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- smart shelves
- Specially designed shelves that can read radio frequency waves emitted by microchips embedded products.
- data mining
- The discovery and extraction of hidden predictive information from large databases.
- network
- A computer system that links two or more computers.
- centralized database
- A database housed in a mainframe computer, accessible only to information-processing personnel.
- electronic data interchange (EDI)
- A set of specifications for conducting basic business transactions over private networks.
- local area network (LAN)
- Multiple personal computers connected on a network.
- wireless network
- network in which a node has a tiny radio or infrared transmitter connected to its network port so it can send and receive data through the air rather than through cables.
- information system
- A collection of people, machines, data, and methods organized to accomplish specific functions and to solve specific problems. Programming is part of the larger process of designing, implementing, and managing an information system.
- radio frequency identification (RFID) tag
- A device that, when energized by a nearby RFID reader, broadcasts information to the reader for input into a computer.
- server
- A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network.
- self-scanning checkout
- Self-scanning checkout is an automated process that enables shoppers to scan, bag, and pay for their purchases with a computer's user interface (UI) instead of a store employee.
- biometrics
- Measurements of individual body characteristics, such as a voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security.
- application program (application)
- Software tool that allows a computer to be used for specific purposes.
- universal product codes (UPCs)
- Codes created from patterns of variable-width bars that send scanned information to a mainframe computer.
- desktop publishing (DTP)
- Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also, the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications.
- point-of-sale (POS) terminal
- A terminal with a wand reader, barcode scanner, or other device that captures information at the check-out counter of a store.
- smart card
- A card that looks like a standard credit card but features an embedded microprocessor and memory instead of a magnetic strip.