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Decks in this class (14)

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

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