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Miscellaneous Flashcards

1
Q

What are different styles of text called?

A

Fonts

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2
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3 advantages of using a spreadsheet over pen and paper

A

Faster
Less space needed
Can produce lots of copies

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3
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Adjusting a font’s WHAT size can change the size of the text?

A

Point

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4
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What is spell-check?

A

Uses a built in dictionary to check spellings in text.

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5
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How can text be rearranged?

A

Cut and paste

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6
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How can graphics be included with text?

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Importing

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7
Q

What is clipart?

A

Built in library of pictures

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8
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What is word-wrap?

A

Word processor begins a new line whenever one is needed.

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9
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What is justification?

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Adds extra spaces to a block of text to line it up in a certain way.

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10
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What is DTP?

A

Desktop publishing. Uses processor to produce professional publications.

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11
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What form does DTP software display publications in?

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WYSIWYG

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12
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What sort of storage device is an external hard drive?

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Magnetic

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13
Q

Why can’t you simple send an email to the other person’s computer where it can be stored on their disk drive?

A

They must be logged onto their system

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14
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What is junk mail?

A

Unsolicited advertising or promotional material received through the post or email

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15
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What is a web browser?

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An application that displays web pages

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16
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What is an e-mail package?

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Interface for sending emails

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17
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What is an ISP?

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Internet Service Provider

Needed to access the internet. Provides webspace & email also

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18
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List 3 services provided by an ISP

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Webspace
Internet access
Email

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19
Q

Why is it cheaper to conduct business over the internet?

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Fewer employees

Less paper needed

20
Q

Why is it useful for a school to have its prospectus on a website?

A

Cheaper (Printing)

More convenient for parents & prospective students

21
Q

What is a workstation?

A

Computer connected to a network

22
Q

What is a file server?

A

A networked computer that provides large amounts of shared storage, can be accessed by workstations on the same network

23
Q

What is a user identity?

A

Username can identify you and distinguish between users who access or use it. Used within an IT system.

24
Q

What is a password?

A

A string of characters that a user can use to log onto a network or computer to access certain files.

25
Q

What does log on mean?

A

To use a username and password to gain access to a network of files on a computer.

26
Q

A computer can be WHAT or networked?

A

Stand Alone

27
Q

What are the main computers that control networks called?

A

Servers

28
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Why are special security measures needed on a network?

A

Protect data

Stop certain users accessing sensitive files

29
Q

Describe 2 measures to protect data on a network?

A

Firewall -> Stops inappropriate data passing in or out of the Hub and terminals

Username & password -> Allows certain users different levels of access to certain files on the network

30
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What is an address bar?

A

Allows user to enter web address/URL.

31
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What is a URL?

A

Uniform Resource Locator

32
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What is HTTP?

A

HyperText Transfer Protocol

Used to exchange information

33
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Example of a top level domain name?

A

.org

34
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Example of a second level domain name?

A

wikepedia.org

35
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What is .uk an example of?

A

Country level domain name

36
Q

What is mailto?

A

URLs that invite user to write an email to a specific address

37
Q

What is ftp?

A

URLs that allows users to upload files to servers

38
Q

What is the navigation bar?

A

Allows user to go back and forward in their history
Reload a page using refresh button
Set a home page

39
Q

What are the bookmark & favourites?

A

Keep a list of their favourite websites

40
Q

What is a search engine?

A

Scans internet pages for text typed into the search bar.

Some browsers use a spider or webcrawler. This constructs an index of pages.

41
Q

What do meta tags allow?

A

Allow people to create web pages to specify special words in the heading of an html page.

42
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What is the history button?

A

Browser keeps list of web pages previously visited. User controls how long they are kept.

43
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What are tabs?

A

Allows users to browse web pages in the same window.

44
Q

What is private browsing?

A

Any websites visited aren’t stored. No cookies or internet files are stored on the computer either. Useful when using public computers to not leave data behind.

45
Q

What can browsers provide?

A

Button which takes user to their email home page
Button which opens an interactive chatroom
Button which will print page being viewed

46
Q

What can the user do in relation to filtration in browser software?

A

Provide settings for content & language
List of websites which may not be viewed
Set home page & decide how long history pages kept

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