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5.1 Number Systems
What are the 6 number systems,
What are natural numbers and thei...,
What are integer numbers and thei...
8  cards
5.2 Number Bases
What are number bases,
What base is decimal what numbers...,
What base is binary what numbers ...
9  cards
5.3 Units of information
What is a bit,
What is a byte,
What is a nybble
6  cards
5.4 Binary Number Systems
How do you work out the range of ...,
What s the difference between sig...,
How do you add 2 unsigned binary ...
18  cards
5.5 Information coding systems
How do computers represent charac...,
Why was unicode introduced,
What is the purpose of error chec...
9  cards
5.6 Representing images, sound and other data
What are the main difference betw...,
How do you convert sound digital ...,
How do you convert sound analogue...
36  cards
6.1 Hardware and Software
Define hardware,
Define software,
Define application software
8  cards
6.2 Classification of programming languages
Explain the development of types ...,
What are the 2 types of low level...,
Describe machine code
7  cards
6.3 Types of program translator
What does an assembler do,
What does a compiler do,
What does an interpreter do
6  cards
6.4 Logic gates
What do truth tables do,
Describe the not gate describe it...,
Describe the not gate describe it...
12  cards
6.5 Boolean algebra
Describe a not in boolean algebra,
Describe an and in boolean algebra,
Describe an or in boolean algebra
7  cards
7.1 Internal Hardware Components of a Computer
What does a processor do within a...,
What is main memory and its role ...,
What is a bus and its role in a c...
20  cards
7.2 The stored program concept
What is a computer that uses the ...
1  cards
7.3 Structure and role of the processor and its components
What are the 3 main things do pro...,
What is the role of the alu,
What is the role of the control unit
33  cards
7.4 External hardware devices
What are barcodes,
What is the difference between 2d...,
How do barcode readers work
28  cards
8.1 Consequence of uses of computing
What are the 4 issues and opportu...,
What are moral issues,
What are ethical issues
5  cards
9.1 Communication
What is a symbol in relation to c...,
What is baud rate,
What is
19  cards
9.2 Networking
Define network topology,
What is a physical network topology,
How does physical network topolog...
26  cards
9.3 The Internet
Define the internet,
How is the internet connected,
What is an internet service provi...
58  cards
9.4 The Transmission Control Protocol - internet protocol (TCP IP)
What does tcp ip stand for,
What is tcp ip,
What are the 4 layers in the tcp ...
68  cards
10.1 Fundamentals of Databases
What is a data model,
What is an entity,
What is an attribute
46  cards
11.1 Big Data
What are the 3 defining features ...,
What does volume mean in big data,
What does velocity mean in big data
19  cards
12.1 Functional programming paradigm
What is a function,
How do functions work,
What is an argument
10  cards

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