Week 3 –

Foundational concepts of AIS

Unit 2 cont’…
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 Client–Server
Client–Server Computing
Computing

Two types of computers are networked together

to accomplish the application processing. A ‘client’
and a ‘server’.
Characteristics:
1.Client and server computer are networked together.
2.System appears to users to be one integrated whole.
3.Individual parts of processing are shared between server
and client.
4.Client computer participates in processing or data
manipulation in some meaningful way.
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 Client–Server
Client–Server Computing
Computing

Concept Check
12. In a client–server system, when the client PC
manipulates data for presentation, but does not do any
other significant processing, it is called

a. Distributed presentation.
b. Distributed application.
c. Distributed database.
d. Distributed processing.

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 Documenting
Documenting Systems
Systems

Pictorial Representations of processes and

systems include:
1. Process maps
2. System flowcharts
3. Document flowcharts
4. Data flow diagrams
5. Entity relationship diagrams (ER diagrams)

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 Documenting
Documenting Systems
Systems

Process Maps
Pictorial representations of business processes in
which the actual flow and sequence of events in the
process are presented in diagram form.
Exhibit 2-5
Process Map Symbols

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 Process Maps

 A process map is a simple

graphical representation
of a business process

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 Rules for Reading Process Maps

1. The functional areas appear down the left-hand side of the diagram

2. The functional areas are separated with a solid line

3. The subfunctions are separated with a dashed line

4. Two standard symbols are used: a rectangle for a process and a

diamond for a decision

5. Lines that connect processes are labelled with documents

6. Process rectangles describe processes not documents

7. The process map reads left to right and top to bottom

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 Restaurant Process Map

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 Process Map

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 End of Lecture on Unit 2

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