APPENDIX A: ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET

ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET

Surname Modise

First Name/s Bogosing

Student Number 159891

Subject End User Computing

Assignment Project 2
Number

Tutor’s Name Mr. Vasu Chetty

Examination Venue Durban

Date Submitted 05 April 2020

Submission (√) First Submission X Resubmission

95a Horseshoe Crescent
Unit 13, Riverglen Estate
Postal Address
Waterfall, Durban, KwaZulu Natal

3610

E-Mail bogosing.modise@trasnet.net
(Work)
(Home)
Contact Numbers
(Cell) 060 5835081

Course/Intake January 2020

Declaration: I hereby declare that the assignment submitted is an original piece of work produced by myself.

Signature: Date: 05/04/2020

Table of Contents
Section A ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
Question 1 ........................................................................................................... 1
Question 2 ............................................................................................................ 1
SECTION A

Question 1

Applications Systems
Microsoft word Microsoft Window 10
Microsoft excel Linux
Adobe Acrobat Reader Macintosh operating systems
Adobe Photoshop

Question 2

2.1

I. LAN

Local Area Network (LAN) is a network that interconnects the computing resources
housed in several buildings of an organization e.g. office building (Gallo &
Hancock, 17 Dec 2001)

II. WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a wireless LAN that uses wireless devices
to communicate e.g. access point with other devices. WLAN is also limited to a
localized space e.g. home office.

III. WAN

Wide Area Network is a network that is used to connect LAN’s by way of a third-
party provider. An example would be a frame relay cloud ( provided by a telecom
provider) connecting corporate offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg
(Donahue, 1 Jun 2007, p. 5).

IV. MAN

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) network spans a city or large campus e.g.
municipality.
2.2.

I. CD-ROM

Compact disk read-only memory is an optical disk that contains audio or software
data that the memory is read-only (Computer Hope, 2019).

II. Magnetic Storage Tape

A sequential storage medium used for data storage, back and archiving (EMC
Proven Professional, 2012).

III. Hard drive

A rigid magnetic disk or disks fixed within a disk drive and used for storing
computer data (American Heritage Dictionaries, 2006, p. 149).

IV. Memory card

A removable storage device that fits into a small slot in a host device and stores
data in non-volatile RAM (American Heritage Dictionaries, 2006, p. 197).

2.3

Input Output
Keyboard Monitor
Mouse Speaker
Microphone Printer
3d Printer
Headphone
 References
Gallo, M. & Hancock, W. M., 17 Dec 2001. Networking Explained. In: Networking Explained.
s.l.:Elsevier, p. 656.

Donahue, G. A., 1 Jun 2007. Network Warrior. revised ed. s.l.:O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Computer Hope, 2019. cdrom.htm. [Online]

Available at: https://www.computerhope.com
[Accessed Sunday March 2020].

EMC Proven Professional, 2012. Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and
Protecting Digital Information in Classic, Virtualized, and Cloud Environments. In: E. E.
Services, ed. s.l.:John Wiley & Sons, p. 528.

American Heritage Dictionaries, 2006. High Definition: An A to Z Guide to Personal

Technology. In: High Definition: An A to Z Guide to Personal Technology. s.l.:Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, p. 368.