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computer science revision
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- 1SequenceIn a sequence an action, or event, leads to the next ordered action in a determined order
- 2SelectionWhen a question is asked the computer takes one of two courses of action wich is determined by the answer.
- 3IterationWhere instructions are repeated untill a condition is met.
- 4StringIn computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable.
- 5Real numberReal numbers include whole numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers and virtually any type of number that is not an imaginary number or that can't be computed or processed logically.
- 6IntegerAn integer is a whole number (not a fraction) that can be positive, negative, or zero.
- 7IDEIDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a standard electronic interface used between a computer motherboard's data paths or bus and the computer's disk storage devices.
- 8CompilerA compiler is a computer program (or a set of programs) that transforms source code written in a programming language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language), with the latter often having a binary form known as object code.
- 9InterpreterIn computer science, an interpreter is a computer program that directly executes, i.e. performs, instructions written in a programming or scripting language, without previously compiling them into a machine language program.
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- Flashcards on computer science revision, created by arnies swarzer allen bagger thefatestfastmanalivethatskiny on 06/01/2017.
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