Data Protection Act

This act is in place to prevent companies not using your data properly. there are 8 principles and you must know at least FOUR of them and be ablt to comment on these. For example

Data must be kept secure
Data must be accurate and up to date
Data must not be transferred outside the EU
Data must be obtained fairly & lawfully

Spreadsheets

These are great for doing sums! You can use formulas to calculate sums and averages. they are made up of rows and columns. Sums in spreadsheets ALWAYS start with the = sign.

Try this link to help you with spreadsheets

Databases

Databases are made up of FIELDS such as Firstname, Surname, DateOfBirth, Telephonenumber and so on. A collection of FIELDS is called a RECORD. A collection of RECORDS are stored in a file.

Databases SAVE SPACE and are more secure then paper based filing systems. It is also easy to search for data in a database.

User Interfaces

This is a menu driven interface. There are also Command line interfaces (DOS is an example of this) and Graphical user interfaces (GUI - Like windows).

The user interface is how YOU can interact with the PC.

Operating systems

These are great as they are run computer systems. They are the FIRST piece of software loaded into RAM when you turn on the computer. they have many functions such as allocating memory to programs, handling security and communicating with devices like printers. any questions or advice about this topic please post under this thread.

Input, Output and Data storage

Please post and questions you have about this topic in this thread. To start think of five input and five output devices and post them up for all to see.

Emergency coursework help

If you a really stuck and want to work on the project, or you have got a poor mark and want to improve it we are in school on the SECOND monday of easter holidays. You can use time to use ICT faclilities to work on the final part of your project. We are sending the projects off during this time.

Good luck, remember to work on drawings implementations and designs

mr B

Revision Links

Guys a great GCSE resource for you to work on

ICT revision help

this has loads fo stuff to help you with theroy and notes for all topics. Also use bytesize.

GCSE ICT theory help

Hi folks, well being ICT I thought it is about time that we get our own blog going to help you guys with the theory lessons. You can post questions and comments about the areas you are stuck on.



To get the best out of this you need to read the blog regularly and add helpful comments and answers to help each other out.

Enjoy this and blog on...