general ICT

Scenario Illegal or Legal Explanation You copy a music CD bought from a shop and give it to a friend. illegal This is illegal because they haven’t bought it themselves, making the company loose profit. You haven’t had a copyright permission. You copy a music CD bought from a shop and sell it. illegal This is illegal because they haven’t bought it themselves, making the company loose profit. Also your making profit off of their items. And have no copyright permission You buy software intended for one computer and put it on to other computers. illegal This is illegal as you are supposed to buy software from the company and for each computer. Need a licence. You download music and do not pay for it. illegal This is illegal because some websites don’t stream music and take profit away from the producer. Can be legal if the producer allows it for free. You make your own picture and add it to your work. legal As it’s your work and if you’ve copyrighted it you can get your own permission to use it. You copy images from the Internet and add them to your work. illegal Without permission its illegal and if its protected via copyright then you need permission. Some sites offer uncopyrighted photos You copy copyright images and put them into your work, including details of the source. Legal and illegal Both its legal if you haven’t passed it off as your own work but is illegal if you don’t use it as educational resources

Jack Thornton Teacher- laptop would be suitable because it means they can plan and do work on the go and also would be able to move rooms easier News reporter- a netbook would be suitable as they are small yet they still have a full keypad and are light weight Website designer- desktop would be suitable because they have a lot of software and need a big memory that won’t run out of charge and it needs a something powerful Doctor- Desktop to store all note in the office Traffic warden-  a pda/ portable as the are always moving Music producer- desktop to store all music and has powerful programs Features of a computer Measured in GHz the higher the number the faster it is does all the calculatation and is the computer’s brain Ram temporary memory higher the Ram the more you can do at the same time better graphics and video requires this and a better processor Hard drive primary storage area measured in bytes (giga bytes) 1000 gigabytes = terabytes the bigger it is the more you can store Wireless enabled picks up WiFi signals connects to internet slower than a cable due to distoration cant travel through lots of thick walls USB connection (Universal Serial Bus) most common many peripherals are connected this way good to have lots. Sound and graphics card allows you to fix a motherboard lets you play, record and display graphics if you use a lot of of sound and graphic you will need a better one gamers offen have expensive ones Optical drive CD and DVD drive allows you install software listen to music and watch films some allow you to burn cds and dvds useful to back up and transfer data   

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