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			Information Resources Dictionary System - 




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IRDS is a standard, not a system. It specifies services performed by a data administrator in cataloguing, documenting, managing, and using data dictionaries. It is based on the entity- relationship model, and allows attributes on relationships. Acronym: IRDS Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: Education Working Group, US CALS/CE Industry Steering Group Adapted from "Electronic Blue Book" 1993
Related Terms: Information Resources Dictionary System - data base | data dictionary | data standards | database management system | information management | standard | system |
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Information Superhighway -

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The Information Superhighway is a network that will potentially connect every government agency, business, and citizen providing a means of rapid access to information (in digital form) and electronic communication to every business and citizen in the country. This vision is an unprecedented nationwide (and ultimately worldwide) electronic communications Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency
Related Terms: Information Superhighway - commerce | communications | electronic commerce | information management | internet | marketing | telecommunications | trade | world wide web |
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Logist -

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To perform logistics functions or processes. The act of planning, organizing and managing activities that provide goods or services. (The verb "to logist." Eg. She logisted the last operation. I will logist the next operation. I am logisting the current operation. We logist the operations. The operations are well
Related Terms: Logist - goods | logistics | logistician | managing | organizing | planning | services |
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Logistics -

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The science of planning, organizing and managing activities that provide goods or services.
Related Terms: Logistics - goods | logist | logistician | managing | organizing | planning | services |
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Managing -

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The act of directing or controlling a business or activity.
Related Terms: Managing - business | control | management | management by objectives | organizing | planning |
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MINT -

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Managing the Integration of New Technology, a SPRINT project. Acronym: MINT Reference: Professor Derek Urwin, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pol028/index.htm
Related Terms: MINT - international | trade |
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Protocol (2) -

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A set of rules (priorities) and exception handlers for managing the communications on a network. A set of rules or standards that describes ways to operate to achieve compatibility. Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency
Related Terms: Protocol (2) - exchange | file transfer protocol | interchange | interface | internet protocol | network news transport protocol | point-to-point protocol | serial line internet protocol | simple mail transfer protocol | transmission control protocol/internet protocol |
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Warehousing -

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The act of storing, securing and managing raw materials, goods or merchandise in a warehouse.
Related Terms: Warehousing - goods | merchandise | raw materials | security | storage | warehouse |
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