Computer Science GCSE
Matching technology to user need
What Matching technology to user need means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Matching technology to user need
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Reference: OCR
Identifying the demands of the task before selecting a device, then comparing candidate media against capacity, speed, portability, durability, reliability and cost.
Topics that use Matching technology to user need
- Secondary storage (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Data transfer and backup between systems
- Volatility and data persistence
- Comparative evaluation
- Cost against performance
- Magnetic storage
- Non-volatile data storage
- Optical storage
- Secondary storage characteristics
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