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Lesson 1 Week 18 Do Now

The document includes a checklist for identifying transmission media related to software types, specifically open source and proprietary. It also prompts for advantages of command line interfaces over GUIs, and requires filling in definitions for various types of memory including ROM, RAM, Cache, and Virtual Memory. Additionally, it asks for the full forms of several technical acronyms.

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Lesson 1 Week 18 Do Now

The document includes a checklist for identifying transmission media related to software types, specifically open source and proprietary. It also prompts for advantages of command line interfaces over GUIs, and requires filling in definitions for various types of memory including ROM, RAM, Cache, and Virtual Memory. Additionally, it asks for the full forms of several technical acronyms.

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Do Now in Silence 07/09/2021

1) Tick the boxes for the corresponding transmission media

Type of Source code Freely available Support Support provided by a


Software freely available to modify and provided community of volunteers
distribute by the
vendor
Open Source 
Proprietary

2) Explain two advantages of an operating system that uses a Command Line Interface
instead of a GUI (4 marks):

3) Fill in the column on the left with these keywords: ROM, Virtual Memory, RAM, Cache

Stores programs and Data currently in use-it


is volatile i.e. loses all data when powered
off
Stores programs and files for later use. It is
non-volatile i.e. does not lose data when
powered off
Stores data that has been frequently or
recently used by the CPU
Acts as RAM when the RAM is full, it is
stored on a section of the HDD and is slower
as swapping pages/files because the HDD
has moving parts and is further away from
the CPU

4) What do the following acronyms stand for:

RAM
ROM
ALU
Bit
IDE
GUI

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