HARDWARE SOFTWARE
COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS THE BRAINS OF THE COMPUTER
WHAT IS A CPU?
THIS SEARCH NEEDS TO BE SORTED BEFORE IT CAN WORK
THIS APPROACH USES A TOP-DOWN METHOD TO METHODICALLY APPROACH A PROBLEM
WHAT IS THE STRUCTURED APPROACH?
THE FIRST PARADIGM
WHAT IS IMPERATIVE?
A level 0 data flow diagram
What is a Context diagram
THE THIRD STEP IN THE FETCH EXECUTE CYCLE
WHAT IS EXECUTE?
THIS SEARCH LOOKS THROUGH EVERY ITEM ONE BY ONE.
WHAT IS LINEAR SEARCH
THIS APPROACH IS KNOWN AS THE FACEBOOK METHOD
WHAT IS AGILE
THE USE OF RULES OF THUMB TO COME TO A CONCLUSION WITHOUT EXPLICITLY STATING IT
WHAT IS HEURISTICS.
A level 1 data flow diagram
What is a Data flow diagram
THE SHORT TERM MEMORY USED IN THE FETCH EXECUTE CYCLE
WHAT IS A REGISTER?
Each pass through the unsorted part finds the largest number and places it at the start of the sorted part.
What is a selection sort
The term GUI expanded out.
What is Graphical User Interface
When two items appear in the same place, with the same name but have different inputs and outputs.
What is Polymorpism
A chart used to track the variables and their states throughout the run time of a program
What is a data dictionary
The second generation of programming languages
The data elements are compared in pairs and the larger of the pair moves towards the top of the structure.
What is bubble sort?
The most important factor in interface design
What is consistency
These two items are commonly linked to forwards and backwards chaining
What are queries and goals
A chart that is useful for visualising the primary processes in a system
What is an IPO chart.
This is the main benefit of using encapsulation.
What is Programming with multiple people/Error detection.
To begin with, the sorted part contains only the right hand element. Each pass takes the last element from the unsorted part and then finds where it should be placed in the sorted part.
What is insertion sort
THESE 5 STAGES OF THE SDLC ARE COMMON TO OUR SYLLABUS
What are..
Defining the problem
Planning
Implementing
Testing and Evaluatng
Maintaining
CLASSES AND OBJECTS USE THIS CONCEPT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN TO SETUP SHARED ATTRIBUTES.
WHAT IS INHERITANCE
This modelling tool shows the hierarchy of processes in a system and the order in which they take place
What is a structure chart/diagram