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Computing - OCR - GCSE - Specification Flashcards
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- 1Computer systemThe entire computer, made up of:
-CPU
-Memory
-Related electronics (Main cabinet)
-Connected devices
-Operating system - 2Purpose of a CPUExecutes sequences of stored instructions, also known as running programs.
- 3Use of binaryBinary is the data format that computers understand
- 4RAMRandom-access memory
Volatile (lost when power is lost) - 5ROMRead-only memory
Non-volatile (not lost when power is lost) - 6Virtual memory'Overflow memory'
Memory that is available when the actual memory is used up - 7Cache memoryRAM memory that a computer can access quicker than it can access regular RAM
- 8Flash memoryROM memory that can be electrically read and erased
- 9Secondary memory'External memory'
Non-volatile - 10Optical storageData recorded by making marks in a pattern on an optically readable medium. Read with the aid of light by computers.
- 11Solid state storageData stored electronically.
- 12Magnetic storageData stored with different patterns of magnetisation on magnetised material.
- 13User interfaceThe means by which the user and the computer system interact
- 14Memory managementControlling and coordinating computer meory
- 15Peripheral deviceInput and output devices
- 16MultitaskingAllowing the user to perform more than one task at once
- 17MetadataData that gives information about other data
- 18HardwarePhysical parts that make up a computer system
- 19Embedded systemsWhere a computer processor is integrated into a device for automatic control purposes
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- GCSE Computing FlashCards sobre Computing - OCR - GCSE - Specification Flashcards, criado por Josh Anderson em 07-03-2016.
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