Electronic Medical records- - electronic medical records have been evolving to provide timely, accurate patient information readily

available to the health care team. Point of Care Systems- Point of care systems (POC) have evolved in the last decade or so to be the answer to timely, efficient data collection or capture Geography -broadly concerned with understanding the world and man's place in it Cartography - concerned with the display of spatial information. computer cartography (also called "digital cartography", "automated cartography") provides methods for digital representation and manipulation of cartographic features and methods of visualization Remote Sensing -images from space and the air are major source of geographical data Geodesy -source of high accuracy positional control for GIS Tacit - is what people carry in their minds and we find it difficult to access. which we cannot communicate in words or symbols. It is highly personal, hard to formalize and therefore it is difficult to communicate. Explicit- is that what we can express to others. It is formal and systematic, easily communicated and shared, as in product specifications or a computer program. Knowledge acquisition: finding existing knowledge, understanding requirements, searching among multiple sources. Knowledge creation: research activities, creative processes in advertising, writing books or articles, making movies, etc. Packaging: publishing, editing, design work.

What is a budget? A budget is the formal expression of goals in financial terms. One of the most common types of budget is a cash budget. What is a performance report? A performance report lists the budgeted and actual amounts of revenues and expenses and also shows the variances, or differences, between these two amounts. THE THREE BASICS OF OFFICE AUTOMATION 1.DATA STORAGE AND MANIPULATION. Data storage usually includes office records and other primary office forms and documents. Data applications involve the capture and editing of a file, image, or spreadsheet 2. DATA EXCHANGE. The exchange of stored and manipulated information is an equally important component of an office automation system. 3. DATA MANAGEMENT. The last major component of an office automation system offers planning and strategic advantages by simplifying the management of stored information Teletext: Teletext is a system for supplying commercial and other information through existing television networks. d. Electronic Mail:E-mail is the process of sending messages directly from one computer to another.

Process a process consists of an assembly of equipment and material that is related to some manufacturing operation or sequence Measurement refers to the conversion of the process variable into an analog or digital signal that can be used by the control system. The device that performs the initial measurement is called a sensor or instrument. EvaluationIn the evaluation step of the process control sequence, the measurement value is examined, compared with the desired value or set point, and the amount of corrective action needed to maintain proper control is determined. A device called a controller performs this evaluation.