Office Systems and Technology Chapter 1 Terminology and Basic Concepts of Information Processing Tammy Prater CPS
The Information Processing Cycle Data Origination Online processing Batch processing Source documents Data Input Batch input Online input Processing Processing time Central processing unit (CPU) Storage Kilobytes:1 thousand bytes Megabytes:1 million bytes Gigabytes:1 billion bytes Terabytes:1 trillion bytes Petabyte:1 quadrillion bytes Data Output Distribution
Information Processing Operations, Modes, and Concepts Basic Operations Recording Source Document (manual time cards) Source Data Automation (online time card) Duplicating Verifying Classifying Sorting Merging Calculating Storing and retrieving Summarizing Report writing
Information Processing Operations, Modes, and Concepts, (cont.) Advantages of Using Computers Speed Microseconds: one millionth (micro) Nanoseconds: one billionth (nano) Picoseconds: one trillionth (pico) Accuracy Consistency Reliability (down time) Operation Modes Input and output operations Remote access (telecommute) Multiprocessing Multiprogramming (one at a time) Multitasking Online operations Interactive operations Time-sharing Networking
Information System Types, Architecture, and Technology Infrastructure System Types (Six types) Transaction processing systems (TPS) – used for capturing daily transactions Accounting TPS Manufacturing TPS Sales/Marketing TPS Finance TPS Human Resources TPS Knowledge work systems (KWS) Office systems (OS) Word processing and digital filing Electronic calendars and voice mail Spreadsheets Presentation Graphics Management information systems (MIS) Decision support system (DSS) Executive support systems (ESS) Information Architecture The conceptual design of how an organization achieves business processes (applications) and goals. Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Computer hardware Software Storage Data management Networks
History of Computing Father of Computers : “The Father of Computers,” Charles Babbage Early Computers Mark I – Joint effort between Harvard University and IBM Antanasoff-Berry-Computer – John Antanasoff (inventor of the first computer) and Clifford Barry ENIAC – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator Stored program concept EDVAC – Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer EDSAC – Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
History of Computing, (cont.) The First Business Computer In 1954, General Electric Company became the first private firm to use the UNIVAC I for commercial business data processing. A New Generation The First Integrated Circuit The First Minicomputer Another Computing Era The Microprocessor Microcomputer Evolution The first microcomputer The Apple microcomputer Graphical User Interface (GUI), introduced by Xerox in 1981 The IBM PC, clones, and MS-DOS MS-DOS, licensed by Bill Gates
History of Computing, (cont.) ARPANET – In 1969 a U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Project Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), sponsored a project to electronically link scientists from two different locations (UCLA and Stanford). In 1990 ARPANET evolved into the Internet. The World Wide Web (WWW) Internet language – (hypertext markup language [HTML]) Computing in the 21 st Century Changes occur daily
Did you know? Microsoft That as young teenagers Bill Gates and Paul Allen ran a small company called Traf-O-Data and sold a computer to the city of Seattle that could count city traffic? Gateway Was founded in 1985 in an Iowa farmhouse. Apple On April Fool's Day, 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the Apple I computer and started Apple Computers. Dell University of Texas freshman Michael S. Dell began selling IBM- compatible computers from his dorm room in 1984.