ITeC Jargon Glossary


A glossary of ITeC-speak -- all those technical terms and training jargon which you need to get used to.
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R

Radio button

A type of button where only one choice can be made at any time.

Raid

A system for storing data efficiently and automatically and backing up hard disks.

Records

You will need to create records if you are working towards Essential Skills Wales Level 2 ICT.

Records should be data which is linked or connected in some way that has been created in a spreadsheet or database. It should include at least 5 sets of data of multiple fields. The data should them be further manipulated by sorting or filtering and embedded into your project.

Example of a record set

City/Town Population Area (miles²) County Welsh name
Swansea 232,501 145.9 West Glamorgan Abertawe
Newport 141,306 73.4 Gwent Casnewydd
Merthyr Tydfil 55,000 68.9 Glamorgan Merthyr Tudful
Cardiff 341,054 54.1 South Glamorgan Caerdydd
Cwmbran 50,000 7.5 Gwent Cwmbrân

Sorted by Area in descending order.

Render

The process of making a 'finished' video from a video editing.

Resolution

The amount of detail shown in an image.

Review

While training with ITeC you will have formal reviews with your assigned tutor every month (in-house learners) or every two months (apprentices). These will be carried out electronically, filling in a form and form part of your ILP on Mahara.

The term 'Review' is also used in the portfolio-based qualifications. You need to prove you have 'reviewed' your work. Normally this means doing things like including rough drafts, writing about how it went, completing a writing frame or answering questions.

RGB

A colour picture created on a monitor, by combining a value for red, green and blue channels to determine the colour of each individual pixel.

Right-click

Sometimes clicking the right mouse button displayes a pop-up menu with special functions and options.

Router

A device used to connect moe than one computer or other device to the internet.

RTF

Rich Text Format. A file format used to transfer files between different types of word-processing programs.