranet: a companywide network, closed to public access, that uses internet-type technology. Extranet: a semi-private network that uses internet technology and allows more than one company to access the same information or allows people on different servers to collaborate. Virtual private network (vpn): a pri(cid:448)ate data (cid:374)et(cid:449)ork that (cid:272)reates se(cid:272)ure (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s, or (cid:862)tu(cid:374)(cid:374)els,(cid:863) over regular internet lines. Broadband technology: technology that offers users a continuous connection to the internet and allows users to send and receive mammoth files that include voice, video, and data much faster than ever before. Internet2: the new internet system that links government supercomputer centres and a select group of u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersities; it ru(cid:374)s (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) 22,000 ti(cid:373)es faster tha(cid:374) today"s pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) i(cid:374)frastru(cid:272)ture a(cid:374)d supports heavyduty applications.