A second copy of valued files, kept incase the originals are damaged.

Literacy and Numeracy. (We don't like to call them Maths and English!)

This is a general term for your level of reading and writing. Workshops take place regularly if you want to improve. You could also progress onto the Essential Skills qualifications if you wanted a certificate in these skills.

A blog is an abbreviation of "web log" and originally they started out as a sort of online diary. Nowadays they are used for much more and many businesses use them to communicate with their customers.

You will use blogs for many purposes while at ITeC while at ITeC

• The main ITeC Blog - where memos and information about the course are held, the training calendar is dislayed and your exam results are posted.
• The Learning Reflections Blog where you will write about what you're learning and how it's going as part of your Improve Own Learning Key Skill.

Later in the course you will probably also create a blog of your own as part of your ICT Essential Skills project.

• The ITeC Sandpit Blog will be used to practise for this
• You can see other learners' blogs here
  

A type of optical disk used to store up to 50GB of files.

Starting up a PC after it has been turned off.

A fast, permanently connected internet connection such as ADSL or cable internet.

A program used to view and interact with websites.

To write data onto a CD, DVD or Blu-ray disk.