Computer systems and sub-programs Flashcards
1
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Top-down design
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Where an overall task is broken down.
2
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Decomposition
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Breaking down a large task into smaller tasks.
3
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Structure diagram
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Shows tasks that have been broken down and how they relate to each other.
4
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Module
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An individual section of code that can be used by other programs.
5
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Advantages of top-down
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- different designers can work on modules individually
- each module is a shorter program they are easier to write, test and debug
- designed modules can be given to different programmers.
