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What Is A Text Editor?

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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?

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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?

Difficulty: Medium

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?

Difficulty: Medium

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 Virtual Machine?

Difficulty: Medium

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 Data Modelling?

Difficulty: Medium

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?

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

What Is A Thumbnail?

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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 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?

Difficulty: Medium

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?

Difficulty: Medium

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.

What Is Big Data?

Difficulty: Medium

Big data is a digital technology which allows businesses to collect and combine data from multiple sources.

What Is Public Domain?

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The public domain consists of work that is available to the public as a whole and not subject to copyright.

What Is Troubleshooting?

Difficulty: Easy

Troubleshooting is the process of discovering and resolving problems with hardware, software, and other products.

What Is Bricking?

Difficulty: Medium

Bricking happens when an electronic device loses its functionality, making it unusable. This term comes from the fact that the electronic device is as useful as a brick.

What Is Green Software?

Difficulty: Medium

Green software, also known as sustainable software is a type of software that is designed to minimise environmental impact. Green software tends to be faster, whilst using less energy, meaning lower energy costs and increased efficiency.

What Is A Memory Leak?

Difficulty: Medium

A memory leak is a programming error that happens when a program fails to release memory that is no longer needed, gradually consuming more memory until none is left.

What Is HEIC?

Difficulty: Medium

Stands for High Efficiency Image Container. HEIC is a file format used to store photos in a compressed format in order to save space.

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What Is WebP?

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WebP is an open-source raster graphic image format developed by Google intended to reduce the size of images on the web.

What Is POST?

Difficulty: Medium

Stands for Power On Self Test. POST is a series of checks to ensure that all hardware is working properly before starting the boot process.

What Are System Resources?

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System resources are physical or virtual components of a computer system that provide the capabilities and are used to perform tasks efficiently.

What Is Vapourware?

Difficulty: Medium

Vapourware is a type of software or hardware that has been announced to the general public, but is not yet released and is unlikely to be released any time soon, if ever.

What Is An Advertising ID?

Difficulty: Medium

An advertising ID is a unique user ID assigned to a device that enables third-party tracking across multiple apps. This advertising ID is stored on the operating system and used to create profiles to provide personalised ads in apps.

What Is Green Computing?

Difficulty: Medium

Green computing, also known as green IT, or sustainable computing, is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of computers and resources.

What Is A Screen Reader?

Difficulty: Medium

A screen reader is an accessibility software application that converts on-screen text to speech. This helps people with visual impairments to understand digital content and navigate the web.

What Is A Hard Copy?

Difficulty: Easy

A hard copy is a physical copy of a document printed on paper. Unlike a soft copy, a hard copy is no longer editable and can be considered a permanent version.

What Is Computerhelp4all?

Computerhelp4all is a site with articles for everyone about the topic of computing, as suggested in the name '4all'.

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Page 7 - Computer Systems

What Is A Text Editor?

What Is Image Scaling?

What Is A Floppy Disk?

What Is A Primary Storage Device?

What Is A Secondary Storage Device?

What Is Storage Capacity?

What Is A Virtual Machine?

What Is A Software Wizard?

What Is Data Modelling?

What Is Data Analysis?

What Is A Thumbnail?

What Is A Video Card?

What Is A Heat Sink?

What Is System Software?

What Is Application Software?

What Is Big Data?

What Is Public Domain?

What Is Troubleshooting?

What Is Bricking?

What Is Green Software?

What Is A Memory Leak?

What Is HEIC?

What Is WebP?

What Is POST?

What Are System Resources?

What Is Vapourware?

What Is An Advertising ID?

What Is Green Computing?

What Is A Screen Reader?

What Is A Hard Copy?

What Is Computerhelp4all?

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