ICT Flashcards

1
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Animation

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A series of hand-drawn or computer-generated images that, when viewed as a sequence, give the impression of movement

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2
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Video

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A recording of moving images

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3
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Storyboard

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A planning tool using a series of drawings to show what will happen

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Frame

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One whole image in animation or video with a number

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Annotate

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Writing on a drawing to explain what it shows or what will happen

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6
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What is CGI?

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Computer-generated images

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7
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What do we do before creating a video or animation?

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Make a plan on paper (storyboard)

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Import

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To move data into a computer program

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Proportion

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How different things or parts relate to each other in number or size

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10
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Edit

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To change something

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11
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Footage

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A recording of images in a video

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Focus

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When taking a video or photo,the area in focus is clear and precise, the rest of the image may be blurry. It lets you know which element your audience should be looking at

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Zoom

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Zooming in gets you closer to the image and enlarges it while zooming out moves you away from the image and makes it smaller

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14
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What questions do you have to think about when creating your source material?

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  • which elements do you want to move independently?
  • how large are the images and are they in proportion to each other?
  • how complex are the images?
  • what colours are the images?
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15
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What are some common tools that you will need to make use of when creating a source material?

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Focus, zoom and panning

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16
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What are the recordings in a source material called?

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Footage

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17
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What do we do if our source material has other people in it?

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We need to ask for their permission first

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18
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What do we do before taking videos?

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We have to practice

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19
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Panning

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When you move the camera from one place to another in a slow, steady movement

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20
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What do we do if we don’t want to create our own images?

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We can use pre-existing images from the internet

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What do we do if we want a part of an image to move independently?

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It needs to be a separate image

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22
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How can we transfer our footage onto a computer?

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  • If the device has an SD card, you will remove it put it in your computer, and copy the files
  • If you have a cable, plug it in and copy it to your computer
  • If the device has internet access, you can send it by email
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23
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Timeline

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The sequence of frames that are created in an animation and that run in order

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24
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Pencil2D

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A piece of 2D animation software

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25
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Interface

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The text and images that you see on a computer screen, that you click on and that show you the result

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26
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Stage

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The area where you draw your animation

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27
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Insert

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To put into (another word for import)

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28
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Drawing tools

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These let you draw items, change colours, erase elements of an image etc

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29
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Duplicate

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To create a second, identical copy of something

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30
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How many layers are in Pencil2D?

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4 layers

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31
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In which layer do we see the drawing tools?

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The bitmap layer

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32
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What type of animation can we create in Pencil2D?

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Basic stop frame animation

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33
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How can we draw in a frame?

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We can click on the paintbrush and left-click on the mouse on the stage

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34
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How do we add new frames?

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Click on the 1st + button next to “keys”

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35
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How can we duplicate frames?

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Click on the 2nd + button

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36
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Frames per second (fps)

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The number of frames that will appear in each second of the animation

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37
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How can we delete frames?

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Select the frame you want to delete and click on the - button

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38
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How can we play our animation?

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By clicking the ‘play’ button

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39
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How can we change the speed of the animation?

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By entering a different number in the fps box
The higher the fps, the faster the animation will run. If you reduce the fps, then each frame will stay on screen longer

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40
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How do we move images?

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By clicking on the select tool and then the arrow to move it

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41
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Bitmap

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An image stored as individual squares (pixels)

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42
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How can we use pre-existing images for animations?

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We can import an image. It should have it’s own layer so you should click on the ‘Layer+’ and select bitmap or vector layer

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Pixel

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A single square of one colour in a bitmap image

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44
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Pixelating

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When a bitmap image is enlarged, each pixel gets larger and the image goes blurry

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45
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Vector

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An image stored as coordinates and calculations, they allow the image to be redrawn every time you open it, make it larger or smaller

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46
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What type of file is a bitmap image?

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It could be a .bmp, .jpeg, .gif, .png, or .tiff file

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47
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How do we import a file?

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  • Click on the layer you want to insert to
  • Click File, ‘Import’ and then ‘Image’
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48
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What type of file is a vector image?

