Int2 Computing Section 1
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 interface | piece of hardware that allows peripherals to process at the same speed as the computer. |
| network | two or more computers joined together |
| high level language | programming language with English like commands but requires lots of translation for the computer to understand |
| low level language | programming language with few English like commands. Needs little translation for the computer to understand |
| Random Access Memory | data is lost from this when the power is interrupted |
| ROM | programs and data not lost from this when the power is interrupted |
| macro | a series of steps that has been recorded by the computer |
| embedded computer system | a computer that is part of a machine eg dishwasher |
| clock speed | one of the measures of the power of a computer |
| TFT | Thin Film Transistor |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| RTF | Rich Text Format: a standard file format |
| Gigahertz | a measure of clock speed |
| pseudocode | the steps and their refinements in the design stage of a program |
| internal commentary | the notes inside a program that will help future programmers change the program |
| graphical design notation | structure charts with symbols that give a picture of the pseudocode |
| floating point reprsentation | the method the computer uses to store real numbers |
| portability | how easy it is for a piece of software to be used on a different software platform |
| input validation | a standard algorithm that checks the data that is being entered |
| count occurrences | a standard alogorithm that adds up all instances of the same data in a sequence |
| find maximum | a standard algorithm that finds the largest piece of data in a sequence |
| find minimum | a standard algorithm that finds the smallest piece of data in a sequence |
| linear search | a standard algorithm that finds a particular piece of data in a sequence |
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