http://sdrv.

ms/19PUEZQ

Domain Hacks: A domain hack is where you shorten a web
address in a clever way, or where you spell something catchy or
easy to remember with a Top Level Domain (TLD)

skydrive.live.com --> sdrv.ms (Montserrat)
Delicious --> del icio.us (United States)
Instagram --> Instagr.am (Armenia)
Google --> Goo.gl (Greenland)
Youtube --> youtu.be(Belgium)
Google --> g.co(Columbia)
Twitter --> t.co(Columbia)
za.ch (Switzerland)
kop.rs (Serbia)

Section 5- Data Types
Questions A, B
Test Yourself, Revision, Questions
Due October 20th

Data Types
Logical/Boolean - Yes/No;1/0;On/Off; True/False
Number - 3.45,17
Alpha Numeric - Numbers, Symbols, and Letters.
! @ #$%^&123456abcdef
Date - Oct 12, 2012; 10/12/12/12/10/12; 12/10/2012
Cost - $25
Time - 12:00pm; 23:07
Grades - A*, F




Questions A
1.
Name of Field Example Data Data Type
Title (Mr., Ms., Mrs., Dr.) Alphanumeric
Phone Number 1566-655-1173 Number
Sex M or F Logical/Boolean
Country Botswana Letters
Date of Birth 01/10/03 Date
Years at Address 4 Numeric
2.
Items of Data Tick if Logical/Boolean
Driving License (Y or N) Not Logical/Boolean
Size (S, M, L, XL) Logical/Boolean
Sex (M or F) Logical/Boolean
Airport Code (PEK, ICN, YNT) Not Logical/Boolean
Car Reg Number Not Logical/Boolean
Date of Purchase Not Logical/Boolean
Car Type (Manual/Automatic) Logical/Boolean
Fuel Type (Diesel/petrol) Logical/Boolean
Are you Hungry? Not Logical/Boolean
Is your name long or short? Not Logical/Boolean


File : A collection of related records. A list of this is called a
record. A list of all classes in Yew Wah is called a file.


Record : All the data relating to a single thing or person. A
record is made up of fields. Name, Age, Sex, DOB, Grade,
Student ID number.

Field: A single item of data.

Data: A fact about something.

Information: 02/11/11. Feb 11 2011. Nov 11 2002. Nov 02
2011

Meaning is: Month first, Year second, Day third. Feb 11 2011
Data + Meaning = Information
Data is pointless and confusing without meaning.


Ked field: A piece of data which everyone has in common, but
which is unique to each to each person. Student ID number.
Phone number. Passport. National ID Number. Social Security
Number.


I own a computer company. I need to keep track of my sales my
customers, and my product.
Flat-File Database: 1 Excel document which has all of this
information.
Relational Database: 3 Excel spreadsheets (one for each topic)
which are connected together.

Linking Files: To link files means to have two different files
(records) which share the same information.(Data and
Meaning) when we link these files (records), any changes made
to one file (record) is changed also on the linked file. Forming
Relationships between files. (records)

Digital-Analogue Converters (DAC)
Digital Signals are used by the computer. They can be
expressed using a logical/boolean language, like 1 and 0. They
have a very limited number of choices in terms of stepping.

Analogue signals are used by computer speakers. They have
infinite number of choices in terms of stepping.

Sampling: The rate at which a computer decides which
number to apply to something.

Music sampling : How many times per second a computer
digitizes a sound. Each time a sample is taken, the DAC takes
the volume, tone, tempo, beat, key and turns it into binary.
128 kbps was sampled 128,000 times per second. The higher
the bit rate, the better digital quality the music

Picture Sampling : The visible light spectrum has an infinite
number of color choices. Sampling in a color. A computer
MUST have a finite number if choices. The more color choices
a DAC makes the more natural the colors look, and the better
the photograph. The number of dots which a computer breaks
up a photo (sampling) is expressed in mega-pixels, or millions
of total pixels. 2mp photo is lower quality than a 20mp
photo.


2d. Transcription Errors - where data copied from forms is
misread. e. You can fix transcription errors by verifying data
after you enter it.
Transposition Errors - where digits are incorrectly reversed
when being entered into a database. 123456 123456
You can fix transposition errors by adding a check digit at
the end of a long number.