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1
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What are the three Logic Gates?

A
  • AND gate
  • OR gate
  • NOT gate
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What does abstract mean?

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Taking out information and data that is not needed to make it more simple

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What does Decomposition mean?

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Breaking down a bigger problem into lots of smaller problems

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4
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What does Algorithmic thinking mean?

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  • Pseudocode
  • Fake code
  • Flow chart
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5
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What does the Diamond shape mean in flow charts?

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Decision-yes or no

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What does the Oval shape mean in flow charts?

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start/stop/end

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7
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What does the parallelogram shape mean in flowcharts?

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input/output

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8
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What does the rectangle shape mean in flow charts?

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process

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9
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What is a bit?

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1 digit (0 or 1)

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10
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What is a Nibble?

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4 bits(1000)

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11
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What is a Byte?

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8 bits

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12
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What is a Kilobyte?

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1000 bytes

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13
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What is a Megabyte?

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1000 kilobytes

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14
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What is a Gigabyte?

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1000 megabytes

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What is a terabyte?

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1000 gigabytes

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What is a petabyte?

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1000 terabytes

17
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What are the three Legislation Laws?

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  1. )Copyrights, designs and Patents ACT
  2. )Computer misuse ACT
  3. )Data protection ACT
18
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What does the Copyrights, designs and Patents ACT do?

A

It stops other people from claiming something that you did

19
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What does the Computer Misuse ACT do?

A

Stops unothorised access to Computer Systems(hacking and viruses)

20
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What does the Data protection ACT do?

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  • Relevant
  • Secure
  • Delete data after you have left somewhere(school)
  • protects personal data
21
Q

What are the pros of open source software?

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  • Free

- Source code available

22
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What are cons of open source software?

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  • Viruses
  • Adverts
  • Limited help
23
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What are the pros of closed source software?

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  • No viruses
  • No adverts
  • Support is available
  • Security
24
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What are the cons of closed source software?

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  • Not free(cost)

- Source code is not available

25
Q

What does peripheral mean?

A

A device that is not directly connected to the CPU. Divided into three categories; input, output, storage.

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