VCDTDS045
Investigate the role of hardware and software in managing, controlling and securing the movement of and access to data in networked digital systems
Elaborations
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explaining how an operating system manages the relationship between hardware, applications and system software
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comparing the similarities and differences of two common operating systems based on characteristics such as protection, control, processing and storage
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identifying how changes to the configuration of an operating system change the operation of hardware and software components in a networked digital system
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explaining the role of hardware and software components in allowing people to interact with digital systems, for example using a mouse or touch pad or screen, speech, accelerometer
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investigating the operation and use of robotic process control systems
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explaining encryption of data as a means of protecting data, for example secret keys and ‘exclusive or’ (XOR) and hashing algorithms to digitally sign data
VCDTDS045 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Digital Systems