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Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...interface. The graphical interface windows in Figure 28 all show the ‘brick-wall’ specification in red with the implementation in black. These designs all use a rectangular window, which gives an abruptly truncated sinc function. The first design uses 15 taps (Figure 28(a)), the second uses 63 taps (Figure 28(b)) and the third uses 127 taps (Figure 28(c)). All other...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...interface with the real world. As such, the specification can be validated against the problem: we can check whether building a software system to that specification will address the problem; and the software can be verified against the specification: i.e., we can check that the software has been built in such a way that it will satisfy the specification. In this view,...
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...interface to the global superhighway and all that it holds. You could tell the pet what you want to do and it will arrange it, or rather its big brother under the stairs will arrange it. […] Ian Pearson, 2004 AnswerPossible responses How accurately do you think it predicts the future? It seems to me that the author is making quite sweeping statements aimed at portraying...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...interfaces described in video tutorials and content may have been updated since this course was first published. [Microsoft logo] This free course was written by Microsoft. You can experience it as it was originally designed here: AI Fluency...Explore AI basics: Introduction - Imagine you’re at home, enjoying a relaxing evening. Your robot vacuum cleaner starts its...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...interface between science and society. He edited (with Eileen Scanlon) Mediating science learning through ICT (2004, Routledge) and, more recently (with Jeff Thomas) a special issue of the Curriculum Journal (17: 3) on science learning and citizenship. He is a member of the OU’s Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology and is leading (with colleagues)...
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...interfaces, for example). Encoding/decoding Digitisation is a process of remediation and worth considering in light of Stuart Hall’s theory of encoding/decoding in which the acts of encoding by creators, transmission to viewers or users, and decoding in the new context of those viewers and users all have an impact on the understanding of the thing initially encoded. The...
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...interface card (NIC), which provides the interface between the node and the communication link. The NIC enables the physical connection to be made to the network. Each node also needs a way of distinguishing it from all the other nodes on the network. This can be thought of as an address that other nodes use when they want to send data to a particular destination. Each...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...interface of the ‘Wana Decrypt0r 2.0’. This tells the victims that their data files have been encrypted and that they have to pay a ransom of $300 to a given address if they want to recover all their files. The ransom is to be paid in bitcoin, which is a digital currency but can be bought with real money at bitcoin exchanges. The interface also has three-day and...