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1.1.1 Structure and Function of the Processor
What does the arithmetic and logi...,
What is the control unit,
What are registers
35  cards
1.1.2 Types of Processor
What does risc mean,
What does cisc mean,
What are the properties of risc
10  cards
1.1.3 Input, Output and Storage
What are types of magnetic storage,
Give some examples of input devices,
Give an example of a device which...
18  cards
1.2.1 Systems Software
What is an operating system,
Give some functions of an operati...,
What are similarities and differe...
14  cards
1.2.2 Applications Software
What is the difference between ap...,
Give examples of utilities,
What are the advantages of using ...
13  cards
1.2.3 Software Development
Identify the common stages of sof...,
Define white box testing,
What is telos
10  cards
1.2.4 Types of Programming Language
What are programming paradigms,
Which two broad categories are pr...,
State the advantages of procedura...
12  cards
1.3.1 Compression, Encryption and Hashing
What name is given to the public ...,
Name the two categories of compre...,
In which type of compression is t...
14  cards
1.3.2 Databases
What is a relational database,
What is an entity,
What is a flat file
11  cards
1.3.3 Networks
What is a network,
What is physical topology,
What is logical topology
44  cards
1.3.4 Web Technologies
What is html,
What does html do,
What is a tag in html
19  cards
1.4.1 Data Types
What data type should be used for...,
Perform an and mask on the binary...,
Which data type stores a collecti...
7  cards
1.4.2 Data Structures
What is an array,
What type of array is a linear array,
How do you visualise a two dimens...
24  cards
1.5.1 Computing Related Legislation
What is meant by personal data,
Which act concerns the malicious ...,
Which act protects people s prope...
8  cards
1.5.2 Moral and Ethical Issues
Give some effects on businesses o...,
Give some uses of automated decis...,
Define artificial intelligence
8  cards
2.1.1 Thinking Abstractly
What is representational abstraction,
Which form of abstraction involve...,
What is meant by data abstraction
10  cards
2.1.2 Thinking Ahead
What is the purpose of thinking a...,
Define inputs,
Define outputs
16  cards
2.1.3 Thinking Procedurally
What is the first stage of thinki...,
What is the purpose of problem de...,
State another name given to top d...
11  cards
2.1.4 Thinking Logically
What is a decision,
When are decisions made,
What is the shape used to indicat...
6  cards
2.1.5 Thinking Concurrently
What is concurrent thinking,
Are concurrent processing and con...,
What is parallel processing
6  cards
2.2.1 Programming Techniques
Name the three programming constr...,
Which two categories of loop is i...,
Describe how the branching progra...
19  cards
2.2.2 Computational Methods
What is meant by a computable pro...,
Give some limiting factors to com...,
State some factors which may be c...
15  cards

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