Page 23 - Computer Terms

What Is Microblogging?

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Microblogging is the act of posting short and simple updates online. A good example of a microblogging platform is Twitter, which allows users to post updates of up to 280 characters.

What Is A Plotter?

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A plotter is a type of printer that is used for printing out vector graphics. Instead of printing individual dots on paper using a toner...

What Is A Graphics Tablet?

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A graphics tablet, also known as a drawing tablet, is an input device that allows users to hand-draw graphics, illustrations, and animations by pressing the tip of a...

What Are Headphones?

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Headphones are an output device worn in or around the ears that connect to the speaker port of a computer, laptop, smartphone, MP3 player, or by Bluetooth.

What Is A Microphone?

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A microphone is an input device that picks up sound waves in the air and converts them into electrical signals. It then amplifies it as an analogue signal or converts it to a...

What Is A Blacklist?

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A blacklist, also known as a blocklist, or a denylist, is a list of email addresses, IP addresses, domain names, usernames, passwords, and applications that are...

What Is A Whitelist?

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A whitelist, also known as an allowlist, or a passlist, is a list of email addresses, IP addresses, domain names, usernames, passwords, and applications...

What Is An Operating System?

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An operating system, sometimes abbreviated to an OS, is the most important piece of software installed on IT systems that allows the hardware to communicate with and manage all the programs on the computer.

What Is The Display Screen Equipment Regulations?

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The Display Screen Equipment Regulations (DSER) is a piece of legislation introduced in 1992 which applies to workers that regularly use DSE continuously, like for several hours a day.

What Is The Data Protection Act?

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The Data Protection Act (DPA) is a piece of legislation introduced in 1998 about how businesses and organisations handle and use personal data.

What Is The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act?

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The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act (CDPA) is a piece of legislation introduced in 1988 to protect people's original work. This gives them a right to control how...

What Is The Computer Misuse Act?

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The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) is a piece of legislation that was introduced in 1990 to protect against unauthorised access, theft, modification...

What Is RFID?

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Stands for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is a technology that uses radio waves to identify and track objects, animals, and people using tags.

What Is Augmented Reality?

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Augmented reality, abbreviated to AR, is the use of computer technology to create a real-world setting and combine digital content with the user's actual surroundings.

What Is Virtual Reality?

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Virtual reality, abbreviated to VR, is the use of computer technology to create an imitation of a three-dimensional image that can be interacted with...

What Is OCR?

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Stands for Optical Character Reading or Optical Character Recognition. OCR is a technology that recognises and extracts letters from a digital image or a pre-printed form."

What Is OMR?

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Stands for Optical Mark Reading or Optical Mark Recognition. OMR is a way of entering in data by recognising pencil or pen marks on pre-printed forms.

What Is A Codec?

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Stands for a coder-decoder. A codec, sometimes known as a compressor-decompressor is an algorithm used to encode and decode data.

What Is A Backlink Profile?

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A backlink profile is the total collection of backlinks to a website, forming its 'profile'. The backlink profile also contains other information, including...

What Are User Signals?

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User signals describe behaviours displayed by visitors when interacting with a website. They are usually measured as a...

What Is A Skyscraper Ad?

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A skyscraper ad is a tall and narrow ad usually placed to the left or right side of the main content on webpages. It has two standard sizes of...

What Is A Leaderboard Ad?

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A leaderboard ad is a rectangular and wide ad usually placed at the top of the webpage before the main content of webpages so that it will be immediately...

What Is MKV?

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Stands for Matroska Video. MKV is an all-in-one video format that supports an unlimited number of picture, audio, and subtitle tracks in a single file.

What Is An MFA Site?

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Stands for a made for ads site, made for advertising site, or made for AdSense site. An MFA site is a type of website solely created to display ads.

What Is Flaming?

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Flaming is the act of sending personal abuse, insults, or offensive messages on the internet to other people. It is a hostile form of online communication.

What Is An Acceptable Use Policy?

Difficulty: Easy

In ICT, an acceptable use policy is a document that contains a list of allowed and prohibited activities for employees, students, and other people using the network in the organisation.

What Is A Traffic Exchange Network?

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A traffic exchange network is a web-based service that allows users to receive traffic to their websites in exchange for visiting other users' websites.

What Is MP4?

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MP4 is a widely used multimedia format that can store high-quality audio and video. It can also be used to store other data, including metadata, subtitles and static images.

What Is SVG?

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Stands for Scalar Vector Graphic. SVG is a vector image format used to store images as shapes and lines based on mathematical statements rather than pixels of colour.