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

public key encryption  

Uses two keys: one shared (or public) and

one private.

public key infrastructure(PKI)  

System for creating public and

private keys using a certificate authority (CA) and digital

certificates for authentication. 

pull-based model  

Supply chain driven by actual customer orders or

purchases so that members of the supply chain produce and

deliver only what customers have ordered.

pure-play  

Business models based purely on the Internet. 

push-based model  

Supply chain driven by production master

schedules based on forecasts or best guesses of demand for

products, and products are “pushed” to customers. 

query language  

Software tool that provides immediate online

answers to requests for information that are not predefined.