Computer-based information system
● use computer technology to process raw data into meaningful information.
● What is the difference between a computer, a computer program and
an information system?
● Electronic computers and related software programs are the technical
foundation, the tools and materials, of modern information systems.
● Computers: provide the equipment for storing and processing
information.
● Computer programs, or software: sets of operating instructions that direct
and control computer processing.
● Knowing how computers and computer programs work is important
in designing solutions to organizational problems, but computers
are only part of an information system