Information System Components

Processes

  • Describe the tasks and business that users, managers, and IT staff members perform to achieve specific results

People

  • Users, or end users are the people who interact with an information system, both inside and outside the company.

Data

  • The raw material that an information system transforms into useful information.

Hardware

  • The physical layer of the information system.

Software

  • Software is a generic term used to refer to applications, scripts and programs that run on a device.

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

software that performs specific functions for the end user by interacting directly with it.

VERTICAL SYSTEM

software that has been designed to meet the specific needs of a particular industry.

HORIZONTAL SYSTEM

applications designed to be used by a broad range of users from different industries.

LEGACY SYSTEM

outdated computing software and/or hardware that is still in use.

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

a program designed to run a computer's hardware and applications

NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM

software that connects multiple devices and computers on the network and allows them to share resources on the network.

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS

software used by organizations rather than individual users.

Microsoft Office

Google Docs

accounting software

OSs

Web browsers

Microsoft's Windows 7

Device driver

Operating system

inFlow

Dropbox

UNIX

Linux