Environmental campaign group that works to reduce the problems caused by e-waste?
What is Basel Action Network
100
Techniques used by satellites to image the Earth?
What is Remote sensing
100
System of satellites that allows a user to determine their position on Earth using a special receiver.
What is Global Positioning System
100
Schemes used to find additional uses for obsolete computer equipment to extend its useful life.
What are donation schemes
100
During digitization, the number of bits used to represent each sample.
What is sample precision
200
Server design which is modular, allowing systems to be rapidly expanded and reducing power consumption.
What is blade server
200
A law which limits the harmful chemicals that manufacturers are allowed to put into their electronic equipment?
What is Reduction of Harmful Substances
200
Idea that IT equipment is designed to have a short life expectancy before failing or becoming obsolete.
What is planned obsolescence
200
System of satellites that allows a user to determine their position on Earth using a special receiver.
What is Global Positioning System
200
The process of using several virtual machines running on one computer to replace several separate physical computers.
What is virtualization
300
Geographical Information System
What is A system which allows layers of data to be placed on map data to visualise and analyse it? For example, crime rate figures can be layered on a map of a city.
300
The process of converting analog data into digital computer data.
What is sampling?
300
Scheme operated by IT manufacturers to accept customers' old hardware for recycling at its end of life.
What is take-back scheme
300
Device for sampling analog data and producing a digital sample of it.
What is analog to digital converter
300
During digitization, the number of samples taken per second.
What is sample rate
400
Adding tags to data (such as an image) to identify the location in which it was created.
What is geotagging
400
Remote imaging method used by satellites.
What is sonar
400
A European law which requires electronic equipment manufacturers to accept back their equipment for recycling at its end of life.
What is WEEE
400
An individual's effect on the environment due to e-waste.
What is digital footprint
400
Portable GPS receiver device often used in vehicles.
What is sat nav
500
System which will take over the role of a primary system if it fails?
What is Redundant system
500
Reducing a processor's clock speed to save power when not in use.
What is speed throttling
500
Remote imaging method that users laser light, often used by satellites.
What is Lidar
500
Any service (e.g. web page content) which varies according to the user's location.
What is location based service
500
Producing graphs or animations based on computer data, to help understand and analyse it.