Computer Standards Flashcards

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Why are standards important?

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  • enables equipment from diff manufacturers to work together
  • easier too learn new systems as they are similar
  • help ensure fair play / access to markets
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What are the categories of standards?

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  • de facto
  • de Jure
  • proprietary
  • industry
  • open
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De facto

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Ensure files / systems can be used by anyone such as word and the QWERTY

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De Jure

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Standards by law, de facto standards which are so common communication would be impossible without such as ASCII

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Proprietary

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Standards made by an organisation to comply with their products such as Apple computers using IOS

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Industry

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Standards excepted by non commercial such as ISO (international standards organisation)

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Open

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Available to anyone and are not dominated by one interest / group and aren’t for profit

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What can legal / ethical issues effect?

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  • privacy
  • data security
  • copyright
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What is the data protection act?

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  • organisations must allow people to see data held about them
  • not use data in anyway which could cause damage / distress
  • organisations can only collect data for specified / lawful purpose
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10
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Can computer be good for the environment?

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No because it takes up ally of energy and obsolete computer contain toxic materials

However is reduces he need for transpiration etc

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How can energy be reduced in computers?

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Virtual servers reduce the number of physical servers in a data centre

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What do standards exist for?

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Programming languages, operating systems, data formats, communication protocols and electrical interfaces

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