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a-level ocr computer science h446

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1.1.1 Architecture - Main parts of a CPU
Where does the cpu fetch instruct...,
What is the purpose of the cpu,
What are some component parts of ...
12  cards
1.1.1 Architecture - Registers within the CPU
What is a register and what do th...,
What are the three main buses in ...,
What does the data bus carry and ...
16  cards
1.1.1 Architecture - F-D-E Cycle
0  cards
1.1.1 Architecture - CPU Performance Factors
0  cards
1.1.1 Architecture - System Performance Factors
0  cards
1.1.1 Architecture - Von Neumann and Harvard
0  cards
1.1.2 Types of Processor - CISC and RISC
What are two advantages of risc c...,
Which has more addressing modes o...,
How many cycles does each instruc...
5  cards
1.1.2 Types of Processor - Multicore and Parallel Processing
0  cards
1.1.3 Input, Output and Storage - Selecting Devices
0  cards
1.1.3 Input, Output and Storage - Types of storage
0  cards
1.1.3 Input, Output and Storage - RAM, ROM and Virtual Storage
0  cards
1.2.1 Operating Systems - Memory Management
What does memory management allow...,
What could one program do to anot...,
What is segmentation
7  cards
1.2.1 Operating System - Interrupts and Polling
What are the two ways of the cpu ...,
What is polling,
What is interrupts
6  cards
1.2.1 Operating Systems - Types of Operating Systems
What is a multi tasking operating...,
Why is multi tasking possible,
What is a multi user operating sy...
6  cards
1.2.2 Applications Generation - Types of Applications and Utilities
What is open source software,
What is closed source software,
What are some characteristics of ...
9  cards
1.2.2 Applications Generation - Program Creation (Translators)
What is a translator,
What is an assembler,
What is a cross assembler
10  cards
1.2.2 Application Generation - Stages of compilation
What is a lexicon,
What does the compiler break sour...,
What is a lexeme
19  cards
1.2.4 Assembly Language - Little Man Computing
What does the mnemonic add mean,
What does the mnemonic sub mean,
What does the mnemonic sta mean
11  cards
2.1 Computational Thinking
What are the key things a compute...,
What is decomposition,
What is concurrent processing
6  cards
Assessment improvements
What is a device driver,
What are three characteristics of...,
What is an interrupt
6  cards
1.2.3 Software Development
What is the waterfall method,
What is rapid application develop...,
What is spiral methodology
6  cards
1.2.4 Programming Paradigms
What are programming paradigms,
What are the main types of progra...,
What are low level languages
15  cards

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