Computer Based Information Systems (CBIS)
Computer Based Information Systems (CBIS)
• HARDWARE
• The term hardware refers to machinery.
• This category includes the computer itself, which is often referred to as the
central processing unit (CPU), and all of its support equipment.
• Among the support equipment are input and output devices, storage devices
and communications devices.
Elements of CBIS
• SOFTWARE
• The term software refers to computer programs and the manuals (if
any) that support them.
• Computer programs are machine-readable instructions that direct
the circuitry within the hardware parts of the Computer Based
Information System (CBIS) to function in ways that produce useful
information from data.
• Programs are generally stored on some input / output medium often
a disk or tape.
Elements of CBIS
• DATA
• Data are facts that are used by program to produce useful
information.
• Like programs, data are generally stored in machine readable form on
disk or tape until the computer needs them.
• It may be consist of numbers, characters, symbols or picture.
Elements of CBIS
• PROCEDURES
• Procedures are the policies that govern the operation of a computer
system.
• “Procedures are to people what software is to hardware” is a
common analogy that is used to illustrate the role of procedures in a
CBIS.
Elements of CBIS
• PEOPLE
• People are required for the operation of all information system.
• Every Computer Based Information System (CBIS) needs people if it is
to be useful.
• Often the most over-looked element of the CBIS is the people.
probably the components that most influence the success or failure
of information system.
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