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What Is An In-App Purchase?

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An in-app purchase (IAP) is a purchase made within an app to buy additional content or features, or sign up for subscriptions.

What Is A Factory Reset?

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A factory reset clears all user data and settings from a device and restores it to its original state, like when it was first taken out of the box.

What Is Drag and Drop?

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Drag and drop is a functionality which allows users to select an object or a section of text (dragging) and then move it (dropping) to a new location.

What Is Optical Media?

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Optical media is a type of data storage that uses a laser to read and write data from a removable plastic disc.

What Is An Optical Drive?

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An optical drive is a disc drive that reads and writes from optical discs, such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays using a laser or visible light.

What Is Internet Surveillance?

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Internet surveillance is the act of gathering, monitoring, and logging information from online activity by a third party, such as an ISP, social media site, search engine, the government, or hackers.

What Is The Client-Server Model?

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The client-server model is a model of interaction between a server and a client. The client requests a service or resource from another program, known as the server.

What Is A CD-ROM?

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A CD-ROM is a CD used as a read-only optical memory device. This type of CD can be read, but not written to by a computer with an optical drive.

What Is Wiretapping?

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Wiretapping is the practice of attaching a listening device to a telephone line to secretly listen to conversations.

What Is A Text Editor?

Difficulty: Easy

A text editor is a program that allows users to open, edit, and view plain text files. Text editors are usually included as built-in programs.

What Is Image Scaling?

Difficulty: Medium

Image scaling is the process of resizing a digital image, either by making it smaller (scaling down) or making it larger (scaling up).

What Is A Floppy Disk?

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A floppy disk is a type of disk storage device capable of holding electronic data. They are made out of plastic or metal and can hold 100 KB to 1.44 MB of data.

What Is A Primary Storage Device?

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Primary storage is a type of data storage that is directly accessible by the CPU. It is smaller in size than secondary storage and is a key component of a computer for it to function.

What Is A Secondary Storage Device?

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Secondary storage, also known as auxiliary storage, refers to non-volatile storage and long-term storage devices that are not always directly accessible by a computer.

What Is Storage Capacity?

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Storage capacity refers to the amount of data a storage device can hold. It is precisely measured in kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and terabytes.

What Is A Markup Language?

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A markup language is a text-encoding system used to define the structure and formatting of a document.

What Is A Virtual Machine?

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A virtual machine (VM) is an emulated computer system created using software on a physical computer often used for testing purposes and backing up data.

What Is A Software Wizard?

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A software wizard is a user interface that automates complex tasks by asking the user a series of simple questions.

What Is 5G?

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5G is the fifth-generation cellular data standard. It is the successor to 4G and enables a new type of network that is designed to connect most mobile phones.

What Is Data Modelling?

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Data modelling is the process of creating a data model that visually represents data elements and how they relate to each other.

What Is Data Analysis?

Difficulty: Medium

Data analysis is the process of working with data to discover useful information, support decision-making, and make conclusions.

What Is User-Centred Design?

Difficulty: Medium

User-centred design is an approach to application or web design that places users at the centre of every phase of the design process. The main goal is to optimise the product for end users.

What Is A Thumbnail?

Difficulty: Medium

A thumbnail is a small representation of a larger image. They are often used to provide snapshots of several images in a single space so that they are easier and faster to look at.

What Is Website Structure?

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Website structure, also known as website architecture, refers to how the pages of a website are organised and connected to each other.

What Is Flat Design?

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Flat design is a simple user interface design that uses simple elements, typography, and flat colours. It focuses on minimalism, functionality, and usability without using shading or extra details to make graphics look 3D.

What Is A Video Card?

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A video card is a hardware component that sends graphical information to a display device, such as a monitor or projector. It processes data in the form of pixels, which make up images.

What Is A Heat Sink?

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A heat sink is a component that absorbs excessive or unwanted heat. It is made out of metal and is attached to the processor with a thermal material that draws the heat from away the processor towards the heat sink.

What Is System Software?

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System software is the most important type of software installed on a computer that directly controls the hardware and provides an environment or platform for all the other types of software to work in.

What Is Application Software?

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Application software is a type of software designed to fulfil a specific need or perform specific tasks other than one relating to the operation or maintenance of a computer.