ICT REVISON

ICT REVISON

1. Different types of computer systems

   • Laptops
     • Large screen
     • Full keyboard
     • Touchpad Mouse
     • Full computer
     • Portable
     • Easy to carry around
     • Business people use them to use in multiple locations
     • Students to use between home/college.
     • Can be used for office work, multimedia and gaming
   • Netbooks
     • Small screen
     • Very light
     • portable
     • Long battery life
     • Webcam
     • Mobile users to need a basic computer on the move
     • Family-entertainment
     • computer working on the move
   • Tablet
     • large touch screen
     • A range of worldwide apps
     • Graphical interface
     • Wifi/ 3G
     • Schools to promote learning
     • Entertainment
     • Web browsing
     • Basic working
   • Smartphones
     • Touch screen
     • Apps
     • Graphical interface
     • Long battery life
     • Mobile phone
     • internet access
     • People who need a phone and business utilities (e-mail, web, calendar)
     • Entertainment: music, games and other apps on the go
     • Socially: people to use social media on the go
   • Ultrabook
     • very thin
     • large screen
     • very powerful
     • long battery life
     • WIFI
     • gamers
     • commuters- very lightweight so easily portablt
     • business/school/entertainment

2. Methods of identifying individual photographs

   • Using your phone
   • editing softwares which are unque to you
   • ask people to be in photos, someone different; random
   • Put signatures on the photo at the bottom
   • use the copyright sign,

3. How websites can be personalised to suit individual customers and the legal restriction on doing so

   • COOKIES
     • A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer when you visit some websites
       • sometimes when you go on the page, it gives you a warning that there are come cookies on this page; to use the information that you have used before.
     • A cookie is used to remember settings from your last visit to a website. For example, Amazon use cookies to help identify you when you revisit the site. The website reads the cookie and then can look up details such as your name, address credit card; you will normally have to agree to having cookies on the page to have this, Cookies are always sercure but there is always a risk.

4. Methods of providing proof copies of photographs to customers

   • Email the customers their photos, make sure they are a smaller version
   • Dont print out the photos, they could just use them and not pay
   • Have a Watermark stamp on them to not see the whole photo; have to buy to see

5. Online Feedback forms

   • Most websites have online feedback forms
   • they are normally used to get the customers feedback, on what they are doing well and what can be changed.
   • Doing online feedback, makes the feedback customers feel more invovled and willing to give their own opinions.
   • some customers feel better doing it online rather than in a store, because they have a more freedom to what they write and not feel under pressure

6. features of diary management software

   • easy to search through
   • lets you share diaries and calenders with other people
   • can add in activities (e.g. meetings)
   • access your diary online, dont have to write everything down and then lose it
   • book appointments
   • create a timetable
   • create reminders
   • send out invitation emails regarding appointments/meetings
   • lets co-workers add events to your diary

7. methods by which image manipulation software may be used to edit photograohs

   • manipulating images invovles changing them in some way, You can use software to do this digitally
   • This can be used as part if the development of ideas process or to create actual final images
   • there is a large range of photo editing softwares availble, including Adobe photoshop, Corel paint shop Pro, GIMP and paint.NET
   • there you can do effects such as:applying filters, increasing or decreasing contast, cutting out parts, cutting out sections to create patterns, adding text, layering images and changing the opacticity
   • you can edit photos on your tablet, for portable use on the go; there is loads of editing apps that you can use

8. electronic methods of transferring photographs, the risk of using these methods and possible actions that may be taken to reduce these risks

   • E-mails: easy way to transfer images,it is a quick and no money transfer; just would be giving away e-mail addresses which might be a risk; you would have to send the photos on the work e-mail and not home where all your information is stored
   • Mail: easy, dont have to travel, have them in your home, dont have to print them out, normally only takes around 1/2 working days; it's cheap and affordable. Risk: could get lost in the process,
   • Icloud: can put the photos on icloud with no time, is easy and quick; doesnt cost, once on there, no way of being lost. They are on your account so no-one else has access.
   • USB: just plug into your computer and then send them to your documents; all the photos will be in there, can manage them/organise easily, no chance in losing the photos
   • memory cards: take out of the camera they used to take the photos, then plug into your computer; easy way to transfer images, images could be deleted or could lose memory card.
   • bluetooth to computer: easy way; quite a long process, bluetooth might not be strong enough to connect with computer; images might be too big of a size.