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Define business intelligence (BI) and BI systems.
 
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________ is a version of Unix that was developed by an open source community.
 
  A) Symbian OS
  B) Android
  C) Linux
  D) Mac OS


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Answer to Question 1

Business intelligence (BI) systems are information systems that process operational, social, and other data to identify patterns, relationships, and trends for use by business professionals and other knowledge workers. These patterns, relationships, trends, and predictions are referred to as business intelligence. As information systems, BI systems have the five standard components: hardware, software, data, procedures, and people. The software component of a BI system is called a BI application.

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