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Access rights to hardware

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X

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Accumulator

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A special purpose register used by the Arithmetic Logic Unit to hold the accumulated results of calculations

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Accuracy

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A measure of how well a computer representation of an image, sound etc. matches the original

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Adaptive maintenance

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X

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ADC

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Analogue to digital converter used to generate a digital signal from analogue input

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Address Bus

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Used to pinpoint a memory location

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Addressability

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X

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Adjustable-Split Keyboard

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A three-piece folding keyboard organised into three adjustable sections

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ADSL

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ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - a modem technology which converts existing twisted-pair telephone lines into access paths for multimedia and high-speed data communications. ADSL can transmit up to 6Mbps to a subscriber, and as much as 832Kbps or more in both directions

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ADPCM

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X

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Adware

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Adware is software which is free to use but which pays for itself by presenting the user with advertising material

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Advances in computer hardware

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X

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AI

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See Artificial Intelligence.

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ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)

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ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) is part of the CPU which carries out computation & is the heart of a computer where data is processed and manipulated

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Analysis

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X

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Animation

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X

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Anti-aliasing

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X

17
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Anti-virus software

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Searching for virus signatures

Use of Checksum

Memory Resident Monitoring

Heuristic detectors

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Application-based performance tests

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X

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Applications

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X

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Arrays (one dimensional)

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X

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Artificial Intelligence

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X

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Artificial Intelligence applications and uses

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X

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Artificial Intelligence development

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X

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Artificial Intelligence practical problems

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X

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Artificial neurons

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X

27
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ASCII

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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Artificial Neural Systems (ANS)

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X

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Aspects of intelligence

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X

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Asynchronous Transmission

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A character is sent as soon as it is available rather than using a clock pulse to synchronise transfer

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Authoring software

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X

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AVI

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Audio Video Interleaved

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Anti-virus software detection techniques

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X

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Acceptance testing

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Testing of software outside the development organisation and usually at the client site.

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Adaptive maintenance

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Takes place when a program’s environment changes, for example a different operating system.

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Algorithm

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A detailed sequence of steps which, when followed, will accomplish a task.

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Alpha testing

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Testing of software within the development organisation.

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