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Explain some advantages and disadvantages of having your computer connected to a network

A network has multiple advantages and disadvantages - the main advantages are that it enables a team to work from multiple places, it means that you can share hardware which is both cheaper and easier, it me...
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What is the result of this binary addition: 0110 + 0101 ?

the answer is 1011.
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Taken from an AQA paper: A common misconception is that the Internet is the World Wide Web. Explain the differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Using these terms interchangeably is a pet-hate of Sir Tim-Bernes-Lee, who invented the WWW and works at our university, so it seemed an appriate choice! The internet can be thought of as a massive network (...
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Why are bit patterns often displayed in hexadecimal notation instead of binary notation?

Hexadecimal notation is compact, compared to binary notation, hence easier to understand by humans.
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Computers use virtual memory, can you explain what this is and how it is used?

Virtual memory is within the hard disk of the computer. It functions in the same way as RAM, but storing open applications when there is not enough RAM. It has a slower access time than the main memory and i...
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