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OCR A Level Computer Science

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By: Chinmayi Balasamudra
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Decks in this class (14)

Chapter 1 - Processor components
Control unit,
Buses,
Buses control bus
15  cards
Chapter 2 - Processor performance
Clock speed,
Number of cores,
Amount and type of cache memory
3  cards
Chapter 3 - Types of processor
Von neumann architecture,
Stored program concept,
Harvard architecture
8  cards
Chapter 4 - Input devices
Barcodes,
Barcode readers pen type readers,
Barcode readers laser scanners
7  cards
Chapter 5 - Output devices
Output devices,
Screens lcd monitors,
Screens oled
10  cards
Chapter 6 - Storage devices
Need for secondary storage,
Ram and rom,
Virtual storage
7  cards
Chapter 7 - Functions of an operating system
Os,
Functions memory management,
Memory management paging and segm...
12  cards
Chapter 8 - Types of operating systems
Distributing os,
Multitasking system multi user mu...,
Os used by mobile phones
7  cards
Chapter 9 - Nature of applications
Systems software,
Utility programs disk defragmenta...,
Utility programs automatic updates
9  cards
Chapter 10 - Programming language translators
Assembler,
Compiler,
Interpreter
4  cards
Chapter 11 - System analysis methods
Analysis requirements of system t...,
Design,
Programming modular programming t...
10  cards
Computational thinking
Representational abstraction,
Abstraction applied to high level...,
Abstraction by generalisation
13  cards
Networking and Web Technologies
Dns,
Circuit switching,
Packet switching
6  cards
Legal, moral, ethical and cultural issues
Computer misuse act 1990,
Data protection act 1998,
Regulation of investigatory power...
4  cards

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