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Accounting Information Systems, 3rd Edition TEST BANK by
Vernon Richardson, Verified Chapters 1 - 18, Complete Newest
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data warehouse - ANSWER:an integrated collection of enterprise-wide data that
includes five to ten fiscal years of nonvolatile data, used to support management in
decision making and planning

operational database - ANSWER:contains the data that are continually updated as
transactions are processed. Usually, it includes data for the current fiscal year and
supports day-to-day operations and record keeping for the transaction processing
system

batch processing - ANSWER:requires that all similar transactions be grouped
together for a specific time and then this group of transactions is processed as a
batch. It is best suited to applications having large volumes of similar transactions
that can be processed at regular intervals

computer network - ANSWER:two or more computers linked together to share
information and resources

data mining - ANSWER:the process of searching data within the data warehouse for
identifiable patterns that can be used to predict future behavior

online processing - ANSWER:requires that the transaction is processed immediately
and in real time so that the output is available immediately

local area network - ANSWER:one type of computer network that spans a relatively
small area. It is mostly confined to a single building or group of buildings and
intended to connect computers within an organization

internet - ANSWER:the global computer network, or "information super-highway." It
developed from a variety of university and government sponsored computer
networks that have evolved and are now made up of millions of computers and
subnetworks throughout the world

sequential access - ANSWER:files store records in sequence, with one record stored
immediately after another. The sequence is usually based on a key field such as
employee number or customer number

random access - ANSWER:files store records in random order on a disk media. Since
records are distributed randomly on the disk surface, an underlying system enables
the computer to find a record among the random records using a randomized
formula

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