11.7 Hardware: Nature, Capabilities and Limitations
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Software: Nature, Capabilities and Limitations looks at the nature, capabilities and limitations of hardware! What else did you expect?
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Resources - Hardware: Nature, Capabilities and Limitations
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PowerPoint presentation | |
Word file | |
Acrobat file |
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Internet resource | Video | Audio |
Note: Some of materials referenced here were written specifically for the
OCR specification. They're included because
they're a very good source of extra revision. Just make sure you have a current
AQA specification in front of you when using these resources! For
OCR devotees this page seems to be most
relevant to module content 5.1.2 (2512).
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| Hardware |
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n/a | Alcester Grammar School links covering this topic |
| Hardware |
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n/a | PC Tech Guide. A good source of information about hardware. |
| Input Devices |
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n/a | Links to every type of input device you can imagine. |
| Output Devices |
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105KB | PowerPoint presentation from Chris Brown. |
| Components of an Information System OCR |
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n/a | Great online PowerPoint from OCR ICT. Thanks to Glen Millbery. |
| Storage Devices |
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318KB | Short PowerPoint presentation based on Heathcote Ch.26 |
| Output Devices |
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93KB | Short PowerPoint presentation based on Heathcote Ch.28 |
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Reading - Hardware:
Nature, Capabilities and Limitations
Texts other than Heathcote can be found in the ICT section of the Library
Resource Centre.
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Heathcote - Core Text | |
Internet resource |  |
Other book |
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Handout/worksheet |
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| Data Capture |
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n/a | Heathcote Ch.15 Pages 78 - 84 |
| Storage Devices |
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n/a | Heathcote Ch.26 Pages 140 - 144 |
| Output Devices |
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n/a | Heathcote Ch.28 Pages 152 - 157 |
| Hardware |
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n/a | Doyle Ch.7 Pages 103 - 111 |
| Data Capture and Hardware |
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n/a | Mott & Leeming Ch.8 Pages 65 - 71 |
| Storage Devices |
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n/a | From Greenwood School's online ICT2 'textbook' |
| Output Devices |
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n/a | From Greenwood School's online ICT2 'textbook' |
| Input Devices |
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n/a | Handout from Mark Hunter Computing |
Practice questions/homework - Hardware: Nature, Capabilities and Liimitations
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Past exam question |  |
Heathcote question |
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Other question |
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FatMax assignment |  |
Smokin' Dog assignment | |||
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| 1. Spring 2002 ICT2 Question 10 |
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n/a | A company has offices on five
different sites, each office has between ten and twenty members of staff
working in it. Internal e-mail is used as a means of communicating between
the staff. It has been suggested that speech recognition input and voice
output might be used for the e-mail system.
(a). State the extra input and output devices each PC would need to support speech recognition input and voice output. (2) (b). State two advantages to the staff of using a speech recognition system. (2) (c). State three reasons why the speech recognition system may not be effective. (3) (d). State two disadvantages of the voice
output system. (2) |
| 2. Summer 2002 ICT2 Question 2 |
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Modern personal computer systems usually
include a CD-Rewriter. State two legal uses for a CD-Rewriter. |
| 3. Spring 2001 ICT2 Question 3 |
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State a suitable medium for transferring
sound files, and give a reason for your choice. |
| 4. Homework questions from David Yates. |
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n/a | 1. Give one appropriate use
with clear justification for: (a) floppy disks (b) hard disks (c) CD-ROMs (6) 2. Why do so many software manufacturers now prefer to sell their software on CD-ROM rather than on floppy disk. (2) 3. Explain the relationship between the resolution of the screen and the number of colours it can display. (3) 4. What is a printer driver and why is it
necessary? (4) |
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