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Data All information that is stored on a computer si known as data. Data Protection Act The data protection act is designed to protect privacy of information when stored on a computers system. Click here to see more information. Database A database is a program designed to store, search and produce reports on information such as names. Addresses, images etc. A database can store thousands of individual records. Desktop The desktop is the screen which displays program shortcuts (Icons) in Windows 95/98. Dialog Box Dialog boxes are message boxes that appear on screen when the computer needs a response from the user. The most common dialog boxes are the file open and file save boxes. Digital Camera Digital photography makes use of computer technology to manipulate and edit graphic images. These images can be taken from digital cameras. These cameras do not use film but store images either on a floppy disc, or on a special memory card. Disk Disks are used by the computer to store information (Data). Most disks make use of magnetic media but disks also include CD ROMS, magneto Optical, and floppy disks. DOS (Disk Operating System) The computer processor relies on DOS to convert instructions from Windows 95/98 into a special format of 1's and 0's. Domain Name All web sites on the Internet need to be identified from millions of others. To allow the browser programs to find an individual site each site has a domain name. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) DVD's are very much like CD ROMS, except they can store many times more information thanks to new technology. Unfortunately DVD's can only be used to read information and cannot be used to backup data in the same way as CD's. |
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