EECS 1520 Study Guide - Final Guide: Circular Reference, Spreadsheet, E-Commerce

• School: York University
• Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Course: EECS 1520
• Professor: John Hofbauer

Document Summary

Information system software that helps the user organizes and analyzes data. Three of the most popular general application information systems are electronic spreadsheets, database management systems, and ecommerce. Spreadsheet is a convenient tool for basic data analysis based on extensible formulas that define relationships among the data. Database management systems are geared toward managing large amounts of data that are often searched and organized into appropriate subsections. Electronic commerce, by comparison, is relatively new, coming about with the advent of the world wide web. These systems manage all aspects of buying and selling on the internet. Spreadsheet a program that allows the user to organize and analyze data using a grid of cells. Cell an element of a spreadsheet that can contain data or a formula that is used to calculate a value. Data stored in a cell can be text, numbers, or special data such as dates.