Fundamental Concepts
Identifying Concepts
Examples of...
Layers of...
100
This is the fundamental language of computers.
What is binary code?
100
Python
What is programming?
100
This is the process of breaking down complex systems into their most basic, essential components while hiding the underlying details.
What is abstraction?
100
The most abstract layer, designed for the end-user.
What is a User Interface?
200
This is a set of step-by-step instructions designed to solve a problem or perform a task.
What is algorithm?
200
What is an algorithm?
200
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) like Windows Desktop.
What is a User Interface?
200
Programmers focus on business logic rather than machine operations by using languages like Python or Java.
What is a High-Level Programming Language?
300
This is like giving instructions to a computer, but instead of using natural language.
What is programming?
300
This deals with I/O devices.
What is the input-process-output cycle?
300
Implementing a boot loader.
What is an Assembly Language?
300
A set of protocols for building and integrating application software.
What is an Application Programming Interface?
400
This explains how computers interact with the world, process information, and produce meaningful results.
What is the input-process-output cycle?
400
0100100001101001
What is binary code?
or
What is "Hi" in binary code?
400
CPU architecture and logic gates.
What is hardware circuitry?
400
This is the lowest level of abstraction that is still software, directly manipulating the computer's memory and processors with binary code.
What is Machine Code?
500
Data categorized into types such as numbers, text, and images, allows computers to apply specific operations & manipulations that are appropriate for each type.
What are data types?
500
0.1243
What is a floating point data type?
500
Executable files in binary form.
What is machine code?
500
A low-level programming language that is specific to a particular computer architecture.
What is an Assembly Language?