IB ITGS - 11. Environment

Device for sampling analog data and producing a digital sample of it.

Continuous data which can be measured, such as the temperature in the room.

Device for sampling analog data and producing a digital sample of it.

Environmental campaign group that works to reduce the problems caused by e-waste.

Environmental campaign group that works to reduce the problems caused by e-waste.

Environmental agreement regarding e-waste.

Server design which is modular, allowing systems to be rapidly expanded and reducing power consumption.

Analog data which can be measured, such as the temperature in the room.

Old, large TV style computer monitors.

Large warehouses of computers that host hundreds or thousands of gigabytes of data.

Layers of information added to a Geographical Information System.

Automatic recording of data using sensors.

Discrete data which can be counted.

An individual's effect on the environment due to e-waste.

The idea that money, language, education, or infrastructure creates a gap between those who have access to information technologies and those who do not.

The process of converting analog data into digital computer data.

Discrete data which can be counted.

Schemes used to find additional uses for obsolete computer equipment to extend it's useful life.

Discarded electronic equipment that is either broken or obsolete.

Discarded electronic equipment that is either broken or obsolete.

A system which allows layers of data to be placed on map data to visualise and analyse it. For example, crime rate figures can be layered on a map of a city.

Adding tags to data (such as an image) to identify the location in which it was created.

A system which allows layers of data to be placed on map data to visualise and analyse it. For example, crime rate figures can be layered on a map of a city.

System of satellites that allows a user to determine their position on Earth using a special receiver.

System of satellites that allows a user to determine their position on Earth using a special receiver.

Part of the GPS system which calculates its distance from satellites in space.

Remote imaging method that users laser light, often used by satellites.

Newer style "flat screen" monitors.

Countries to which electronic waste is often shipped for unsafe recycling and disposal.

Countries to which electronic waste is often shipped for unsafe recycling and disposal.

Remote imaging method that users laser light, often used by satellites.

For computer hardware, the period of time from its manufacture, through its use, until its eventual disposal.

Any service (e.g. web page content) which varies according to the user's location.

Countries which are often a significant source of electronic waste.

Countries which are often a significant source of electronic waste.

Idea that IT equipment is designed to have a short life expectancy before failing or becoming obsolete.

Operating systems to affect the power consumption of a computer.

Remote imaging method used by satellites.

The process of reclaiming valuable elements from waste electronic equipment, often done unsafely in developing countries.

The 'R' concerned with preventing e-waste problems by producing less waste equipment and using fewer harmful chemicals.

System which will take over the role of a primary system if it fails.

Techniques used by satellites to image the Earth.

The 'R' concerned with finding additional uses for equipment which is obsolete but not broken.

The 'R' concerned with finding additional uses for equipment which is obsolete but not broken.

A law which limits the harmful chemicals that manufacturers are allowed to put into their electronic equipment.

A law which limits the harmful chemicals that manufacturers are allowed to put into their electronic equipment.

During digitisation, the number of bits used to represent each sample.

During digitisation, the number of samples taken per second.

The process of converting analog data into digital computer data.

Portable GPS receiver device often used in vehicles.

The use of sensors on satellites to measure or record information, usually about the Earth.

Portable device that uses GPS to plot the user's position.

Input devices used to measure physical traits, such as sound, heat, or light.

Remote imaging method used by satellites.

Reducing a processor's clock speed to save power when not in use.

Scheme operated by IT manufacturers to accept customers' old hardware for recycling at its end of life.

A 3D software map of the Earth, usually with layers of information added, similar to a GIS.

A software implementation of a computer system, allowing one physical computer to run several "virtual computers", each with their own independent operating system and application software.

The process of using several virtual machines running on one computer to replace several separate physical computers.

Producing graphs or animations based on computer data, to help understand and analyse it.

A European law which requires electronic equipment manufacturers to accept back their equipment for recycling at its end of life.