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It could be a .eps, .psd, or .ai file

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49
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Tween

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A computer animation tool that calculates the movements to make the smooth

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50
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How many people may your audience be?

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One person or multiple people

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51
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Young children

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  • Use bright colours
  • Use short/simple words
  • Use images more than text
  • Use cartoon/fun images
  • Use informal language
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52
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Adults

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  • Use more text
  • Use more sophisticated language/words
  • Use formal language
  • Use images to support the text (not instead of text)
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Older children

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  • Use a range of colours
  • informal or formal, depending on your topic
  • Use images to support and enhance text
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54
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What were the 1st animations created of?

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By using hand-drawn images that were moved really quickly to appear as though they were moving

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55
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How are animations nowadays made?

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Computer-generated images are used to create animations entirely using a computer

56
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A storyboard is usually made of ________ frames

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several

57
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A plan is just your _________

A

first ideas

58
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What do you draw in your frame of a storyboard?

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The main images you want to include

59
Q

Each frame in a storyboard is drawn in ______

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one box

60
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What should be in your storyboard?

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  • The title
  • How long each frame will stay on screen
  • When each image will disappear
  • How each frame moves to the next
  • Background colour
  • Text colour
61
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Animations can use ________

A

images you have made on a computer

62
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You can draw a shape, or image, in the 1st frame by clicking on the ________

A

paintbrush

63
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You can create a new blank frame by clicking on the _____ + button

A

first

64
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You can create a duplicate frame by clicking on the _____ + button

A

second

65
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How would you use the duplicate button?

A

To change the previous image, like move it or add something to it

66
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Most of the images you will work with are likely to be ________

A

bitmap images

67
Q

Creating your own videos depends on the _______

A

hardware you use

68
Q

What do you do when we have transferred the videos to our computer?

A

We need to make a folder to store the videos with an appropriate name

69
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How would you use the new frame button?

A

To change delete everything you had before, and draw something new

70
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What is the order of skill 3 in the book?

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  • Pencil2D
  • How to draw in a frame
  • How to and why do we make a new frame or duplicate frame
  • How to delete a frame
  • How to play your animation
  • How to change the speed of your animation
  • How to move images
  • How to add/import a pre-existing image
71
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Network

A

2 or more computers connected together to communicate

72
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Topology

A

The layout of the network and the physical arrangement of components

73
Q

Name 5 types of topology

A

Point-to-point, ring,star,bus,mesh

74
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Bluetooth

A

A method of wireless data transmission

75
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Internet

A

A global collection of networks connecting computers and other hardware together to provide the infrastructure needed to access the WWW

76
Q

Why are computers joined together?

A

There are lots of reasons but it’s always about communication because they can send data and it can be sent on a network

77
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Give examples of data

A

Text, images or videos

78
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How many purposes can a network might have?

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2 - single and multiple purpose

79
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Give an example of a single purpose network

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A laptop connecting to a printer, so the laptop will send data to the printer or the printer will send data to the laptop to give it information like telling the computer it’s ready to print or if it’s out of paper

80
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Personal area network (PAN)

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A small network set up for a specific purpose

81
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Local area network (LAN)

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A network over a small geographical area using personally owned (the person) or business-owned hardware (a company)

82
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In what network is the hardware provided and maintained by the person or company?

A

Local area network

83
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Wide area network (WAN)

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A network that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area using cables, fibre optics or satellites and can span cities countries and even across the globe

84
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In what type of network is the hardware not owned by the person using it?

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Wide area network and you usually need a username and password to access it

85
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Password

A

A series of characters are needed to gain access to a system

86
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World wide web (WWW)

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The websites that can be accessed over the internet

87
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An example of a PAN

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Connecting a phone to a speaker, a connection between a laptop and printer

88
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An example of a LAN

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When a network uses their own cables to join computers

89
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An example of a WAN

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A nationwide bank that has dozens of branches across the country

90
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What are the 5 types of networks?

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PAN, LAN, WAN, MAN and the internet

91
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What is MAN?

