Kenneth C. Laudon,Jane P. Laudon Management Information System 12th Edition pdf

offshore outsourcing  

Outsourcing systems development work or

maintenance of existing systems to external vendors in another

country.

on-demand computing  

Firms off-loading peak demand for

computing power to remote, large-scale data processing centers,

investing just enough to handle average processing loads and

paying for only as much additional computing power as the

market demands. Also called utility computing.

on-line analytical processing (OLAP)  

Capability for manipulating

and analyzing large volumes of data from multiple perspectives.

online processing  

A method of collecting and processing data in

which transactions are entered directly into the computer system

and processed immediately.

online transaction processing  

Transaction processing mode in

which transactions entered on-line are immediately processed by

the computer.