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Unit 1 The Online World

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Lesson 7 - Online Documents

(Student Book A Pg 7 - 9)

Starter
a. What does upload mean?
b. What does download mean?
c. What is an algorithm?
a. Transfer data to a larger computer system.
b. Copy data from one computer system to another computer system or to a disk.
c. A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations,
e.g. by a computer.
1. What is the most common method used to compress a file? What is the most
popular program used to achieve this?

The most common method used to compress a file is zipping it. The most
popular program used to achieve this is zip.
2. What are the advantages of using online software packages?
A)
B)
C)

2. How does an automatic backup work?

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3. Find out the meanings of these key terms

Version Control:

Locked:

File Permissions:

4. Match the following file permissions to the correct sentence.

This allows users to retrieve a document,
read it, edit it, add a new document or
delete or archive an existing document.

Read-only Access

This allows a user to look at and read a

document but not change it.

Read/Write Access

This allows the user to look at and read a

document but also to make changes to it.

Full Control

5. Write down what permissions each of these people should have.

Person

Permission

Computer Administrator
Teacher / Lecturer
Pupil / Student using a shared drive

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Plenary
a. What is a common format for compressing files?
b. What are the advantages of online documents?
c. What are the disadvantages of online documents?
a.

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b.

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c.

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