Additional layer used by Web-based software to communicate with existing systems

Analysis that adjusts costs and benefits to reflect the time at which they occur

storing

Framework for organizing

and managing data

Integrated collection of data that can include seemingly unrelated information

and operations to other countries

purposes as a forum

support

Serves the same

or similar

Practice of shifting IT development

or maintenance to an outside firm

Transfer of systems development

operation

Individual who manages and supports a database management system

Determines how long it takes an information system to pay for itself

and reports

layouts

Code that combines data from different item attributes or characteristics

Examples of this type of software are Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel

Similar to blueprints that describes actual processes

Allow users to design their own data entry forms and reports

Prevents unauthorized access to data by converting it to unreadable characters

Document that spells out the service and support levels required by a company

Used to obtain price quotations or bids for specific products or services

A person

or event for which data is collected and maintained

thing

place

Percentage rate that compares the return received from a project to its costs

Serves the same

or similar

purposes as a report generator

Can be affected by network limitations in a traditional development environment

Common field that can be used to establish a relationship between two tables

Used during system design to organize

access

Firm that offers outsourcing solutions

and maintain data structures

Provides the right to use software under certain terms and conditions

or event

Set of field values that describes a single person

Includes the requirements of a new system and recommendations to management

Obtained from a vendor or application service provider

place

thing

understand

Company that develops software with the purpose of it being sold

Data that a user can view

Has a variable fee based on the number of users having access to an application

and access regardless of how it is stored

Software that integrates different applications and allows them to exchange data

The end product of the SDLC systems analysis phase

Phase in which it is determined if in-house development is the best solution

Abbreviation code that uses a combination of letters that are easy to remember

Term that is synonymous with usage model

Model in which vendors develop and sell application packages to customers

Utilizes standard business software to enhance user productivity

Charges a variable fee based on the volume of operations performed

Field that is neither a primary key nor a candidate key

Includes features that allow users to interact effectively with an application

Software package developed to meet the needs of a specific type of business

Creates table designs by assigning specific fields or attributes to each table

Measures the time a package takes to process a certain number of transactions

Associated with different users as means of establishing their levels of access

Firm that delivers an application by charging a usage fee