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COIT 20246 ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Due date: Thursday Week 11 (2PM AEST)
Part: Written Assessment
Weighting: 30% of total assessment.
Submission: Electronic (see course website for details)
Instructions
It will be necessary to use literature/online resources to complete this
assignment, please ensure you cite and reference any such materials using
the Harvard format.
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assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not
use your own words!
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Tasks
There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed below. There is a
table to complete for each task. Please fill in the information required.
Note: Each resource summary should be around 200-300 words.
Week 1
The text discusses how modern CPUs function. Recently a critical flaw in microprocessor
design has been discovered that allows two extremely serious security exploits: Spectre and
Meltdown. Find and summarise ONE resource that describes how either of these exploits
work. The resource (and your summary) should focus on what is occurring in the CPU that
allows these exploits to occur.
Title: Meltdown attack
Reference: Meltdownattack.com. (2018). Meltdown and Spectre. [online] Available at:
https://meltdownattack.com/ [Accessed 21 May 2018].
Summary: The main reason for the selection of the article is that the concept of meltdown is
described in a very precise manner. The attack majorly breaks the isolation which is related to
the operating system and the user application. This attack mainly allows a program to access
the memory and thus allow the access of other program and the operating system. If the
computer has a processor which is vulnerable and runs on the operating system which is
unpatched, it is not a safe option to work with critical data of the organization in these types of
system. This is due to the factor that the data of the organization can get leaked in the
process and it can directly harm the normal functionality of the organization. These aspect
can be related both to the sector of personal computers as well as cloud infrastructure. In
order to provide a mitigation there are software patches which can be implemented into the
system which would be directly safe guarding the system from the attack which is related to
the meltdown. Most of the time it can be stated that the safeguard of the data of the
organization can be considered as one of the sector it which proper emphasis should be
given.
Week 2
Prior to 1985, there were very few Operating Systems (OSes) that used Graphical User
Interfaces (GUIs). Find and summarise ONE resource that describes ONE of these GUI
operating systems. The OS must have been release prior to 1985 so cannot be Microsoft
Windows.
Title: GUI Operating system
Reference: Templates, B. (2018). List of GUI-Based Operating System and Its History. [online] E-
techinnews.blogspot.in. Available at: http://e-techinnews.blogspot.in/2012/06/list-of-gui-based-
operating-system-and.html [Accessed 21 May 2018].
<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here. This should
include the URL of the resource>
Summary:
The concept which directly allow the user to interact with hardware of the computer in a
manner which is friendly can be termed as Graphical user interface. In recent times there are
many GUI which are created which are implemented into the operating system which can
give added advantage to the user.
The Xerox 8010 star can be considered as one of the fully integrated desktop of the computer
which directly includes the application and the GUI and is known as “The Xerox Star” which
was latter termed as “Viewpoint” and again it was renamed as “Globalview”. The system was
developed by the apple with the main motive of the intention of the processing of the

documents in the work station. Unfortunately it can be stated that the work station did not last
long and directly suffered a setback when the Xerox introduced the apple Machintosh
operating system which was offered in a more affordable price
Week 3
Low-Powered Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) are wireless communication networks that are
characterised by linking devices over large distances. Devices (including simple sensors)
typically can only communicate at very low bit rates, however, the communication and
associated electronics consume very little power. As such, LPWAN devices can be battery
powered and operate independently for many months or even years. Find and summarise
ONE resource that describes ONE platform or technology that implements a LPWAN.
Title: Technology that implements a LPWAN
Reference: Bhatia, R. (2018). What is LPWAN and why is it considered critical for IoT?.
[online] IoT India Magazine. Available at: https://www.iotindiamag.com/2017/03/lpwan-
considered-critical-iot/ [Accessed 13 May 2018].
<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here. This should
include the URL of the resource>
Summary:
The main justification which is related in regards to the section of the resource is that it gives
a direct overview of the concept of LPWAN and puts emphasis on the aspect of how it can be
implemented in the concept of the internet of things. The main aspect which is taken into
consideration is the advantage of the LPWAN technology.
The LPWAN directly fuels up the connectivity which is related to the devices which are related
to the internet of things. The basic advantage which is related to the concept is that it has less
bandwidth need as compared to other devices which are related to the connectivity aspect.
The defining characteristics which are related to the concept of the internet of things are high
speed of the connectivity rather than the concept of being scalable, robust “low power
blanket” for the smart phone devices for example sensors and lightning. These type of setting
are majorly used in the concept of the industrial setting. The concept which is related to the
LPWAN technology can be directly connected to devices with the range of 15 miles and due
to this aspect it is widely used in the sector of building, utility sector, health care sector and
transportation.
Week 4
Voice over IP (VoIP) is a group of hardware and software technologies that allow users to
communicate via voice and video over the Internet. VoIP uses a number of different software
protocols, depending on the application. Find and summarise ONE resource that describes
ONE of these VoIP protocols.
Title: VoIP Protocols
Reference: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Based IP PBX System Design. (2016).
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 5(2), pp.1380-1385.
Summary:
The main reason for the selection of the article is that it gives a direct overview of the concept
which is related to the aspect of the VoIP. The protocol which is taken into consideration is
the H.248. The main feature which is related to the aspect of the H.248 protocol is that it
directly provides a gateway which is between the interface of the PGW 2200 and the VXSM

