What Do You Know About These Key Terms?
RAM
ROM
MHz
dpi
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bit
byte
KB
MB
GB
TB
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ASCII
compatibility
OCR
OMR
bar
code
baud
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verification
& validation
encryption
& decryption
firewall
virus
platform
peripheral |
Task
1. Do some research to find out what each of these
terms mean.
- To start with check out the glossary
link in the Resources section of our
ITGS page
- Or do a search like RAM+definition in
somewhere like Google
- Or look at some books in the library
2. Create a glossary of your own using a Word doc
which gives a definition for each term in a way you can understand (and
remember).
Please... do not
copy and paste information that you don't understand
Homework:
Read the section from Computer Confluence - A Bit About Bits (pg 25),
Binary Numbers (pg 26 - 29)
3. Learn these definitions in preparation for these
upcoming quizzes
Wednesday 24th September ~ quiz on column
1 easier harder
Tuesday 30th September
~ quiz on column 2
Thursday 2nd October ~
quiz on column 3
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