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1.1 - Systems Architecture
What is the purpose of cpu 1,
What are the three stages of the ...,
What happens at each stage of the...
27  cards
1.2 - Memory and Storage
What does primary storage consist...,
Why do we need primary storage 2,
What is the difference between ra...
15  cards
1.2.3/4 - Units & Data Storage
How do you calculate data capacity 1,
What are the units of data storage 2,
Why must data be stored in binary...
11  cards
1.2.4 - Representing
What is a character set 1,
What are the well known character...,
How are images stored 3
9  cards
1.2.5 - Compression
Why do we need compression 1,
What is lossy compression 2,
What does lossy compression do 3
8  cards
1.3.1 - Networks and Topologies
What is a network 1,
What are the advantages of networ...,
What is lan 3
33  cards
1.3.2 - Wired/Wireless, Protocols & Layers
What is an ethernet 1,
What are the advantages disadvant...,
What are wifi bluetooth 3
27  cards
1.4 – Network security
What re the different threats pos...,
What is malware 2,
What happens during a malware att...
27  cards
1.5 – Systems software
What are the two types of systems...,
What is application software 2,
What is utility software 3
23  cards
1.6 – Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology
What is the computer misuse act 1,
What is the copyright designs and...,
What is the data protection act 3
7  cards
2.1 – Algorithms
What is abstraction 1,
What is decomposition 2,
What is algorithmic thinking 3
17  cards
2.2 – Programming fundamentals
What is an arithmetic operator 1,
What is an assignment 2,
What is a boolean operator 3
29  cards
2.2.2 - Data Types
What is an integer 1,
What is a real 2,
What is a boolean 3
7  cards
2.2.3 - Additional Programming Techniques
0  cards
2.3 – Producing robust programs
What is anticipating misuse 1,
What is authentication 2,
What are comments 3
17  cards
2.4 – Boolean logic
What is the operator 1,
The operator and 2,
What is binary data representation 3
13  cards
2.5 - Programming Languages & IDE's
What is a high level language 1,
What is a low level language 2,
What is the difference between hl...
20  cards

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