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Advantages of organisation and individuals of using networks and information formats Organisation and individuals have many advantages by using networks like internet, intranet and extranet. Also they have an advantage of using information formats like, blogs, wikis, social media and many more. Advantages of  Organisation and individuals using networks The advantage of Organisation and individuals using a networks,  that they can share resources like files that can be used through out the organisation and can be backed up easily.Also being in a Network in  organisation is that you can share resources like being connected to peripherals like printer, scanners, copiers and many more. Furthermore you can share software between multiple users which will save money. The advantage of Organisation and individuals using intranet is that it can work as a way for staff to communicate so that the staff can the necessary information like staff news and announcements. Advantages of organisati

The potential disadvantages of organisation and individuals using networks and information formats There's plenty of disadvantages of organisation and individuals using networks like Internet, Intranet and Extranet. Also there's plenty of disadvantages of using information formats such as, Blogs, Social Media, Streaming Video and meany more. Disadvantages of organisation and individuals using networks One of the disadvantages for individual and organisation is that there is a  great danger of being hacked and the having personal or costumer information being leaked, then being used to be used in identity theft. this means there must be a security software in place to put up a firewall  to restrict unauthorised users. Also another disadvantages of networks is that  mainly organisation are  vulnerable to DDOS attack, a DDOS attack is when there's a lot of computers are going on the same network ant their aim is crash the site so that no one can go onto the website and th

Information formats RSS feeds  RSS (Rich Site Summary) feeds like BBC news feeds is type of web feed that allows access to a updated online content, in BBC news case it's keeping RSS feed updated to show the subscribers to the feed update to the latest news. The accessibility of a RSS feed site like the BBC news RSS feed is that it's the use you just have to click the link to the news headline and it would take you to the news web page. Also RSS feeds are very easy to update, for example the the BBC can keep to update on their RSS feed with the latest news stories to give information to the public who subscribe to the site or who just want to keep up with the news. BBC RSS Site= http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml# my sources= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS Blog Pages The purpose  of writing blogs could be promotion of a product or service, awareness about social issues, information sharing about any subject or purely passion for writing. The accessibility

How the world wide web was affected by the use of cross-platform and open source. The Growth of the World Wide Web In 1989 the world wide web was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He was trying to find a new way for scientists to easily share the data from their experiments.  Hypertext and the internet already existed at this point but no one had thought of a way to use the internet to link one document directly to another.  Tim suggested three main technologies that meant all computers could understand each other (HTML, URL and HTTP). All of these remain in use today.  He also made the world’s first web browser and web server. You can still see pages from the first web server online. How the world wide web was affected by the use of cross-platform The world wide web allowed it to be access by anything regardless of weather or not your computer is high end or not. But the world wide web isn't limited to one type of device, and is not developed by any one company. The

Types of Internet Access Dial-up A dial-up modem converts  digital  signals from a computer to  analogue  signals that are then sent down the telephone line. A modem on the other end converts the analogue signal back to a digital signal the computer can understand. Broadband  Cable  broadband works  on the same principles of ADSL  broadband . The modem still receives data and signals from a wire and the connection is always on. However, instead of using copper wires, cable  broadband  uses fibre-optic materials. fixed broadband ADSL  broadband  comes from your local telephone exchange, owned by BT, through a  Fixed  Line Access Network made out of copper wires. ... The lines in the street connect to the wiring inside your house and provide you with an  internet  and phone connection through the BT socket on the wall. fixed wireless With the growing infrastructure of the GSM  wireless   networks,   fixed wireless   has also become a viable solution for broadband access.

Scenario B Pete is a backend web developer, working for a small creative agency. He is part of a team working collaboratively on projects. He is a single parent and works from home during school holidays. He is also a keen gamer. Dear Pete After reading your scenario, I recommend you use a high end laptop, because you will need a powerful processor, so that you can run and play videos game easily without running into having issues like it frizzing or experience extreme lag. Also the powerful processor can help design your webpage. Also if you have this laptop you can take it to and from work, so you can work from work just by taking your laptop home from work and taking it to work form work. Also as laptop are super light devices it will be easy to carry it ad it is light enough not cause back pain.

The Digital Divide The digital divide what a phase that was created in the mid-1990s to describe a gap between the people who do have access to computers and the internet and those who don't have access to computers and the internet The reasons for the Digital Divide  Economical - Some people not afford devices that do connect to the internet such as smarts phones and computers. Or they could be more concerned to survival as they might be living in a war zone. Infrastructure - Some people may not be able even have electricity or even who don't have phones lines. Politico-social Factors - Some people living war won't be using technology as might be more concern with not dying for the effect of war. And the dictator ruling may not his people on the internet for fear of being taken over. Geographical - People how live ind deserts and around mountains won't be able to use the the internet due to the poor connection.

Information holders Well everyone holds information about themselves, like their date of birth. Also people hold contract information like their phone number and email addresses of your friends and family.Also place holders keep information about organisations they do not have direct contact with. Place holders use this information to sell to third party companies, that maybe stolen. Business organisations hold information as well. For example they would hold information on their competitors like their financial information or just information about the relevant markets. The government and even healthcare services hold a lot of information about us. They hold information such as how much we earn and how much tax we pay. The electoral roll have information about us such as medical records, like when we visit the doctor and the treatment we received, also they even know where you live. The government holds information that the person dose even know about, such as by gathering info