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ICT - Answer✔Information and communication technology
result of integration between information technology (IT) and telecommunications (TLC)
information society - Answer✔spread of ICT affects every area of human activity; service sector
has taken a greater economic weighting
information revolution - Answer✔occurring change in use of technology to spread data
digitalization - Answer✔fuels the information revolution
entails all the innovations aimed at processing, maintaining and distributing information in an
increasingly effective and less expensive way
data explosion - Answer✔the phenomenon of distribution and accumulation of huge amounts
of data deriving directly from digitalization
big data - Answer✔refers to some specific features related to the huge datasets that companies
are building:
1. volume - measured in petabytes
2. speed
3. variety
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4. low density of meaning
four v's of big data - Answer✔volume, velocity, variety, veracity
hardware - Answer✔indicates all the set of components that physically constitute an electronic
device (physical components)
examples of hardware - Answer✔monitor/display, memory card, microprocessors (central
processing unit, CPU, CD/DVD/BD reader/writer, hard disks, keyboards, mouse, audio devices
e.g microphones, headphones, speakers
Moore's Law - Answer✔doubling the number of transistors would take place every 18 to 24
months
every 18-24 months performance of microprocessor chip will double (costs of these
components would half without compromising performance)
also applicable to gradual increase in memory capacity
SSD - Answer✔solid state disks (memory card in personal computers and laptops)
mniaturization - Answer✔process characterizing the progressive reduction in the size of
components and thus the hardware
digital convergence - Answer✔the progressive unification of previously separate functions, or
as the result of integration of products designed to perform different functions but that are
united by the use of digital technologies
wearable technologies (WT) - Answer✔an appealing example of digital convergence
any device designed to fit the human body and to provide the user with a specific function:
watches, eyeglasses etc.
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wearable computing - Answer✔includes hardware devices, with their software interfaces, that
has been created to fit the human shape and to support users in the most natural way possible
basic software - Answer✔the software that interacts directly with the hardware and is essential
for the system to work:
operating system, programming languages, system utilities
application software - Answer✔programs used by people to process data and produce the
information they need
spreadsheets - Answer✔managing spreadsheets in cell-based structured tables where you can
enter formulas, graphics processing of the data
Excel, openoffice, calc, Google Sheets
word processing - Answer✔for the preparation of documents and text formatting: microsoft
word, openOffice, Writer, Google Docs
elaboration of presentations - Answer✔creating multimedia presentations consisting of slides
displayed in sequence
powerpoint, apple keynote, open office impress, google presentations
database management - Answer✔storage, structuring and querying databases
microsoft access, openoffice base, SQL Server
statistic elaboration - Answer✔monitoring adn analysis of large amounts of data, econometric
analysis
SPSS, SAS, Eviews, R, Stata
mathematic elaboration - Answer✔studies of functions, graphical representations, etc
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Computer Skills Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
ICT - Answer✔Information and communication technology
result of integration between information technology (IT) and telecommunications (TLC)
information society - Answer✔spread of ICT affects every area of human activity; service sector
has taken a greater economic weighting
information revolution - Answer✔occurring change in use of technology to spread data
digitalization - Answer✔fuels the information revolution
entails all the innovations aimed at processing, maintaining and distributing information in an
increasingly effective and less expensive way
data explosion - Answer✔the phenomenon of distribution and accumulation of huge amounts
of data deriving directly from digitalization
big data - Answer✔refers to some specific features related to the huge datasets that companies
are building:
1. volume - measured in petabytes
2. speed
3. variety
1
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4. low density of meaning
four v's of big data - Answer✔volume, velocity, variety, veracity
hardware - Answer✔indicates all the set of components that physically constitute an electronic
device (physical components)
examples of hardware - Answer✔monitor/display, memory card, microprocessors (central
processing unit, CPU, CD/DVD/BD reader/writer, hard disks, keyboards, mouse, audio devices
e.g microphones, headphones, speakers
Moore's Law - Answer✔doubling the number of transistors would take place every 18 to 24
months
every 18-24 months performance of microprocessor chip will double (costs of these
components would half without compromising performance)
also applicable to gradual increase in memory capacity
SSD - Answer✔solid state disks (memory card in personal computers and laptops)
mniaturization - Answer✔process characterizing the progressive reduction in the size of
components and thus the hardware
digital convergence - Answer✔the progressive unification of previously separate functions, or
as the result of integration of products designed to perform different functions but that are
united by the use of digital technologies
wearable technologies (WT) - Answer✔an appealing example of digital convergence
any device designed to fit the human body and to provide the user with a specific function:
watches, eyeglasses etc.
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wearable computing - Answer✔includes hardware devices, with their software interfaces, that
has been created to fit the human shape and to support users in the most natural way possible
basic software - Answer✔the software that interacts directly with the hardware and is essential
for the system to work:
operating system, programming languages, system utilities
application software - Answer✔programs used by people to process data and produce the
information they need
spreadsheets - Answer✔managing spreadsheets in cell-based structured tables where you can
enter formulas, graphics processing of the data
Excel, openoffice, calc, Google Sheets
word processing - Answer✔for the preparation of documents and text formatting: microsoft
word, openOffice, Writer, Google Docs
elaboration of presentations - Answer✔creating multimedia presentations consisting of slides
displayed in sequence
powerpoint, apple keynote, open office impress, google presentations
database management - Answer✔storage, structuring and querying databases
microsoft access, openoffice base, SQL Server
statistic elaboration - Answer✔monitoring adn analysis of large amounts of data, econometric
analysis
SPSS, SAS, Eviews, R, Stata
mathematic elaboration - Answer✔studies of functions, graphical representations, etc
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