The computers are all in one building or in different buildings on one site.
Local Area Network
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The computers are spread over a large geographical area and communicate via telephone lines, satellite or radio transmitters.
Wide Area Network
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The physical layout of a network that shows how the components are connected together.
Network Topology
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a standard set of rules that have been established to allow the exchange of files over the internet.
File Transfer Protocol
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the recognised method for referring to resources on the internet. If you know the web address of a site you can simply type it in.
Uniform Resource Locator
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a program that automatically browses all web pages (in a systematic manner), looking for new and updated pages. It Provides data about web pages in order to produce an index (database/list) which can be used by a search engine.
Web Crawler
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An application accessed over the internet that maintains indexes of web pages and logical operators/key words to find the information you require.
Search Engine
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allows you to combine words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR to limit, widen, or define your search.
Boolean Search
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Uses an area of a web page that contains a link to another location on the Web.
Hyperlink
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Where a series of computers are networked together and they each work on solving the same problem
Distributed Computing
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consists of rules drawn up by the the senior management that set out what an employee is/is not allowed to do
Code of Conduct
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a simple database that stores all data in a single file or table
Flat File
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a large collection of data items stored in tables containing links between the tables so that data can be accessed in many different ways and by a range of different applications programs.
Relational Database
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key is unique and used to identify a record/table and other fields that depend on it.
Primary Key
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a field of one table which is also the primary key of another table used to establish relationships/links between tables.
Foreign Key
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A staged (mathematical) process which removes repeated groups of data and inconsistencies.
Data Normalisation
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The computers are spread over a large geographical area and communicate via telephone lines, satellite or radio transmitters.
Back
Wide Area Network
Card 3
Front
The physical layout of a network that shows how the components are connected together.
Back
Card 4
Front
a standard set of rules that have been established to allow the exchange of files over the internet.
Back
Card 5
Front
the recognised method for referring to resources on the internet. If you know the web address of a site you can simply type it in.
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