gateway. It can be stated here that that the direct supplement which is related to the protocol
is related to the aspect of the MGCP protocol. The interface is based on the concept of the
ITU –SG16/IETF specification of H.248 which defines a decomposition architecture relating to
the gateway. The architecture basically comprise of a media gateway (MGs) and media
gateways controller (MGC). On the other hand it can be stated as a functionality which is
related to the distributed functionality of the call control between the MG (an entity which
directly manages the tearing and the establishment processes the stream of the media) and
the MGC (an entity which directly manages the establishment and the tearing of the calls).
The main functionality which is related to the concept is related to the protocol that it directly
interfaces with the IP telephony network with the network of the PSTN which directly passes
the voice traffic from one section of the network from another network.
Week 5
One of the many uses of cryptography has been the development of the blockchain.
Blockchains are commonly used as the basis for maintaining the data integrity of crypto
currencies, though have many, many more applications. Find and summarise ONE resource
that describes how blockchains work. Note that the resource should focus on the blockchain
mechanism, NOT crypto currencies.
Title: How blockchain works.
Reference: Happiest Minds. (2018). What is Blockchain Technology | Blockchain
Applications. [online] Available at: https://www.happiestminds.com/Insights/blockchain/
[Accessed 13 May 2018].
Summary:
The main functionality which is related to the functionality of the blockchain can be related to
the aspect of the digital ledger. The digital ledger can be accessible from different platforms
and applications and is bound in one area or access point. Due to this functionality it can be
stated here that the application is widely implemented in different sectors including the
finance sector. The main reason of the implementation of the technology into the finance
sector is due to the security aspect which is involved into the data. The security aspect is
involved into the data by means of converting the data into a hash function. A hash function
can be considered to be a number of a letter which provides a hash function which is a
mathematical function that directly takes a variable number and directly converts it into the
small changes which are related to the string which is of fixed number of characters. The
main aim of the has function is that it would not be accessible by anyone other than the
authorized user or the authorized person. The data in this concept is known as the block and
the family of the data is known as the blockchain.
Week 6
One controversial practical application of network traffic management is in the contravention
of the principle of “net neutrality”. Find and summarise ONE resource that describes what net
neutrality is and how its contravention could impact on individual and business users of the
Internet.
Title: Net neutrality
Reference: Finley, K., Hempel, J., Graff, G., Tiku, N., Matsakis, L., Simonite, T. and
Lapowsky, I. (2018). Net Neutrality: Here's Everything You Need To Know. [online] WIRED.
Available at: https://www.wired.com/story/guide-net-neutrality/ [Accessed 14 May 2018].
Summary:
Net neutrality can be considered as a concept which is related to the internet service provider
for example Comcast and Verizon. The functionality which is related to the concept can be
related to the content flow which is directly through the tables and the cell toward equally. The

aspect which is related to the concept should not slide the data into the fast lanes while the
concept of the block. Block allows the organization to restrict the access to a particular
service which is related to the using of the Skype or slow down the access of the Hulu and
the Netflix. Taking into consideration the future of the net neutrality is now in the hand of the
court and the congress. Most of the organization in recent times are trying to adopt the
concept of the net neutrality. Most of the organization and the bodies of the business who are
located in the state of Washington can be considered as one of the organization to indulge
themselves into the concept of net neutrality. Most of the broadband providers try to indulge
themselves into the aspect of the working of the net neutrality in the near future due to the
different types of advantage which are achieved from the concept.

