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mainframe computers,
minicomputers; or
a network of connected PCs
Online systems allow users to directly initiate
various functions such as:
• Entering transactions
• Making inquiries
• Requesting reports
• Updating master files
• Electronic commerce activities
Types of
Terminal Devices
General Purpose Terminals
Basic Keyboard
and Screen
used for entering data without any validation within the terminal
and for displaying data from the computer system on the screen
Intelligent
Terminal
used for the functions of the basic keyboard and screen with
the additional functions of validating data within the
terminal, maintaining transaction logs and performing other
local processing
PCs
used for all of the functions of an intelligent terminal with
additional local processing and storage capabilities
Special Purpose Terminals
Point-of-Sale
devices
used to record sales transactions as they occur and to transmit
them to the main computer
Automated Teller
Machines
used to initiate, validate, record, transmit and complete various
banking transactions
Hand-held
wireless devices
for entering data from remote locations
Voice Response
Systems
used to allow user interaction with the computer over a
telecommunications network based
on verbal instructions issued by the computer
Terminal Devices
Local Remote
Terminal Terminal
Devices Devices
connected directly to require the use of
the telecommunications
computer through to link
cables them to the
computer
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Applications
Employees
Business Partners
Customers
Other Third Parties
External Parties
Programmers
Computer Supplier Personnel
Types of Online
Computer Systems
Types of Online
Computer Systems
01 Online/Real-Time Processing
02 Online/Batch Processing
04 Online/Inquiry
05 Online Downloading/Uploading
Processing
1. Online/Real-Time Processing
individual transactions are entered at
terminal devices, validated and used to
update related computer files immediately
2. Online/Batch Processing
individual transactions are entered at a
terminal device, subjected to certain
validation checks and added to a transaction
file that
contains other transactions entered during
3. Online/Memo Update (and Subsequent Processing)
shadow update
combines online/real time processing and
online/batch processing
4. Online/Inquiry
restricts users at terminal devices to making
inquiries of master-files