William Smith is the owner of a small corner shop in Wakefield. He has little experience with computers - He can use Microsoft Word to type up an article, and he can play games as well.

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William Smith is the owner of a small corner shop in Wakefield. He has little experience with computers – He can use Microsoft Word to type up an article, and he can play games as well. He once ran the London Marathon dressed as Tony the Tiger. His main hobby is visiting restaurants with his friends. William also has a rare condition - basically he has a bad short-term memory. His favourite band is ‘The Pet Shop Boys’.

Mr. Smith has many friends, and enjoys taking his friends out to many restaurants – It’s kind of a hobby among then. However, some of his friends don’t like certain foods, some are allergic to certain foods, some don’t earn enough money to be able to afford certain restaurants, and they all work different hours, therefore Mr. Smith has problems in deciding who would be most appropriate to take. He also needs the phone numbers and addresses of his friends so he can easily get in touch with them.

There are also many, many restaurants in the Wakefield & Leeds vicinity, and William cannot keep track of which type of food each restaurant specifies in. He also needs to know the address and phone numbers of the restaurants, and the type of restaurant that it is (e.g. A Chinese, a Pub, a Fast Food House). Finally, he needs to know if he still has time to reserve a place at the restaurant, so he will need to know how many hours in advance he has to book when he inputs the restaurant details. The type of food and the type of restaurant are important factors when it comes to deciding which friend he wants to take, and the address and phone number are important for making reservations, and getting there. Mr. Smith also need the Opening and Closing times of the restaurant, so that he know his friends won’t be working at the time he wants to go, and he also needs to know how expensive the restaurant is, so his friends will be able to afford it.

He has an address book with details of all his friends and favourite restaurants inside, and he has given me permission to survey his friends, to find out their likes, dislikes and other interests, and he would also like me to gather the names of all the other, unlisted and prominent restaurants in the area.

He has a laptop that he uses for work, to type up letters and send e-mails. Here are its specifications:

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  • CPU: 1.71ghz AMD Athlon XP
  • Motherboard: x86 Family 7 Model 6 Stepping 9 AT/AT Compatible
  • Hard Drive: 40GB HDD
  • Memory: 256MB SD-RAM
  • BIOS: Award Modular BIOS
  • Operating System: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
  • Useful Software: Microsoft Office 2000 (Includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Works, Access, Outlook), Internet Explorer, Other generic software
  • Graphics Card: Geforce 2MX
  • Sound Card: On Board Sound
  • Internet Connection: ADSL 512k/256k (Downstream/Upstream) via Fujitsu ADSL Modem
  • Other: 32X/16X/8X (Read/Write/Rewrite) CD-Rewriter, 100MB Zip Drive.

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