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- 1BlogsBlog- short for Web Long
Blogs are websites which are organised by blog posts, these are individual news stories. These mostly start as personal online diaries but have recently been taken up by businesses as a way of communicating with customers. - 2Methods of connectionWired - USB, Ethernet cable, HDMI
Wireless - Bluetooth [connects devices wirelessly over a short distance]
Wi-Fi [Wi-fi requires connection to a wireless route] - 3Online storage-It provides an additional way to automatically back up data
-You can access your files from anywhere in the world so long as you have an internet connection
-You can share files with other people if you are prepared to give them access to your account - 4Social bookmarkingFavouriting and bookmarking websites is the old way, you can only access the websites you've saved on 1 computer and it soon becomes messy.
You can now bookmark websites on a website using del.icio.us this creates a user friendly, social way to save pages easily and quickly. The website also organises the websites into tags making it easy to save a lot of pages but without them being hard to access. - 5Cloud computing and other services it offersCloud computing allows companies to access data and manage data off site, people call it being 'in the cloud' this allows business to access new servers that are available in the cloud which works using their web browser. It is accessible on any Wi-Fi network.
- 6EnvironmentHuge server farms consume a huge amount of energy and produce enormous amounts of heat.
Facebook's huge Arctic server farm is an example of efforts made to reduce this. It's located to take advantage of the naturally cold air, thus getting rid of the need to use more energy on air conditioning. - 7—
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- GCSE IT Flashcards on Pre Public Exam flashcards, created by Grace Hall on 01/12/2015.
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