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47 notes updated on 20 October.

Revised A Level notes, including new diagrams.

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The Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle…Updated
Virtual storageUpdated
Linkers and loaders and use of librariesUpdated
The relative merits and drawbacks…Updated
Methods of capturing, selecting…Updated
Network security and threats…Updated
Representation and normalisation…Updated
How to create, traverse, add data…Updated
The Data Protection Act 1998Updated
The Computer Misuse Act 1990Updated
The Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988Updated
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act…Updated
The nature of abstractionUpdated
The need for abstractionUpdated
The differences between an abstraction…Updated
Devise an abstract model for a variety…Updated
Identify the inputs and outputs for a given…Updated
Determine the preconditions for devising…Updated
The nature, benefits and drawbacks…Updated
The need for reusable program componentsUpdated
Identify the components of a problemUpdated
Identify the components of a solution…Updated
Determine the order of the steps needed…Updated
Identify sub-procedures necessary to solve…Updated
Identify the points in a solution…Updated
Determine the logical conditions…Updated
Determine how decisions affect flow through…Updated
Determine the parts of a problem…Updated
Outline the benefits and trade offs…Updated
Programming constructsUpdated
Recursion, how it can be used…Updated
Global and local variablesUpdated
Modularity, functions and procedures…Updated
Use of an IDE to develop/debug a programUpdated
Use of object oriented techniquesUpdated
Features that make a problem solvable…Updated
Problem recognitionUpdated
Problem decompositionUpdated
Use of divide and conquerUpdated
Use of abstractionUpdated
Backtracking, data mining, heuristics…Updated
Analysis and design of algorithms…Updated
The suitability of different algorithms…Updated
Measures and methods to determine…Updated
Comparison of the complexity of algorithmsUpdated
Algorithms for stacks, queues, trees…Updated
Standard algorithms: sorts…Updated

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