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Decks in this class (13)

4.1 Fundamentals of Programming
The 3 programming concepts,
Nested statements definition,
Identifiers definition
49  cards
4.2 Data Structures
Static vs dynamic data structures...,
Enumerated definition,
Arrays
47  cards
4.3 Algorithms
Graph traversal definition,
Example of breadth first search d...,
Breadth first search process
17  cards
4.4 Theory of Computation
Algorithm definition,
Representational abstraction defi...,
Procedural abstraction definition
40  cards
4.5 Fundamentals of Data Representation
Natural numbers,
Ordinal numbers,
Counting and measurement
54  cards
4.6 Fundamentals of Computer Systems
Hardware vs software,
Application software definition e...,
Bespoke software definition
26  cards
4.7 Fundamentals of Computer Organisation and Architecture
The processor cpu 2,
Arithmetic logic unit alu definition,
Control unit cu definition
45  cards
4.8 Consequences of Uses of Computing
Ethics vs morals,
Social consequences,
Cultural consequences
11  cards
4.9 Fundamentals of Communication and Networking
Baud rate,
Bit rate,
Bandwidth
82  cards
4.10 Fundamentals of Databases
Primary keys definition,
Simple primary keys,
Composite primary keys
36  cards
4.11 Big Data
Big data has to be big in,
Fact based modelling,
Master dataset
5  cards
4.12 Fundamentals of Functional Programming
Main features of functional progr...,
Benefits of functional programming 4,
A first class object is one that ...
13  cards
Paper 1 Definitions
Advantages of subroutines 5,
Process of stack frames 9,
2 types of programming paradigms ...
14  cards

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