AQA AS Computing: 1.1 Principles of Computation Flashcards
Key vocab definitions for chapter 1.1 Principles of Computation
Computation
The act or process of calculating or determining something by mathematical, logical or interactive methods
Computability
Measures what can and can not be computed
Computing
The study of natural and artificial information processes
Artifical Intelligence
A branch of computing that studies the use of computers to perfom computational processes normally associated with the human intellect
Algorithm
A description, independant of any programming language, of a process that achieves some task. It is a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
Deterministically
Without guessing a solution before confirming it
Program
A description in a programming language of a process that achieves some useful result