a-level comp sci

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Decks in this class (22)

1.1.1 Structure and function of the processor
Purpose of the alu,
Purpose of the control unit,
What are registers
29  cards
1.1.2 Types of processor
What are the properties of reduce...,
What are the properties of comple...,
What are the advantages of risc p...
11  cards
1.1.3 Input, output and storage
What are input devices,
What are output devices,
What are the types of secondary s...
19  cards
1.2.1 Systems software
What is memory management,
What is paging,
What is segmentation
31  cards
1.2.2 Application Software
What is application software,
What are some examples of applica...,
What is systems software
30  cards
1.2.3 Software Development
Describe the waterfall cycle,
What are the advantages of the wa...,
What are the disadvantages of the...
20  cards
1.2.4 Types of Programming Languages
What are programming paradims,
What are the two broad catagories...,
What is an imperative programming...
38  cards
1.3.1 Compression, Encryption and Hashing
What is compression,
What are the types of compression,
What is lossy compression
14  cards
1.3.3 Networks
What is a lan,
What is a wan,
What is physical topology
42  cards
1.3.4 Web Technologies
What is html,
What does the command do,
What does the command do
26  cards
1.4.3 Boolean Algebra
What is the complement law,
What is the annulment law,
What is the identity law
10  cards
2.1.1 Thinking abstractly
What is computational thinking,
What are the key features of comp...,
What is thinking abstractly
6  cards
2.1.2 Thinking ahead
What is thinking ahead,
What are the features of thinking...,
What are preconditions
8  cards
2.1.3 Thinking Procedurally
What is thinking procedurally,
What is a procedure,
What is a top down design
5  cards
2.1.4 Thinking logically
What is logic,
What are the strategies for think...
2  cards
2.1.5 Thinking concurrently
What is thinking concurrently,
What is concurrent processing,
Advantages of concurrent processing
4  cards
2.2.1 Programming techniques
What makes a problem computable,
What is decomposition,
What is divide and conquer
10  cards
2.3.1 Analysis, Design and Comparison of algorithms
What are the two things to check ...,
What is time complexity,
What does o 1 represent
8  cards
2.3.1 Algorithms for the Main Data Structure
What is a stack,
What are the stack operations,
What are queues
10  cards
2.3.3 Sorting algorithms
What are the sorting algorithms y...,
Explain bubble sort,
What are the time and space compl...
9  cards
2.3.1 Searching algorithms
What are the two searching algori...,
Explain binary search,
What is the time and space comple...
5  cards
2.3.1 Path finding algorithms
Explain dijkstra s algorithm,
Explain a star algorithm,
What are the advantages and disad...
3  cards

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