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Decks in this class (21)

1.1.1 FDE, CPU, Von Neumann.
What is the central processing un...,
What is opcode,
What is operand
19  cards
1.1 Buses, Programming
What is python an example of,
What is low level language,
What are the three buses 3
6  cards
1.1 Processors
What are the three factors affect...,
What is clock speed,
What is cache memory
7  cards
1.1 Machine Code
Apps that actually allow you to p...,
What is assembly language,
What does the inp command do
10  cards
1.1 Architecture, CISC, RISC, GPUs
What is harvard architecture,
What is advantage of harvard arch...,
What is
9  cards
1.1 Multitasking
What is parallel processing,
What is multicore processing
2  cards
1.1 Primary VS Secondary Memory
What is primary memory,
What is secondary memory,
What is a register
18  cards
1.2 Role of the OS
What is the operating system os,
How does the operating system wor...,
What are the 5 roles of the os
12  cards
1.2 Processor Scheduling
What are interrupts,
Explain the steps of interrupt pr...,
What are some examples of why int...
6  cards
1.2 Types of OS
What does the bios do 2 points,
What is a multi tasking system,
What is a multi user multi taskin...
11  cards
1.2 Software
What is system software,
What is software,
What is application software
11  cards
1.2 Translators
What are translators,
What is a assembler,
What is a interpreter
8  cards
1.2 Compilers
What is lexical,
What is syntax,
What is lexical analysis
9  cards
1.2 Linkers Loaders & Development
What are linkers and loaders,
What is a library,
What is bytecode
5  cards
1.2.3 Software Development
State some advantages and disadva...,
State the stages of the waterfall...,
State the stages of the cyclical ...
12  cards
1.3.3 Network Security
What is malware,
What is a virus,
What are 2 examples of malware
16  cards
1.4.2 Data Structures & in Paper 2
What is a graph,
What is the definition for node v...,
What is an edge arc
19  cards
2.1 Thinking Abstractly, ahead,logically, concurrently and Procedurally
What are computational tasks,
What are the key parts of a compu...,
What is the definition of thinkin...
17  cards
2.1 Backtracking, Data Mining and Heuristics
What is the definition of backtra...,
What is the definition of data mi...,
What are the steps for data minin...
7  cards
2.2 Search engine Indexing
What is an index,
What is a web crawler,
What are the steps that a web cra...
4  cards
2.3 Algorithms
What is the big o notation,
State all the big o notations fro...,
Which big o notation has the smal...
30  cards

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