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
Read about Bits, Bytes and Binary
numbers and complete the activities on this page.
3. Learn the definitions in preparation for
these
upcoming quizzes
Wednesday 6th
October
~ quiz on column
1 easier harder
Monday
11th October ~ quiz on column 2
Thursday
14th October ~ quiz on column 3
Wednesday 20th October ~
quiz on column 4
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