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ITGS IB2 Internal Exams

Posted by Panagiotis on Monday, 19 May 2008

All IB2 students must study the following for the interal exams:

1. Social and Ethical Issues
1.1. Reliability (Computer Confluence pg’s 408-412 )
1.2. Integrity (Computer Confluence pg’s 390-395, pg.57 )
1.3. Security (Computer Confluence pg’s 395-412, pg.416 )
1.4. Privacy and Anonymity (Computer Confluence pg’s 403-406, pg.435, pg.452, Ch.7 – Databases and Privacy issues …)
1.5. Authenticity (Computer Confluence pg’s 396-397, pg.388, pg.402-403 )
1.6. Intellectual Property (Computer Confluence pg’s 166-167, pg.57, pg.407 )
1.7. Equality of Access (Computer Confluence pg’s 372-374, pg.414, pg.58 )
1.8. Control (Computer Confluence pg.411 )
1.9. Globalization and Cultural Diversity (Computer Confluence pg’s 437-438, pg.414 )
1.10. Policies and Standards (Computer Confluence pg’s 406-408 )
1.11. People and Machines (Computer Confluence pg’s 455-456, pg’s 434-436, pg.63, pg.36, pg.52, pg.414, pg.417 )

2. IT systems
2.1. Basics: Hardware and Networks
2.1.1. Systems Fundamentals (Computer Confluence Ch.2 and Ch.3 )
2.1.2. Networks (Computer Confluence Ch.8 )
2.2. Applications
2.2.1. Software Fundamentals (Computer Confluence Ch.4 )
2.2.2. Databases and Spreadsheets (Computer Confluence Ch.7 and Ch.5 )
2.2.3. Word Processing and Desktop Publishing (Computer Confluence Ch.5 )
2.2.4. Images, Sound and Presentations (Computer Confluence Ch.6 )
2.2.5. Modeling and Simulations (Gift of Fire Ch.4 )
2.2.6. Tutorials, Training and Wizards (Assistants) (Gift of Fire section 8.3 Only)
2.3. Communication Systems
2.3.1. The Internet (Computer Confluence Ch.9 )
2.3.2. Personal and Public Communications (Computer Confluence Ch.8 )
2.4. Integrated Systems
2.4.1. Robotics (Computer Confluence pg’s 602-604)
2.4.2. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (Computer Confluence Ch.15 and pg.587)

3. Areas of Impact
3.1. Business and Employment (Computer Confluence Ch.11)

Slides for All Computer Confluence chapters

Slides for All Gift of Fire chapters

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ITGS IB1 Internal Exams

Posted by Panagiotis on Monday, 19 May 2008

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ITGS HL Paper 3 – Case Study 2008

Posted by Panagiotis on Thursday, 15 May 2008

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BurnAware: Free CD/DVD Recording Solution

Posted by Panagiotis on Sunday, 4 May 2008

If you are looking for a free, simple and powerful CD/DVD Recording Solution, BurnAware Free Edition is a good choice.

Features

  • Absolutely FREE. No spyware, no adware, no banners
  • Writes to all CD/DVD media types including Blu-Ray (BD-R/BD-RE)
  • Writes discs from disc images
  • Writes DVDs from DVD-Video files
  • Writes Audio CDs from WAV, MP3, or WMA files
  • Creates disc images
  • Supports all current hardware interfaces
  • On-the-fly writing for all image types
  • Writes Multi-Session to all supported media formats
  • Auto-verification of written files
  • Supports unicode for multi-byte languages
  • Clean, flexible, easy to use interface
  • Supports Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista (32 and 64 Bit)

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