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Access Modifier - - ANS - -A keyword defining the visibility of a method or field in a
class.
Digitizer Tablet / Digitizer / Graphics Tablet - - ANS - -A tool used to convert hand-
drawn images into a format suitable for computer
processing. Images are usually drawn onto a flat surface with a stylus and
then appear on a computer monitor or screen.
Accessor - - ANS - -A typed method (function) that returns the value of a private field
in an object.
ADSL
Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line. - - ANS - -Used by homes and businesses for
dedicated digital high
speed connection to the internet over conventional phone lines.
Attenuation - - ANS - -the reduction in signal strength while transmitting data. The
further the signal
,gets from the source the weaker it will become
Attribute - - ANS - -Fields or property of a class defining the data associated with
each object.
BIOS - - ANS - -the essential start up instructions of a computer, stored in ROM on
the motherboard.
BitTorrent - - ANS - -a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing protocol designed to reduce
the bandwidth
required to transfer files. For example, if a user begins downloading a movie file, the
BitTorrent
system will locate multiple computers with the same file and begin downloading the
file from several computers at once
Botnets / Zombie Army - - ANS - -A group of computers which have been infected by
malware and are controlled from a server to run related software programs and
scripts. Often
utilised to forward spam.
Centralised Prcoessing vs Distributed Processing - - ANS - -Major processing tasks
in a network are performed by one central powerful computer in comparison to many
computers which have sufficient processing to
complete complex tasks themselves
, Class - - ANS - -the definition used to create instances of itself, called objects.
Classes define the
attributes and methods that each object created from that class will have.
Client-Server - - ANS - -1: A computer terminal that retrieves information from or
uses resources provided by a server.
2: A powerful computer which provides services to clients on a network
Cloud Computing - - ANS - -an interent service which can provide on-line
applications, store data on-line
and in a recent trend provide hardware for use on-line.
CMOS - - ANS - -Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
A technology for producing the type of memory
that stores the various user configurable computer startup settings that can be
updated or
changed
A type of memory where the BIOS settings are saved
Compiler vs Interpreter - - ANS - -A program that translates an entire high level
program source code into object code. The object
code is machine code which may be used to create standalone 'executable files'.