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Temperature

To see how hot or cold a room is. E.g. can be used in an office.

Infra-red sensor

To measure heat being emitted or sense the characteristics of the surrounding. E.g. in an alarm system

Humidity

Measures the moisture/water vapour. E.g in a greenhouse

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b)

As a person approaches the door the infra red sensor will immediately detect their
presence and send the reading to the microprocessor via ADC which converts analogue
signal to digital so that that microprocessor can understand it. The current reading will be
compared with the pre set values. If the reading is more than the pre set values, then
microprocessor will send the signal to DAC to activate the buzzer to alert .

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Universal serial bus is used to connect devices together serially.

It is an industry standard so most of the devices have it. No special software is required
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to detect it on the device.

faster transmission compared to wireless as it uses serial transmission.

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101000

1 bits

2^8 =256

8 bits are required

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3*1=3 4*6=24
2*2=4
9*3=27 Sum=73/11=6r6
1*4=4
2*5=10

Not valid

6*1=6 8*6=48
5*2=10
1*3=3 77/11=7
0*4=0
2*5=10

Valid

5*6+0*5+2*4+4*3+1*2+0
30+8+12+2=52
52/11=4
11-4=7

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DVD RW 

ROM
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DVD RAM 

Flash  
memory

Blu ray
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It is a form of error detection that ensures that bits have no been

changed or corrupted during data transmission. The user will clarify if
the parity bytes are even or odd.

E.g
10110 10111 10010

The first byte is incorrect as it has an odd parity whereas the others have
even parity.

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Since odd parity is used you check each row to see if odd parity is followed. Then you
check the columns to see odd parity is followed. If any bit is causing the odd parity to
be even you circle it and then check for the row no. and column no. (Count the no. of
ones to check the parity)
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 Checksum is another way to check if data has been changed

or corrupted following data transmission. 
Data is sent in blocks and an additional value, the checksum, is also sent at the end
of the block of data. The values are calculated and the received values are also
recalculated. If both are same then no error else incorrect.

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9. An image is made up of 128 x 64 pixels

It is the smallest element in a picture.

(ii) The value of each pixel is stored in 1 byte of memory.

How much memory is needed to store this image?
Give your answer in kilobytes.

1*1024
1024

Answer: 1024kb

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Lossless uses various algorithms to this. In lossless data is lost so it allows the file to be
recreated exactly as it was originally. When data is uncompressed it is restored
completely to its original file.

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AND multiplies the two values whereas OR adds the two values.
In AND gate if any of the inputs are 0 the output is 0
The output will be high (1) if both inputs are 1
In OR gate any of the input is 1 output is 1
In OR gate if both inputs are 0 then output is 0
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CAD ( Computer Aided Design)

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Check is performed on receiving data

If error found, request is sent to resend data
Acknowledgement is sent to shw data is received

Checksum
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11111111 00001000 10010011

Computers can understand it and no translator is required.

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They are translators which produces error as it appears

They translate program statement line by line

It uses less computer memory as does not produce an executable file

(b)
It produces an executable file therefore compiled program does not need

Compiled again

It compiles whole program at once therefore fast in translation of a program.

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Hard disk drive

They have a large storage capacity

SSD

It is suitable for portable devices as it has no moving parts.

Blu ray

Used to store HD movies

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• Assembly • Converter • Denary • Hexadecimal

• High-level language • Low-level language • Machine Code
• Source Code • Syntax • Translator

syntax

High level language

translator
Low level language

Assembly

Machine code

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