Grade 12 Theory Test Term 1 Study work

OCR OCR stands for "Optical Character Recognition." It is a technology that

recognizes text within a digital image.

Memory stick A memory stick is a portable storage device that uses flash memory to store
data. It's also known as a USB flash drive, thumb drive, or universal service
bus (USB) flash drive

SOHO Small or home office environment that includes a business culture

UPS Supplies a backup power during the power failure.

Touch screen A device that serves as both an input and an output device
RAM Temporary storage area

CPU Measured in GHz

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the primary component of a computer
that acts as its “control centre.” The CPU, also referred to as the “central”
or “main” processor, is a complex set of electronic circuitries that runs the
machine's operating system and apps.
Notebook A notebook computer, also known as a laptop, is a small, portable personal
computer. It's battery- or AC-powered and is usually smaller than a
briefcase. Notebook computers are designed for portability and are suitable
for temporary spaces like libraries, airplanes, and meetings.

Power user A power user is very proficient with computers and uses advanced features
of computer hardware, operating systems, programs, or websites.

Home user A home computer, also known as a personal computer (PC), is a computer
designed for one person to use at home.

Information processing cycle

“C:\Users\OneDrive\2024\Test.docx” is file path

called the ..
Data types most appropriate for Text
storing a cell number in a database
field

Peripheral A computer peripheral is an external device that connects to a computer

and provides input or output capabilities

Upgrade on your computer that will Adding more memory (RAM)

most likely improve the performance
of your computer
The resolution of the screen is The COUNT spreadsheet function count how many cells in a given range
measured by the number of vertical contain numerical values.
and horizontal pixels.
A graphical user interface (GUI) serves The disk clean-up utility program can
as a user-friendly interface between the be used to delete temporary and
operating system and the user. unused files.

Information is items that has been

processed in such a way as to be
meaningful to the person who receives
it.

Function of a SIM card is A sim card is a smart card that stores data like user identity, location and
phone number, network authorization data, personal security keys, contact
lists and text messages for cellular telephone subscribers
Operating system for mobile devices. iOS. Apple's very own operating system, iOS runs the company's iPod, iPad,
iPhone, and Apple Watch devices.
Android. Android's OS is owned by Google and is considered open-source to
Apple's closed system. ...
Windows. ...
BlackBerry OS. ...
Tizen.
Geo-tagging feature of the tablet By for example, by entering the street address into a database such as Google
Street View, users can get photographs taken from the street near the input
location, with links to maps and satellite or aerial photographs of the area.
When used in conjunction with social media sites, geo-tagging can keep
viewers informed as to the whereabouts of their friends and colleagues.

What is a browser? A Web browser is an application that gives you access to the web pages on
the internet.
HTML5 makes the web browsing experience better and it improves the quality
of what the user sees on his tablet.
Advantages and Disadvantage of the Advantage
touch screen of the tablet It is easy to use.
Touch screen devices can be operated much faster – no mouse, or a separate
keyboard must be used.
Multi-touch to zoom in and out makes it easier to play games and to view
images.

Disadvantage
The battery must be charged from time to time.
In direct sunlight it is much less efficient and most of the time very difficult to
read the screen.
If a touchscreen device were to crash the whole screen would be damaged.
Specification refers to the Octa-core (4x 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53)
performance of the tablet
‘1600 x 2560 pixels’ specification It refers to the quality of the printing work
Function of the primary memory of Primary memory stores data for quick access by the processor of the tablet
the tablet
Difference between a tablet and a Tablets are a cross between smartphones and laptops, have a bigger screen
smartphone than smartphones and provide a better multimedia experience
Will you be able to print documents Yes.
from your tablet computer? Motivate You can make use of Google Cloud Printing.
What is the ‘Google Play Store’ on Google's online store for downloading music, games, movies, e-books and
your tablet used for? Android apps.
Example of a device that can be • (Multi) touchscreen/Smartphone/Smartwatch/Tablet
classified as an input device and • Force feedback steering wheel/joystick/headset.
output device. • Multi-function scanner/printer
• Interactive whiteboard
Purpose of a user interface (UI) and It is the way to interact with your operating system or programs
example of an input device

Example
Mouse, touch screen, stylus or keyboard, any other input device (NOT
table/smartphone)
Explain convergence and give an Convergence is the combination of two of more technology in a single
example device. To have one device with several functions.

Example
Smartphone/Tablet/GPS

Disadvantages of convergence. • Functionality of many devices is lost if the device fails

• Shorter battery life for mobile convergence devices
• High hardware demand
• Reduced specialization /(less memory left)
• Security and privacy risks
• Mastering o additional skills/overload
• Device is more expensive because of greater functionality
• Difficult to upgrade one component of the device
Data protections AND methods to Description
protect (excluding any physical Data protection is about safeguarding you data/information from
methods) unauthorised access.
Method
• Passwords
• Firewalls
• VPN
• Encryption
• Backup
• Two factor authentication
TWO utility programs that you can • Antivirus
use on your computer • Disk Clean-up
• Disk defragmentation.
• Backup
• File Compression
• Task scheduler
• File Management/Task Manager

Benefits of an SSD over an HDD. • It has no moving parts.

• Robust (do not break easily)
• More energy sufficient
• Do not make a noise.
• Smaller in size
• Transfer data faster

Disadvantages of a SSD. • It is more expensive than the traditional HDD

• It has a smaller storage capacity
Reasons to use mouse in stead of • It is not as accurate or precise as a mouse, especially when drawing.
touch pad • Some users find it difficult to use, especially with drag and drop
operations and also because of the limited size of the touch pad itself.
• Built-in touchpads of portable computers cannot be repositioned in
relation to the screen for greater comfort o ease of use, as can be done
with a mouse.
Default value in MS Access Table A default value is a pre-set value.

Why it is not a good idea to use There could be more than one person with the same name in the Name
Name field as primary key - purpose field.
of a primary key field The purpose of a primary key is to make an entry unique.
Criteria of Username field in a Li –it is compulsory that the characters “Li” appear first in the field
database query: *- A string of length 0 or more can appear at the end
For example: Like Li*