Computing

Question 1

A secure password

Answer 1

Use a mixture of numbers, letters and special characters
Use 8 letters or more.
Make your password one which is hard to guess.

Question 2

Shortcuts

Answer 2

Ctrl x = cut
Ctrl c= copy
Ctrl v= paste
Ctrl z = undo 
Ctrl y = redo
Ctrl b = bold 
Ctrl l = italics
Ctrl s = save 
F12 = save as

Question 3

Key word and definition

Answer 3

Search engine
An online tool to help you to find websites, e.g Google, Bing

Cyberbullying
the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.

Social network
a way of using your computer to talk to other people exchange pictures post updates

Question 4

Key word and definition

Answer 4

Hardware
Objects that you can touch, like a Music CD. For example:
Disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboards, printers, boards, and chips.

Software
You cannot ‘touch’ software. Software refers to the programs that run on a computer, rather like the music playing on a CD.
Examples of software:
Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, Logo, iOS.

Input Devices
An input device is anything can be used to enter data into a computer.
Keyboard, Mouse

Output Devices
An output device is a piece of computer hardware used to display or output data which has been processed or stored in a computer. Printer, Speaker

Storage Devices
A storage device is used to permanently record or store data. CD Hard drive

Question 5

Bites and bites

Answer 5

0 or a 1
8 Bits 1000 Bytes 1000 Kb 1000 Mb
1 Byte
= 1 Bit (Binary Digit) = 1 Byte
= 1 Kilobyte (Kb)
= 1 Megabyte (Mb)
= 1 Gigabyte (Gb)
= 1 Character of text

Question 6

Binary

Answer 6

1 is on

2 is of