The earliest type of business information system developed in the 1950s was the _____.
A) transaction processing system
B) enterprise resource planning system
C) decision support system
D) e-commerce system

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Transaction processing systems were the earliest type of business information system, developed in the 1950s. These systems processed large amounts of data generated by routine business transactions, such as sales or payroll processing. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, decision support systems (DSS), and e-commerce systems were all developed later.

The Earliest Type of Business Information System Developed in the 1950s