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Metropolitan (2 cities) area network

92
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Give an example of a multiple purpose network

A

A network in a business

93
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Components

A

The hardware devices that make up a system

94
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Node

A

a device on a network (the computers that are connected to the network and all devices that are used to connect the computers in a network)

95
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Cable

A

a physical connection between devices

96
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Each device has its own ______ within a network

A

purpose

97
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What are the 2 types of cables?

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Copper cables and fibre optic

98
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Copper cable

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a cable connection that can either be UTP or STP and data is transferred as electricity

99
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Unshielded twisted pair (UTP)

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2 copper cables twisted together without any shielding

100
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What is UTP?

A

Unshielded twisted pair

101
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Shielded twisted pair (STP)

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2 copper cables twisted together with shielding to reduce interference

102
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What is STP?

A

Shielded twisted pair

103
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Interference

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an interruption or disruption to a signal when it’s being sent, this could change the binary value being transmitted, creating an incorrect signal

104
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Ethernet

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A specific type of copper cable used in a network

105
Q

In a network the cable most commonly used is called a ____________ cable

A

ethernet

106
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What does the ethernet plug into?

A

A jack, inside the NIC

107
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Jack

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A component an ethernet cable plugs into. Inside it is the NIC

108
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Fibre optic

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A cable connection that transfers data as light and is faster than copper cables because it has a higher bandwidth

109
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Bandwidth

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The maximum amount of traffic that can be sent down a transmission media (a physical pathway) e.g. cable

110
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Hub

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A component that connects computers together. It send the data it receives to all devices connected. Since it wastes bandwidth, it is not considered as a smart device

111
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Switch

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A component that connects computers together and learns the identity of computers connected to it

112
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Router

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A component that connects computers and networks together and might have a modem inside it

113
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Modem

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Allows you to connect to the internet using telephone lines by converting sound waves from the telephone line into digital data that the computer understands

114
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A router might also have a ______ inside it

A

modem

115
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What does modem stand for?

A

Modulator-demodulator

116
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Network interface card (NIC)

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A component a computer that allows a cable to be plugged into it physically. It is built into devices.

117
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Wireless

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Sending data without cables, e.g. radio waves

118
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Wireless access point (WAP)

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A component that sends and receives data wirelessly. This is in hub, switches and routers

119
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Wireless network interface card (WNIC)

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A component in a computer that sends and receives data wirelessly

120
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Server

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A powerful central computer e.g. file,printer,email

121
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File server

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A computer that stores files (data) for other computers in the network to access

122
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Print server

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A computer that messages a printer. The data goes in the server then the server decides which order to print the documents

123
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Email server

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A computer that stores emails used to access in a business. If you want to read your emails you have to connect to the server

124
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When do we need and not need a server?

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A small network (LAN) shouldn’t need a server while a large organisation needs one to store all thier files etc

125
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Why does a small network not need a server?

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  • Each computer can store its own data
  • it’s expensive
  • A hardware expert needs to maintain it
126
Q

When do we use wires?

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  • When the devices has a NIC e.g. desktop computer
  • when we need a high and faster bandwidth
127
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When do we use wireless?

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  • When the devices have/use a WNIC e.g.phone
  • when we have a small no. of devices in the network
128
Q

When do we use wired and wireless?

A
  • When some devices in the network have a NIC or WNIC
129
Q

What do we need if we need access to the internet?

A

We need a modem

130
Q

What do we need if we need access to another network?

A

A router

131
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When do we use a hub?

A
  • When we have a small no. of devices
  • When it’s a small network
132
Q

When do we need a switch?

A
  • When we have a medium sized network
  • when we need something more efficient than a hub
133
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When do we need a router?

A
  • When we have a large no. of devices
  • When we need to connect to another network
134
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Network diagram

A

It shows all the components that you need in the network and it shows the cables that connect computers and the components that these connect to

135
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What do solid lines represent in a network diagram?

A

Wired connection

136
Q

What do dashed lines represent in a network diagram?

A

Wireless connection

137
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What are the 4 questions you need to ask to make a network diagram?

A
  • Do we need a server?
  • Do we need wires, wireless or mixed?
  • Do you need access to the internet and/or another network?
  • What will the computers connect to?