AQA AS Computing: 1.1 Principles of Computation Flashcards
Key vocab definitions for chapter 1.1 Principles of Computation
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Computation
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The act or process of calculating or determining something by mathematical, logical or interactive methods
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Computability
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Measures what can and can not be computed
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Computing
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The study of natural and artificial information processes
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Artifical Intelligence
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A branch of computing that studies the use of computers to perfom computational processes normally associated with the human intellect
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Algorithm
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A description, independant of any programming language, of a process that achieves some task. It is a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
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Deterministically
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Without guessing a solution before confirming it
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Program
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A description in a programming language of a process that achieves some useful result
