SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTER ETHICS, INCLUDING COPYRIGHT ISSUES AND PLAGIARISM
COPYRIGHT IS A LEGAL BARRIER TO PREVENT OTHER PEOPLE FROM DOING A CERTAIN THING, AND ANYONE WHO DISOBEYS CAN BE
PUNISHED BY THE LAW. IT IS WRONG TO BREAK COPYRIGHT LAWS.
PLAGIARISM IS WHEN A PERSON COPIES SOMETHING WITHOUT GIVING CREDIT OR SOURCING THE INFORMATION. IT IS...
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1.4.4 Security
DESCRIBE HOW THE KNOWLEDGE FROM 1.4.1, 1.4.2 AND 1.4.3 CAN BE APPLIED TO REAL-LIFE
SCENARIOS INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLINE BANKING, SHOPPING
THESE SECURITY MEASURES AND REASONS CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY REAL LIFE SCENARIO, SUCH AS WHEN BANKING ONLINE, OR
SHOPPING ONLINE OR POSTING PRIVATE INFORMATION ONLINE.
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1.4.3 Security
SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO KEEP ONLINE SYSTEMS SAFE FROM ATTACKS INCLUDING
DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS, PHISHING, PHARMING
DDOS ATTACKS ARE WHEN A SERVER BANDWIDTH IS FLOODED WITH GHOST IP’S OR COMPUTERS ALL TRYING TO GET
INFORMATION, TO PREVENT LEGITIMATE USERS FROM ACCESSING THE DATA. THIS CANNOT REALLY BE PREVENTED EXCEPT
INSTALLING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE...
1.4.2 Security
SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DATA ARE KEPT SAFE WHEN STORED AND TRANSMITTED,
INCLUDING:
– USE OF PASSWORDS, BOTH ENTERED AT A KEYBOARD AND BIOMETRIC
PASSWORDS (LONGER PASSWORDS ARE BETTER) AND BIOMETRICS SUCH AS FINGERPRINT, RETINA SCANNERS ETC.
– USE OF FIREWALLS, BOTH SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, INCLUDING PROXY SERVERS
FIREWALLS MONITOR NETWORK...
1.4.1 Security
SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO KEEP DATA SAFE FROM ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE,
INCLUDING CORRUPTION AND HUMAN ERRORS
DATA CAN BE CORRUPTED OR LOST THROUGH MANY WAYS, SUCH AS ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE (DROPPING YOUR LAPTOP),
CORRUPTION (INCORRECT SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE), AND HUMAN ERRORS SUCH AS ACCIDENTALLY DELETING A FILE.
SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO KEEP...
1.3.7 High and low-level languages and their translators
SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR BOTH HIGH-LEVEL AND LOW-LEVEL LANGUAGES
Advantages of high-level languages
Advantages of low-level languages
Read and understand closer to human language
Make use of special hardware
Write in a shorter amount of time
Make use of special machine-dependent instructions
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