ICT GCSE VOCABULARY/ GLOSSARY

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Absolute cell reference	When a cell mentioned in a formula is referred to and is not affected by the location of the cell containing the formula.
Chain e-mails	E-mails that encourage you to make copies and forward to many people, they are usually negative or useless. If received, they should be deleted or shown to an adult.
AUP	Acceptable User Policies are agreements that state what the users are allowed to do on the organisations website.
Client	A person who wants the new system.
Closed questions	Questions where answers are limited and have to be one of the options given.
Actuators	Output devices that can be made to move in response to a signal sent by the computer.
Control software	Software that is used to programme robots and devices so they can act remotely and automatically.
Analog signals	Electrical signals that vary continuously.
Application Software	Computer program that is designed to carry out specific jobs.
Copyright	A legal right given to someone who has produce documents, pictures or music. It means that other people cannot use it or copy it without the permission of the copyright owner.
Artwork	The version of a document that is sent to a printer.
Corrupt	The data in a file is not legible or accessible because it is changed of damaged in a way that can not be read by the CPU.
ATM	An 'automated teller machine' allows bank customers check, deposit and withdraw money from their bank account.
Cyber Bullying	Using computer, mobile phones or network technology to make someone unhappy or uncomfortable.
Avatar	A picture chosen to represent yourself- a safer alternative to using a real picture.
Data	Raw figures of words with out context or meaning
AVERAGE	A spreadsheet function that calculates the average of a set of values.
Databases	Collections of data and records stored in tables.
Backups / Backing up data	Copies of data stored in a different rotation incase the original is lost, stolen of corrupted.
Data controller	The person in an organisation that is in charge of insuring that the organisation follows the rules in the Data Protection act of 1998.
Biometrics	Using human features, such as finger time, as a method of identification.
Data Protection Act	A law that was introduced in 1998 that insures that data is lawfully obtained, handled and processed.
Data redundancy	When data is stored more than once in a table. This is also called data duplication.
Boots up	A process when the computer is switched on and automatically performs a set of processes to allow the computer to be used.
Budget	A financial plan to show/indicate how much money can be spent on a particular project or a part of the project.
Data subjects	Are the people whom data is stored and who own the data.
Buffers	Temporary storage areas in a printer where documents that are waiting to be printed are stored/held.
Data types	Descriptions of the types of data being stored in a cell, for example text, numbers or date.
CAD	Computer Aided Design is software that uses computers to draw a design of a product.
Data users	People or organisation that store of use the data.
CAD	Computer Aided Manufacture is software that uses computers to control tools to manufacture or assemble products.
Deadline	An established/ agreed date by which tasks have to be completed.
CCTV	Closed circuit television is an unmanned, remotely mounted video camera system that is used to transmit live pictures back to a television screen where developments can be monitored and recorded.
DTP software	Desktop publishing software is a type of application software, used to create frame based documents containing text and images.
Devices	Pieces of hardware.
Digita signals	Signals that have two values, off or on, in binary form.
Dongle	A small piece of hardware that connects to a computer's USB port. It allows the user to access other software.

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