IPT Glossary C

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Cable Modem

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A Modem used to connect to a broadband coaxial network.

Question 2

Cache

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A small amount of faster memory that is used to speed up access times to a larger and slower type of memory.

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CCD

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Charged Coupled Device

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CCITT

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International telegraph and telephone consultative committee. The organisation responsible for maintaining the rules for encoding fax transmissions.

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CD-R

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Recordable compact disk that can only be written to once.

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CD-RW

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Rewriteable Compact Disk

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Cel-Based Animation

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A sewuence of cels (images) with small changes between each cel. When played the illusion of movement is created.

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Cell

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The intersection of a row and a column within a spreadsheet.

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Centralised Database

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A single database under the control of a single DBMS. All users and client applications connect directly to the DBMS.

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Centralised Processing

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A single computer performing all processing for one or more users.

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Certainty Factor

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A value, usually in the range of 0 to 1, which describes the level of certainty in a fact or conclusion.

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CHS

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Cylinder, Head, Sector. A system for addressing each block on a hard disk.

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Client-Server Architecture

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Servers provide specific processing services for clients. Clients request a service and wait for a response while the server processes the request.

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CMOS

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Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

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CMTS

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Cable Modern Termination System. The device that connects a number of cable modems to an ISP.

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CMYK

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Cyan, Magneta, Yellow and Key. Key refers to black ink. CMYK is a system for representing colour on paper, also known as four colour process.

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Collecting

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The information process that gathers data from the environment. It includes knowing what data is required, from where it will come and how it will be gathered.

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Communication Management Plan

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A project management tool that specifies how communication between all parties involved in a system’s development should take place.

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Confidence Variable

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An attribute whose value is determined mathematically by combining its assigned values. A measure of the confidence in a response or conclusion within an expert system.

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Context Diagram

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A systems modelling technique describing the data entering and leaving a system together with its source and sink.

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Copyright

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The sole legal right to produce or reproduce a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, now extended to include software.

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Copyright Act 1968

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A legal document used to protect the legal rights of authors of original works.

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CPU

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Central Processing Unit

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CRT

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Cathode Ray Tube