Everything ICT

Everything ICT

1. BO61

   • ICT Systems
     • Systems
     • Components of a computer system
     • Types of Computer System
     • Hardware and Software
   • Hardware
     • Input devices
     • Output devices
     • Storage devices
     • Communication Devices
     • User Interfaces
   • Software
     • System Software
     • Application Systems
     • Progamming Software
     • File Types
   • Exchanging Information
     • Communications
     • Communications Services
     • Sharing, Exchanging and Managing Information
     • Communications Software
     • Remote access to computer systems
     • Monitoring and Tracking System
     • Emerging Technologies
   • Presenting Information
     • Word processing and DTP Software
     • Slideshow Software Features
     • Multimedia Software features
     • Web Authoring Software Features
   • Manipulating Data
     • Data Management
     • Data Types
     • Encoding Data
     • Data Collection methods
     • Validation
     • Verification
   • Keeping Data Safe and Secure
     • Backups and Archiving
     • Protecting Data
     • Data encryption
     • Malware
     • Hacking
   • Legal, Social, Ethical and Environmental Issues when Using ICT
     • Computer misuse act of 1990
       • Level 1
         • unauthorised access to computer programs or data as a nuisance
       • Level 2
         • unauthorised access with a further criminal intent
       • Level 3
         • unauthorised modificaition of computer data
     • Data protection act of 1998
       • Rights of Data subjects
         • To compensation for unauthorised closure/ inaccurate data
         • To access the data held about them and have it corrected or deleted if inaccurate
       • Where can personal data be processed?
         • If the subject has given their consent
         • It is a legal obligation
       • Information that must be provided by the data user about the data that is about to be stored
         • How the data will be collected
         • Any organization that the data will be passed onto
         • Who will have access to the data
         • Type of data stored
         • Reasons why said data is to be stored
       • What is exempt
         • Crime and national security
         • Statistical or research e.g census
         • Data used for household use
         • Payroll, pensions and taxes
   • Using ICT Systems
   • ICT and Modern Living

2. Case Study

   • Telemarketing
     • Staff
       • Good
         • work from home
       • Bad
         • Easy to confuse work and leisure time
     • Employer
       • Good
         • Can solve problems with skill shortage by hiring outside the region
       • Bad
         • Difficult to supervise workers and determine how hard they work
   • Software
     • Open source software
       • GO TO FLASH CARDS
     • Proprietary
       • GO TO FLASH CARDS
     • Bespoke
       • GO TO FLASH CARDS
   • CLOUD COMPUTING
     • SaaS
       • Software as a service
     • PaaS
       • Platform as a service
     • IaaS
       • Infatructure as a service
   • THIN CLIENT COMPUTING
     • Thin client comps run on servers
     • Client software is mainly GUI's
     • Holds software packages and runs OS's