unit 6-10 ict igcse

communication media

newsletters, posters, websites, multimedia presentations, audio, video, media streaming and ePublications

advantages of websites

sound/video/animation can be added, links to other websites/hyperlinks can be used, can be seen by global audience,

expert systems

developed to mimic the expertise and knowledge of an expert in a particular field

what are the elements of an expert system?

user interface, explanation system, inference engine, knowledge base, rules base

Voice over internet protocol (VoIP)

method used to talk to people using the internet, its a form of internet telephony

drawbacks of using computer modelling

mistakes may be made in the programming, the cost of setting up a computer model can be high, time may be needed to make sense of the results, reactions to the model might not be realistic/reliable