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01 Section 1 - Computer Systems and the CPU
What is a computer,
What is the purpose of a computer,
What does a computer system consi...
37  cards
01 - Section 1 - Memory and Computer performance
What does ram stand for,
What are the features of ram,
What is ram used for
26  cards
01 - Section 1 - Secondary Storage
What are the three tiers of storage,
What is primary storage,
What are examples of primary storage
33  cards
01 - Section 1 - Types of software
What does the operating system do...,
What are the main functions of an...,
What do device drivers do
53  cards
01 Section 2 - LANs, WANs and Hardware
Define a lan,
What are the features of a lan,
What are examples of places you w...
38  cards
01 Section 2 - Network types and topologies
What is a client server network,
How are files and software stored...,
What is the client server relatio...
26  cards
01 Section 2 - Protocols and the Internet
What is a protocol,
What do protocols cover,
What addresses do devices use to ...
69  cards
01 Section 2 - Network Security Threats
What are the different forms whic...,
What is a passive attack,
How can you protect against a pas...
41  cards
01 Section 3 - Ethical and Cultural Issues
What is an ethical issue,
What is a legal issue,
What is a cultural issue
53  cards
01 Section 3 - Environmental Issues
What are the environmental issues...,
What natural resources do we use ...,
What are the environmental issues...
12  cards
01 - Section 3 - Computer Legislation
What act controls the use of pers...,
What are the 8 principles of the ...,
What are circumstances when the d...
24  cards
Exam Technique
0  cards
02 Section 4 - Algorithms
What are the three key techniques...,
Define decomposition,
Define abstraction
40  cards
02 Section 5 - Data types, operators,constants, variables and strings
What are the main five data types...,
What is the pseudocode for intege...,
What is the pseudocode for real d...
55  cards
02 Section 5 - Program flow, Boolean operators and Arrays
What do if statements allow a pro...,
What structure do if statements n...,
When is else not needed in an if ...
33  cards
02 Section 5 - File Handling and Storing Data
What is the first thing you have ...,
What is an open command in read mode,
What is an open command in write ...
42  cards
02 Section 5 - Sub programs
What are procedures,
What are functions,
What are the advantages of proced...
17  cards
02 Section 6 - Defensive Design
How do programmers protect their ...,
How do programmers protect their ...,
What is the easiest way that a us...
22  cards
02 Section 6 - Testing
What types of programming errors ...,
What is a syntax error,
What is a logic error
28  cards
02 - Section 6 - Translators and IDES
What are the two types of compute...,
What are examples of high level l...,
What is an example of machine code
28  cards
02 Section 7 - Logic and Units
What do logic gates do,
What are logic gates,
What is a truth table
36  cards
02 Section 7 - Binary and Hexadecimal
What base is denary decimal in,
What base is binary in,
What are the units for 8 bits
16  cards
02 Section 7 - Characters
What are alphanumeric character,
How do computers convert between ...,
What are character sets
7  cards
02 Section 7 - Sound, Image and Compression
How are images stored,
How do you have colour on an image,
Define colour depth
27  cards

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