IPT Glossary Number-A

Question 1

INF

Answer 1

First Normal Form

Question 2

2NF

Answer 2

Second Normal Form

Question 3

3NF

Answer 3

Third Normal Form

Question 4

Acceptance Test

Answer 4

A formal test conducted to verify whether or not a system meets its requirements.

Question 5

Active Listening

Answer 5

A strategy involving various feedback techniques that aims to improve the understanding of the intended message from the speaker.

Question 6

ADC

Answer 6

Analog to Digital Converter

Question 7

ADSL

Answer 7

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line. A common implementation of DSL.

Question 8

Agile Methods

Answer 8

A development approach that places emphasis on the team developing the system rather than following predefined structured development processes.

Question 9

Amplitude

Answer 9

The height of a wave. For audio the amplitude determines the volume or level of the sound.

Question 10

Analog

Answer 10

Continuous. Analog data can take any value within its range.

Question 11

Analysing

Answer 11

The information process that transforms data into information.

Question 12

Anchor Tag

Answer 12

An HTML tag that is used to specify all the links within and between web pages.

Question 13

Application Software

Answer 13

Software that performs a specific set of tasks to so.ve specific types of problems.

Question 14

ASCII

Answer 14

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Question 15

Asymmetrical

Answer 15

Not symmetrical. Communication in each direction occurs, or can occur, at a different speed.

Question 16

Asynchronous

Answer 16

Not in time. Communication that does not attempt to synchronise the sender and receivers clock signal. Also called ‘start-stop’ communication.

Question 17

Audit Trail

Answer 17

A system that allows the details of any transactions to be traced back to its origin.

Question 18

Authentication

Answer 18

The process of determining if someone or something is who they claim to be.