Students learn about
processing
- processing – a method by which data can be manipulated in different ways to produce a new value or result (eg calculating a total, filtering an email, changing the contrast of an image, changing the volume of a wave file)
- hardware in processing
- hardware with fast processors, a lot of RAM and large storage capacity for image, video and audio processing
- increased processing speed, by:
- increased clock speeds
- increased bus capacity
- historical and current trends in CPU Development
- software for processing text, numeric, image, video and audio data
- non-computer tools and processing
- – documenting procedures to be followed when processing
- social and ethical issues associated with processing
- ownership of processed data
- bias in the way participants in the system process data
Students learn to
- select appropriate hardware configurations for a specified type of processing
- edit text data using
- word processors,
- desktop publishing,
- hypertext
- database management systems
- edit numeric data using
- spreadsheets and
- database management systems
- edit image data using
- paint, draw and animation packages
- edit video data using
- edit audio data using
- diagrammatically represent data processing
Stimulus Questions (relates to "Students Learn to")
- Describe the information process of processing in detail, including a real life example.
- Describe the three type of processing and identify the hardware used by each method.
- Discuss the importance of having fast processing power to deal with image, audio and video data.
- Using a diagram briefly describe the parts of a Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- Describe in detail the fetch-execute cycle.
- Discuss the historical and current trends in processor development.
- Identify and briefly describe the software used for processing
- Compare and contrast the use of a distributed network, compared to a centralised network.
- Discuss the influence of bias on processed data.
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