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Dedicated

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Something which is designed for one particular purpose

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Defragmenter

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A utility that brings together file fragments on a disk and collects all of the free space in one area

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Denary

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A system of numbering using 10 digits, 0-9 (also called base-10)

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Device Driver

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A program that enables communication between a computer and a peripheral

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Disk Organisation

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The process of arranging files and data bytes on a secondary storage device

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Domain name

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A human-readable name for a resource on a network. It is changed to a numerical IP address by a DNS server

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Clock Chip

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The electronic device in a computer that controls the timing of signals

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Code Editor

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Text area used to enter code in an IDE

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Colour Depth

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The number of bits used for each pixel or dot. The more bits the more colours that can be represented.

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Command Line

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The place where typed commands are given to the operating system

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Comparison

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Comparing the values of two items and returning TRUE or FALSE depending upon the result of that comparison

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Compiler

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A translator that converts all of the source code to machine code in one go to produce the object code

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Compression

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Reduction in file size to reduce download times and storage requirements

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Computer architecture

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The internal, logical structure and organisation of the computer hardware

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Concatenation

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Combining two strings into a single string

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Constant

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A label referring to a location in memory containing a value that can be assessed but not changed by a program.

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Boolean algebra

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a method for expressing mathematically a logic circuit

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Bus

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a part of the computer architecture that transfers data and signals between the components of the computer

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Byte

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8 bits

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Cache memory

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special high memory used by a computer

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Camera

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a device to capture still or moving images

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CD

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a type of optical device with a capacity of 700MB

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Character

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a single alphabetic or numeric character

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Character set

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the characters available to a computer

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CHR
uses the ASCII value to look up the character associated with a particular number
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Client
software or hardware that requests services from a server
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Accumulator
A register in the CPU that stores data currently being used by the CPU
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ACID
A set of rules that protects a database from errors during a transaction.
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Actuator
A device to produce physical movement based on output from a computer system.
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Address
A location in main memory used to store data or instructions.
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Algorithm
A series of steps designed to solve a mathematical or other problem
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ALU
The ALU performs all the arithmetic and logical operations within the CPU.
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Analogue
Refers to continuously changing values
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Applet
A small application that performs one specific task.
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Application
Software designed to carry out a useful real-world task
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ASCII
(American Standard Code for Information Interchange) | 7-bit system to code the character set of a computer.
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Assembler
Software that translates assembly language code into machine code.
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Assembly Language
A low-level programming language that uses more memorable mnemonic codes and labels to represent machine-level code. Each instruction corresponds to just one machine operation.
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Assignment
Setting the value of a variable.
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Attribute
A characteristic of an entity. It becomes a field in a data table.
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Auto Documentation
System that tracks variables, modules and comments for maintenance purposes.
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Bar Code
A pattern of thin and thick lines representing a number that can scanned by a reader for input into a computer system.
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Binary
A system of numbers using only two digits, 0 and 1 (also called the base-2 system), unlike the decimal (or denary) system in everyday use that uses ten digits (base-10).
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Bit
Binary digit 1 or 0.
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Bit Rate
The bit rate is the space available for each sample, measured in kilobits per second.
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Boolean
A value that can only be true or false.
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Dual-core/quad core
A CPU with multiple processors ( a dual-core has two, a quad-core has four
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DVD
A type of optical device with a capacity of 4.7GB
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Editor
Software used for entering source code when writing a program
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Embedded system
A computer system that forms part of an electronic device
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Entity
Something that we store data about in a database
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Entity relationship diagram
A diagram that shows how different entities used in a database are connected
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Erroneous
Data that would not normally be expected such as the wrong data type
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Error diagnostics
System to warn of errors in the code and potential programs
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Extreme
Data that is the extreme limit of valid or invalid to check boundary conditions
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Failover
Automatic switching to a backup computer system in the event of system failure
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Control unit
The control unit works with the CPU to control the flow of data within the system
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CPU
Central processing unit of the computer containing the control unit, ALU and cache memory
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Custom written
Software developed specially for one or a few customers.
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Data dictionary
The stored schema of a database
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Data integrity
The state of data being as it should be, reflecting reality
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Data redundancy
The unnecessary repetition of data
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Debugger
Software that helps a programmer track down faults in a program
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Decision
A flow diagram symbol used to show a decision stage, may be ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or multiple values.
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Declaration
Identifying a variable or constant or array to a program so that memory space can be allocated
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Decode
An instruction is decoded by the CPU into two parts – the operator and the operand

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