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Computer Science

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Decks in this class (45)

Defensive Design
What does defensive design do,
What is a range check,
What is a presence check
6  cards
CPU
What does the cpu stand for,
What are the three main parts of ...,
What does the cpu do
9  cards
Memory
What is ram,
What does ram mean,
What is volatile memory
9  cards
CPU and System performance
What does the cpu performance dep...,
What is the clock speed,
What is cache
5  cards
Secondary Storage
What are the two main types of st...,
What are examples of primary storage,
What are examples of secondary st...
12  cards
System Software - The OS
What do operating systems do,
What does the ui do,
What are some examples of user in...
5  cards
System Software - Utilities
What do defragmentation utilities do,
What do backup utilities do,
What does compression software do
7  cards
Open Source and Proprietary Software
What is open source,
What are some examples of platfor...,
What are the advantages of using ...
8  cards
Networks - LANs and WANs
What does lan stand for,
What does wan stand for,
Why would you use a lan
4  cards
Networks - Hardware
What is a network interface contr...,
What do network switches do,
What are routers responsible for
7  cards
Client-Server and Peer-to-Peer Networks
What are the advantages of using ...,
What are the disadvantages of usi...,
What is a client server network
9  cards
Network Topologies
What is a star topology,
What is are the advantages of usi...,
What is are the disadvantages of ...
6  cards
Network Protocols
What is a protocol,
What is a mac address,
What are mac addresses used by
23  cards
Network - The Internet
What does www stand for,
What are the pros of using cloud ...
2  cards
Network Security Threats
What is a passive attack,
What is an active attack,
What is an insider attack
15  cards
Ethical and Cultural Issues
What are the four main types of i...,
What are stakeholders,
What is internet censorship
5  cards
Environmental Issues
What are virtual machines,
What is e waste
2  cards
Computer Legislation
What does the data protection act...,
What is the freedom of informatio...,
Why was the computer misuse act 1...
13  cards
Computational Thinking
What are the three key techniques...,
What is algorithmic thinking,
What is decomposition
4  cards
Writing Algorithms - Pseudocode
What is pseudocode
1  cards
Writing Algorithms - Flow Diagrams
In flow diagrams what does the pa...,
In flow diagrams what does the re...,
In flow diagrams what does the ov...
6  cards
Search Algorithms
What is a binary search
1  cards
Programming Basics - Data Types
What is an integer,
What is a real or float,
What is a boolean
6  cards
Programming Basics - Operations
What does the div operator do,
What does the div operator do,
What does the mod operator do
30  cards
Constants and Variables
What can data values be stored as,
What is a constant,
What is a variable
3  cards
Strings
What are strings written inside,
How do you add two strings together
2  cards
Program Flow
0  cards
Boolean Operations
0  cards
Arrays
0  cards
File Handling
0  cards
Storing Data
0  cards
Searching Data
0  cards
Sub Programs
0  cards
Defensive Design
0  cards
Testing
0  cards
Translators
0  cards
Integrated Development and Environments
0  cards
Logic
0  cards
Units
0  cards
Binary Numbers
0  cards
Hexadecimal Numbers
0  cards
Characters
0  cards
Storing Images
0  cards
Storing Sound
0  cards
Compression
0  cards

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