ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS Core Concepts of ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS Moscove, Simkin & Bagranoff Developed by: S. Bhattacharya, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Chapter 16 Information Technology and AISs Introduction The Importance of Information Technology to Accountants Input, Processing and Output Devices Secondary Storage Devices Data Communications and Networks Computer Software

The Importance of Information Technology to Accountants The AICPA’s Top 10 Information Technologies for 2004 Information Security Anti-Spam Technology Digital Organization Database and Application Integration Wireless Technology Disaster Recovery Data Mining Virtual Office Business Exchange Technology Messaging Applications

Input, Processing and Output Devices Input Devices Source documents and data transcription POS devices MICR OCR Plastic cards with magnetic strips Microcomputer input devices Audio input

Input, Processing and Output Devices Central Processing Units Primary memory Microprocessors Computers, processing speeds and AISs

Input, Processing and Output Devices Printers Video output Multimedia

Secondary Storage Devices Magnetic (hard) disks Floppy disks CD-ROMs and DVDs Flash memory Image processing

Data Communications and Networks Communication Channels and Protocols LANs WANs Client/Server Computing Wireless Data Communications

Computer Software Operating Systems Application Software Programming Languages

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