National 5 Computing Flashcards

Decks in this Class (20):

• Topic 1a Structures And Links Databases

  Topic 1a : Structures and Links (Databases)

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  a database is a,

  databases are made up of,

  a field stores
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• Topic 1b Structures And Links Websites

  Topic 1b: Structures and links (Websites)

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  a website is a,

  a webpage is an,

  url stands for
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• Topic 2 User Interface

  Topic 2: User Interface

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  target audience is,

  user interface is,

  when designing a user interface you shou
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• Topic 3 Purpose Features And Functionali

  Topic 3: Purpose, Features and Functionality

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  purpose is the,

  main features of a piece of software is,

  functionality is the number of
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• Topic 4 Multimedia And Media Types

  Topic 4: Multimedia and Media Types

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  multimedia is the,

  multimedia software is software that inc,

  once a multimedia application is created
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• Topic 5 Computer Hardware And Software

  Topic 5: Computer Hardware and Software

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  hardware is,

  software is,

  operating system is
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• Topic 6 Storage Devices

  Topic 6: Storage Devices

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  the three main categories of storage dev,

  built in storage device means the device,

  external storage device means the device
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• Topic 7 Networking And Connectivity

  Topic 7: Networking and Connectivity

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  computers can be described as,

  stand alone computers are,

  networked computers are
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• Topic 8 Security Risks And Precautions

  Topic 8: Security Risks and Precautions

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  networks can be structured as,

  a peer to peer network is used for,

  advantages of a peer to peer network is
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• Topic 9 Computer Security

  Topic 9: Computer Security

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  identity theft is a crime where criminal,

  a keylogger is a type of,

  online fraud is the use of
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• Topic 10 Legal Implications

  Topic 10: Legal Implications

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  the computer misuse act makes it illegal,

  the data protection act was passed by pa,

  the data protection act states that
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• Topic 11 Health And Safety

  Topic 11: Health and Safety

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  there are a number of health problems th,

  these health problems can be avoided by,

  eyestrain can be avoided by
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• Topic 12 Environmental Impact

  Topic 12: Environmental Impact

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  carbon footprint measures the amount of,

  computers can help reduce carbon emissio,

  an example of computers making equipment
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• Topic 13 Low Level Operations Representi

  Topic 13: Low Level Operations (Representing Text and Whole Numbers)

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  binary means,

  what are the three reasons computers use,

  what does it mean by computers being two
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• Topic 14 Low Level Operations Representi

  Topic 14: Low Level Operations (Representing Real Numbers and Graphics)

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  real numbers are stored using,

  when storing very large numbers such as,

  mantissa indicates the
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• Topic 15 Basic Computer Architecture

  Topic 15: Basic Computer Architecture

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  the processor is the part of the compute,

  alu is part of the core processing unit,

  the control unit sends out control signa
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• Top 16 Data Types And Structures

  Top 16: Data Types and Structures

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  a variable is a,

  when declaring a variable creates a,

  to declare a variable we must
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• Topic 17a Design Testing And Documenting

  Topic 17a: Design, Testing and Documenting Solutions

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  there are 3 forms of design methodology,

  a text editor is an,

  some special features of text editor to
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• Topic 17b Design Testing And Documenting

  Topic 17b: Design, Testing and Documenting Solutions

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  program errors fall into 3 categories an,

  syntax errors occur as a result of,

  execution errors are errors that
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• Topic 18 Comparing Programming Languages

  Topic 18: Comparing Programming languages

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  web page allows the programer to,

  an example of programming language used,

  scripting allows the programmer to
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