PA 765 "Public Sector Data Management" Fall, 1998
Richard LeGates Office: HSS 137
PH 338-6176 FAX 338-2391
e-mail dlegates@sfsu.edu

Terms

 

Sept 3

McLeod Terms

Ch 1: "Introduction to the Computer- Based Information System"

Data

End-user computing

Information

Information System

Ch 9: Fundamentals of Computer Processing

Application Software

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Computer Program

Computer Storage

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Hardware

Mainframe Computer

Microcomputer

Personal Computer

Random Access Memory (RAM)

Read Only Memory (ROM)

Software

ACCESS Terms

Ch 1: "Viewing, Entering, and Customizing Data"

Database

Datasheet view

Field

Form

Form view

Navigation button

Record

Relational Database

Table

Value

FrontPage Terms

Ch 1: "Planning a Website"

Browser

Cascade (a file)

Client

FrontPage Explorer

FrontPage Editor

Hyperlink

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Image map

Internet

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Intranet

Intranet

Network

Root web

Server

Web page

World Wide Web (WWW)

What You See Is What Your
Get (WYSIWYG)

 

 

 

Sept 10

McLeod Terms

Ch 15: "The Virtual Office"

Desktop publishing

Electronic mail (e-mail)

Facsimile transmission (FAX)

Knowledge worker

Office automation

Telecommuting

Videoconferencing

Virtual office

Voice mail

ACCESS Terms

Ch 4: "Controlling Database Growth"

Data type

Data entry form

Design view

Field name

Field property

One-to-one relationship

One-to-many relationship

Primary key

Primary table

Relationship

Table view

Table wizard

Ch 2: Creating Efficiency By Using Subforms

Command button

Criteria

Subform

Wildcard character

FrontPage Terms

Ch 2 "Creating A Website"

File

Folder

Homepage

Marquee

Navigation view

Rich text format

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

View

Website

 

 

 

Sept 17

McLeod Terms

CH 10: "Database Management"

Database administrator

Database management system (DBMS)

Data dictionary

Data element

File

Index

Query

Query language

Record

Ch 11Data Communication

Baud rate

Client/Server computing

Download

Firewall

Intranet

Internet

Local area network (LAN)

Modem

Peripheral device

Upload

ACCESS Terms

Chapter 3: "Viewing Only the Data you Need"

Filter

Filter by form

Filter by selection

Find button

Label wizard

Report

Sort

Subform

FrontPage Terms

Ch 3 "Connecting Webpages"

Bookmark

Child page

Hyperlink

Parent page

Shared borders

Web master

 

 

 

 

September 24    

McLeod Terms

Ch 7 "The Systems Approach"

Current state (of a system)

Desired state (of a system)

Problem (in a systems analysis)

Subsystem

System

Systems approach

Ch 8 "System Life Cycle Methodologies"

Feasibility study

Systems analysis

System life cycle

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities &

Threat (SWAT) analysis

System development life cycle

ACCESS Terms

Chapter 5: "Keeping Database Information Reliable"

Cascade updating and deleting

Data validation

Default value control

Junction table

Lookup field

Many-to-many relationship

Referential integrity

Tab order

Validy check

FrontPage Terms

Ch 4 "Formatting and Laying Out Web Pages

Cell (of a table)

Column (of a table)

Redo

Row (of a table)

Table

Theme

 

 

October 1    

McLeod Terms

Ch 13: Management Information Systems (MIS)

Computer based information
system (CBIS)

Data

Decision Support System (DIS)

End user computing

Information

Information resources management

Management Information System
(MIS)

ACCESS Terms

Chapter 7: Getting Answers to Questions About Your Data

Boolean opeartors

Expression

Query

Query language

Simple query wizard

FrontPage Terms

Chapter 6 "Creating Forms"

Boilerplate

Drop-down list

Form

Form handler

One-line text box

Radio button

Scrolling text box

Search form

Template

 

 

October 15    

McLeod Terms

McLeod Ch 21 "Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)"

Benefits subsystem

Compensation subsystem

Human relations
information system
(HRTIS)

Recruiting information subsystem

Workforce planning subsystem

Workforce management subsystem

ACCESS Terms

Ch 10 "Streamlining Data Entry"

Form wizard

Format painter

FrontPage Terms

Ch 5 "Testing and Publishing Your Web"

File transfer protocol (FTP)

Frontpage server extensions

Tasks view

Publishing (a website)

 

October 22    

McLeod Terms

Ch 22 "Information Resources Information System (IRIS)"

Access control

Backup plan

Chief Information Officer
(CIO)

Cold site

Data security

Hacker

Hot site

Information Resources Information System (IRIS)

ACCESS Terms

Ch 11 "Customizing a Report"

Detail section

Page footer

Page header

Report Header

FrontPage Tems

Ch 5 "Adding Multi-media To Your Web"

AU file

AVI file

Bitmap

Graphics Interchange
Format (GIF) file

Hotspot

Hover button

Image map

Joint Photographic Expert
Group (JPEG) file

MIDI file

Multimedia

WAV file