MGCR 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Web Server, Graphical User Interface, Computer Hardware
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Better understand the possibilities and impact of technology. Better decisions regarding the strategic value of it and the potential for technology-driven savings. To appreciate the challenges, costs, security vulnerabilities, legal and compliance issues, and limitations involved in developing and deploying technology solutions. Appreciate the key role of technology in partnerships, merger and acquisitions, and firm valuation. Computer program or collection of programs - sets of instructions that tell the hardware what to do. The collection of programs that control the hardware. A range of which include end-uses programs and the complex set of programs that manage a business" inventory, payroll, and accounting. Operating system: provides a common set of controls for managing computer hardware, making it easier for users to interact with computers and for programmers to write application software. Graphical user interface: items like scroll bars and menus are displayed on the hardware of the computer display.