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  • Created on: 11-01-18 09:24
How often should you update anti-virus software?
They should be automatically set up to check them every day.
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What does ISP stand for?
ISP stands for internet service provider.
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What is a Blog?
A regularly updated website or page written informally by a small group or an individual.
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Look up different symbols. What are they used for? E.g. ALT +1 = 
Symbols are used for replacing words, gestures, sounds and ideas and often mean different things. E.g. a red octagon means stop.
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What are pop-ups and how do we get rid of them?
Pop-ups are ads that pop up on your computer without your permission. To get rid of a pop-up you click the privacy button, turn on pop-up blocker and press OK.
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What are restricted sites?
Restricted sites are sites that you are not allowed on because they could be unsuitable. E.g. when on the internet at school there may be sites, which are blocked.
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Browser security what is it and how do we get it?
Browser security is where you add security to your browser to make sure if there is a breach in security, it is protected.
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Browser security is where you add security to your browser to make sure if there is a breach in security, it is protected.
its called capture, and its to check we are humans and not machines
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Where is the navigation toolbar?
It is under the toolbar on the view album.
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What is a firewall?
A firewall protects a system or network from unauthorized access.
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What are plug-ins?
A piece of software that attaches itself on to other programs and adds a specific feature to it.
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What should we do about unwanted email messages?
You use the filter to take all the unwanted email messages, (or spam) and select them in a different folder, do not delete them, for that takes up lots of time, but you should be carefully some spam emails trick the filter.
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What is networking?
Networking is where you establish certain relationships with over people such as business colleges through your career.
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Where are the help facilities on a browser?
There was on some of the old browsers a small question mark in the top hand corner of a browser.
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What is streaming?
Streaming is watching or listening to something while it is happening.
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RSS feeds – What are they for?
Rich Site Summary (RSS) are used to keep you easily informed on what is happening on the sites you’re interested in.
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Viruses, what causes them and how can we avoid them?
A virus is a nasty software program that attacks the computer and causes it to malfunction. You could get a virus by downloading an infected software, opening e-mail attachments. We can avoid a virus by downloading an anti-virus program to regularly
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Avatar – what is an avatar and what is it used for?
Avatars are used to let people to represent themselves online, they are most commonly used in games.
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Web link, what is it?
Another term for hyperlink.
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What is an advantage of having WiFi internet connection?
WIFI advantage: Provides flexibility and convenience to multiple devices
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What's the disadvantage of having WiFi internet connection?
. WIFI disadvantages: faces interference, connection buffering and sometimes a breach in security.
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What's the advantage of having wired internet connection?
Wired advantage: secure, reliable, faster and more consistent internet connection.
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What's a disadvantage of having wired internet connection?
Wired disadvantages: more wires mean more mess; cables can be damaged more easily.
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What does http mean?
hyper text transfer protocol
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What's a URL?
A URL is another way of saying web address, it stands for Uniform Resource Locator
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What are the parts that make up a URL?
HTTP, WWW, domain name and domain type, then the subject
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What's the difference between fact or opinion?
A fact is something that's stated true no matter what, an opinion is what someone thinks of a fact
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What does bias mean?
bias means when someone likes something else better, like a referee liking a team better at a match
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What's a Boolean connector?
Boolean connectors are when you use the words AND, NOT and OR to help widen the range of results
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What's a wildcard?
A wild card is when you do not know one of the words to a phrase you put in a star in its place.
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What's a service provider?
A service provider is a service that provides you internet, such as: Virgin, BT, Sky, EE and Talk Talk.
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What's a search engine?
A service provider is a service that provides you internet, such as: Virgin, BT, Sky, EE and Talk Talk.
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What's a search engine?
A service provider is a service that provides you internet, such as: Virgin, BT, Sky, EE and Talk Talk.
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What's a search engine?
A service provider is a service that provides you internet, such as: Virgin, BT, Sky, EE and Talk Talk.
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What's a browser?
A browser is a piece of software program that helps you access the world wide web, (w.w.w).
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What's an eight point plan?
An eight point plan is where you check if the website your on is safe and reliable by checking it with 8 rules
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