Lesson Objectives To understand why computer systems must be reliable To investigate the consequences of an unreliable system
Reliability THINK PAIR SHARE Of an example of when a computer system has crashed/broken/wouldn’t work PAIR Share your example with a partner SHARE Share your example with the rest of the class
Reliability Computer systems are important and are involved in most human activities: Safety Travel Business Entertainment Education Science Given our dependence on them, it is vital we are able to trust in the reliability of these systems.
Internet Research Use the internet to research the consequences of unreliable computer systems. Collect your data and produce a powerpoint slide to explain The business/system that was in place What went wrong What the consequence were You will be sharing your story with the class
How do we make systems more reliable? There are several ways of doing this One of them is to make all systems stick to the same conventions and rules, known as Standards There are various categories of standards. In computing, standards exist for programming languages, operating systems, data formats, communications protocols electrical interfaces.