Week 7
Information Systems have led to greater and greater degrees of automation in the workplace.
There is currently extensive speculation on which jobs will cease to be performed by humans
in the near future. Find and summarise ONE resource that discusses jobs that are likely to
not exist in the future due to ICT based automation. Note that the resource must clearly link
the loss of the job(s) to advances in ICT.
Title: Job lost due to ICT automation
Reference: : TechCrunch. (2018). Technology is killing jobs, and only technology can save
them. [online] Available at: https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/26/technology-is-killing-jobs-and-
only-technology-can-save-them/ [Accessed 14 May 2018].
Summary:
The main reason for the selection of the article is that it gives a direct explanation which is
related to the loss of the job with the aspect of the automation of the ICT. It can be stated
here that since the working of the technology in this aspect is directly involved into the non-
human intervention there can be loss of job. In recent times technology are playing a very
vital role which is trying to make automatic changes in the operation. The main aim of the
automation process is that it would remove the sector which is related to the human oriented
errors. In most of the cases it can be seen that the automation process can directly involve
loss of job due to the factor that the automation would be software oriented which would
include less human activity included into the aspect. It can be stated that loss of the job would
directly affect the professional exerts in the field and on the other hand there be a situation
where high level expert people would be involved into the working. Loss of job would be
directly affecting the society and would directly alter the life of the common people as it would
be directly involving automatic approach towards the system and application in the framework
of the ICT.
Week 8
With the advent of mass data collection and storage has come the use of these datasets for
machine learning. Find and summarise ONE resource that describes what machine learning
is and how it is being used.
Title: Concept of Machine Learning
Reference: Sas.com. (2018). Machine Learning: What it is and why it matters. [online]
Available at: https://www.sas.com/en_in/insights/analytics/machine-learning.html [Accessed
14 May 2018].
Summary:
The main focus point which is related to the aspect of the article is to take into consideration
different aspects which are related to the concept of the machine learning and how it can be
used and what are the advantage which are related to the concept. The main functionality
which is related to the aspect of the machine learning is in the sector of the analysing of the
data that basically automates the analytical model which is related to the building. It can be
one of the branch which is related to the artificial intelligence which is based on the aspect of
system which can directly learn from the data which is feed into the system. The
implementation of the machine learning is implemented into the concept of the Google self-
driving cars. The technology can be directly be implemented in any form of aspect which are
used in daily life in order to enhance the sector the working within the concept of the working.
As stated it can be implemented in many sector one of the sector it is playing a very vital role
is the fraud detection sector which directly involve the security of the data in the recent world.
Week 9
Critical to application development are the languages used to implement the specifications.

Find and summarise ONE resource that describes ONE programming language that has
been developed since 2008. The resource (and your summary) should include information
on the principle uses and features of the language.
Title: Pure Programming Language
Reference: Purelang.bitbucket.io. (2018). Pure Programming Language. [online] Available at:
https://purelang.bitbucket.io/ [Accessed 14 May 2018].
Summary:
The main reason for the selection of the article is that it directly provides an overview which is
related to the pure programming language. The existence of the pure programming language
is since 2008. The concept which is applicable to the pure programming language is that it
can be directly implement modern functionality relating to the approach. The main
functionality which is related to the aspect is in the field of dynamic typing, matching of the
pattern, full symbolic rewriting and the concept of lazy evaluation technique. On the other
hand it can be stated that the pure programming language can be integrated with other
computing environment for example Faust, pure data, Octatave and TexXmacs. Add on
modules can also be included into the concept. This makes the programming language very
much adoptable for most of the programmers and a huge amount of benefit can be faster
computation can be achieved from the concept. One of the successor of the pure
programming language is the Q programming language. The main support related to the
system architected in the framework of the programming is the Mac OS X, windows and
FreeBSD (just to name a few)

Week 10
While information systems and technology deliver many benefits to society, they can also
result in negative effects and outcomes. One recent controversy, the propagation of fake
news and its influence on elections, has been linked to a type of software called a “bot”. Find
and summarise ONE resource that describes what bots are and how they can be used for
disseminating misinformation and affecting human behaviour.
Title: Bots
Reference: Us.norton.com. (2018). What Are Bots?. [online] Available at:
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-malware-what-are-bots.html [Accessed 13 May 2018].
Summary:
The main consideration which is made in the concept of the using the article is that it gives a
direct overview which is related to the concept. In most of the situation it can be stated that
bots or internet bots directly hamper the normal functionality of the system of computer. It can
be stated here that bots or internet bots are also known as spider, crawlers and web bots.
The main functionality which is related to the concept can be applied in the sector of the
utilization to perform jobs which are repetitive. There are basically two sector which can be
taken into consideration in the aspect which are the good bots and the bad bots. The bad
bots can be considered as a malware which directly infects the sector of the system and
abrupt the normal functionality of the system. The concept of bots can be directly used for the
concept of infecting more than one operating system. Some of the example which are related
to the attack may be in the field of DDoS attack and the backdoor attacks which are related to
virus and worms. The attack can be generated at any time and at any place. The attack which
is related to the bots can be sometimes important in the concept of networking.

MARKING SHEET - DO NOT DELETE
Criteria
0 No Response
<=1 Poor resource selection; resource is too broad or lacks relevance to the
task; summary fails to explain what the resource was about; the relevance
and/or usefulness of the resource has not been explained.
<=2 Good resource selection; resource is relevant to the task; summary is
adequate but may require either more detail or is too long; the relevance
and/or usefulness of the resource has been explained to some extent, but
needs additional information.
<=3 Excellent resource selection; resource is highly relevant to the task (the
resource is probably highly specialised); summary is detailed yet concise;
the relevance and usefulness of the resource selection has been clearly
explained.
Key
Deductions
-3
-2
-1
Reference/URL provided does not link to resource (and resource cannot
be located or determined from details provided) OR
Reference/URL provided does not relate to the summary (i.e. summary is
not of resource content / contains content not contained in the resource)
Resource is generic AND/OR covers multiple technologies/examples
rather than focuses on a single technology/example
Resource not referenced correctly/not in Harvard format
Week Marks Awarded
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