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Decks in this class (12)

Unit 1 - Computer Components
Define control unit 1,
Define buses 2,
Define alu 3
90  cards
Unit 2 - Operating System
What is an operating system 1,
How is an operating system booted 2,
Functions of an operating system 3
88  cards
Unit 3 - Software Development
What happens in the analysis stage 1,
What is included in the design st...,
What is included in the implement...
79  cards
Unit 4 - Exchanging Data
What is lossy compression 1,
How does lossy compression work o...,
How does lossy compression work o...
70  cards
Unit 5 - Networking
What is a router 1,
What is a server 2,
What is a switch 3
135  cards
Unit 6 - Data Types
Binary addition rules 1,
What is an overflow 2,
What does one shift to the left do 3
42  cards
Unit 7 - Data Structures
Define array 1,
What is a 2 dimensional array 2,
Define tuple 3
93  cards
Unit 8 - Boolean Algebra
Shape of and gate and and symbol 1,
Shape of not gate and not symbol 2,
Shape of or gate and or symbol 3
44  cards
Unit 9 - Legal, moral, ethical and cultural issues
What are the four main acts we ne...,
What is the data protection act 2,
What are the 8 principles under t...
29  cards
Unit 10 - Computational Thinking
Define computational thinking 1,
Define abstraction 2,
What is computer science 3
80  cards
Unit 11 - Programming Techniques
Define iteration 1,
Examples of iteration 2,
Difference between dountil and wh...
23  cards
Unit 12 - Algorithms
Define big o notation 1,
Two main parts of big o 2,
Description of o 1 3
55  cards

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