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UNFINISHED: GCSE AQA Computer Science
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- 1What is a variable?When we store data memory, we give the location a unique name, an identifier. These are called variables in our program.
- 2What type of data is an Integer? What type of data is a real/float?A whole number 3, 45, -453
A number with a fractional part, such as 34.245 - 3What is a string?Zero or more characters.
A string can be null (empty), just one character or several characters. - 4What is assignment?Putting an actual value into a variable
- 5What is sequence?A matter of writing the steps down in the order they need to happen.
- 6What does the 'FOR' loop do?Allows you to execute a group of steps one or more times, for a specific number of times.
- 7What is a 'REPEAT' loop controlled by?A condition at the end of the loop.
- 8What is a 'WHILE' loop controlled by?A condition at the start of the loop.
- 9What is a condition?A Boolean expression that will be true or false at a particular point in the program. Conditions are used to control iteration and selection statements.
- 10Flowcharts: What is a terminator? What shape is it?It shows where the algorithm starts and finishes.
- 11Flowcharts: What is an input box? What shape is it?Shows an input to the system.
- 12Flowcharts: What is a decision box? What shape is it?Always asks a question and has different routes out depending on the answer.
- 13Flowcharts: What is a process? What shape is it?Something that happens, always includes a VERB!
- 14Flowcharts: What is storage? What shape is it?Could be a file or a database.
- 15Flowcharts: What shape is a printed output?
- 16CANCELLED FLASHCARDSSORRY :)
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- James Jolliffe · Apr 2015
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