Word of the Week

Newsjacking is the practice of taking advantage of current events or news stories in such a way as to promote or advertise one’s product or brand. [The Digital Classroom Resource].  

Green Computing is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or Information Technology. [The Digital Classroom Resource].  

Targeted advertising is a form of online advertising that is directed towards audiences with certain traits, based on the product or person the   advertiser is promoting.   [The Digital Classroom Resource].  

The use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. [The Digital Classroom Resource].  

A special alpha-numeric key provided with software to authenticate legitimate purchases of the software and allow its installation on a computer system.     [The Digital Classroom Resource].  

The study of the design of computer hardware and furniture in the workplace to work in harmony with the physical health of users. The purpose is to design hardware that will minimise the risk to […]

The process of broadcasting a video stream from your webcam. This is usually a live stream that users can view online via an application such as YouTube. [The Digital Classroom Resource].  

Random Access Memory are small memory chips on a circuit board that slot into the motherboard. RAM is where data being processed is temporary stored before being saved for permanent storage on the hard drive. […]