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Flashcards by Henry Kitchen, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Henry Kitchen
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is missing? INPUT -> ______ -> OUTPUT | Process |
| What is an interface | An interconnection between systems |
| What is a system? | A collection of parts that work together for a common purpose |
| What is a dedicated computer? | A computer with a fixed purpose, e.g car engine control units |
| What is an embedded computer? | A computer which forms part of an electronic device |
| What is the kernel? | The lowest level of an operating system |
| What is a propreitary standard? | A standard owned by an individual or a company, e.g. Flash, property of Adobe |
| What is an industry standard? | A standard agreed across the computing industry, e.g. USB (Universal Serial Bus) |
| What is a De Facto standard? | A standard that as developed into the accepted way of doing things through common usage, e.g. HTML (though it is now a De Jure standard, i.e. you must adopt it) |
| What is an open standard? | An open standard is a publicly available standard that can be modified by anyone |
| What does the Data Protection Act state? | Those who store personal data on a computer system should take care of it and protect it from unauthorized people. Also, people should be allowed to inspect data stored that involves them |
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