Category: S

The approach that is methodical, repeatable and able to be learned by a step-by-step procedure.

A strategy in sales where interlocking goods and integrated services being offered in the place of independent and isolated items.

The utility programs and operating system that is needed to maintain and run a computer system.

Practice taking a holistic view of complex phenomenon or events caused by a myriad of independent, isolated and often unpredicted forces and factors. All events are viewed as ‘wholes’ that interact according to system principles in patterns called system archetypes.

In old English law. An umpire, or arbitrator. Ssepe constitutnm est, res inter alios judicatas aliis non prsejndicare. It has often been settled that matters adjudged be tween others ought not to prejudice those who were not parties. Dig. 42, 1, 03. Ssepe viatorem nova, non vetus, orbita fallit. 4 Inst. 34. A new road, not an old one, often deceives the traveler. Ssepenumero nbi proprietas verborum attenditnr, sensus veritatis amittitur. Oftentimes where the propriety of words is attended to, the true sense is lost Branch, Princ.; 7 Coke, 27.

Bringing back of a system to operable conditions after a disaster. Requires access to a system that is unimpaired. Compare with system recovery.

Computer system failure that can seriously affect an organizations ability to operate.

The state of a system that is free from any risk of self damage or injury to people and property.

The probability of a system or a computer will perform all puff its operations in its intended environment without any degradation that is significant.

Controlling the accessibility of the resources of a computer systems files and data.