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  • Created on: 06-12-16 11:46
communication device
"a device that allows a computer system to 'talk' to another system in binary code
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Computer Misuse Act (1990)
"The uk law that makes it illegal to hack into a persons computer and to disrupt deliberately someone else's computer"
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Data Protection Act (1998)
The uk law that tells organisations how they must protect the personal data of other people"
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Virtual learning environment (VLE)
a computer system that helps teachers by allowing them to provide learning resources to pupils and monitor their progress
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CPU cache
"Memory buffer on the processor that stores instructions that have been fetched before and allows them to be fetched more quickly the next time"
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Primary memory
Memory that can be addressed and accessed directly by the processor"
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Virtual memory
"This is an area of the hard disk that is used to store running programs as if it was RAM"
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Braille printer
An output device that produces Braille documents by impressing raised dots on a sheet of paper
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Eye tracker
"An input device that allows a user to control a computer by moving their eye, for example by working ut what the user is looking at on a display"
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conceptual view
How the data is organised in a database
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External view
what the user see's of a database application
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Physical view
How the data is stored on the secondary storage
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SQL
Structured Query Language - a way to program queries to interrogate, maintain and set up a database
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"The uk law that makes it illegal to hack into a persons computer and to disrupt deliberately someone else's computer"

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Computer Misuse Act (1990)

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The uk law that tells organisations how they must protect the personal data of other people"

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a computer system that helps teachers by allowing them to provide learning resources to pupils and monitor their progress

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"Memory buffer on the processor that stores instructions that have been fetched before and allows them to be fetched more quickly the next time"

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