ICT

something which is plugged into the computer which inputs something, for example a keyboard

something which can be plugged into the computer that gives something out, for example a speaker

Random Access Memory

read only memory

 Stores the operating system software, application software and the user’s documents 
and data files.

Central processing unit

These control and monitor the running of application software and hardware. An operating system, e.g. Windows, is responsible for saving, loading, deleting, copying and renaming.

·       JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) ·       GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) ·       TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

·       WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) ·       MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3) ·       AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)   

·       MPEG2 (Motion Picture Experts Group 2) ·       MPEG4 (Motion Picture Experts Group 4) ·       AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)

·       DOC (Word Document)  ·       XLS (Excel Spreadsheet) ·       PDF (Portable Document Format)  

Converts high level programming code such as C++ into code that the computer can execute.  

Helps a programmer to identify ‘bugs’ in their code.

Similar to a compiler, however it converts each line of code sequentially, rather than the entire code at once.

A program that takes one or more objects generated by a compiler and combines them into a single executableprogram.

Used to edit source code using only text.  Also has tools such as syntax highlighting to aid developers.