Wednesday, December 14, 2011

HW #10

After looking back at everything we learned this semester, the two main topics that I found most interesting were the different types of Information Systems and then also their capabilities. Different types of information systems include hardware, software, a database, a network, and people. Even though we continued to learn new things throughout the year, information systems always had a part in everything.

Capabilities that the systems have are they are able to store huge amounts of information in a little space, perform high speed communications, and can interpret a lot of data and different information quickly. These information systems have had a great effect on managers and will continue to on our future jobs. With data collection becoming easier than ever before, it is helping speed up a lot of different things. Hardware and software are in things that we use every day. This is why it is such an interesting topic to learn about.

We also learned the difference between hardware and software in class. Hardware is the actual physical part. This includes the circuit boards, processor, and keyboard. The software is the actual operating system and the compliers. All of this information that we learned in class will be used in all of our future jobs, and I am glad that we were required to take this class.

1 comment:

Michael B. said...

I agree with you completely and I enjoyed reading your post about the different types of Information Systems and the capabilities about the Information Systems. I liked how you said that these information systems have a part in everything, because it really does, which I find amazing when you really think about it. I also liked how you talked about the different capabilities that each Information System has and how they are able to store vast quantities of information in such a small amount of space. I liked how you talked about how they perform at a very high speed of commutations and that they can interpret a lot of data and different information very quickly and with very little effort. I liked how you stated that these information systems will be used in all of our future jobs and that it is good that we took this class and learned about all of this.