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SQA Higher Computing Science

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Flashcards for SQA Higher Computing Science (C816 76), split into the specification's four areas, Software design and development, Computer systems, Database design and development and Web design and development, and then by topic within each. Follows the course specification, version 3.0 (May 2023, valid from session 2023-24).

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What is inside (28 subdecks)

  • Computer systems141 cards
    • 1. Data representation60 cards
    • 2. Computer structure28 cards
    • 3. Environmental impact19 cards
    • 4. Security risks and precautions34 cards
  • Database design and development162 cards
    • 1. Analysis14 cards
    • 2. Design67 cards
    • 3. Implementation: SQL65 cards
    • 4. Testing7 cards
    • 5. Evaluation9 cards
  • Software design and development204 cards
    • 1. Development methodologies23 cards
    • 2. Analysis18 cards
    • 3. Design18 cards
    • 4. Implementation: data types and structures21 cards
    • 5. Implementation: computational constructs49 cards
    • 6. Implementation: algorithms25 cards
    • 7. Testing27 cards
    • 8. Evaluation23 cards
  • Web design and development164 cards
    • 1. Analysis11 cards
    • 2. Design20 cards
    • 3. Implementation: CSS33 cards
    • 4. Implementation: HTML39 cards
    • 5. Implementation: JavaScript28 cards
    • 6. Testing25 cards
    • 7. Evaluation8 cards

Some of its cards

  • The repeating process in which the processor fetches an instruction from memory, decodes it and then carries it out
    Fetch-execute cycle
  • Which SQL wildcard character represents zero, one or several characters, used with LIKE?
    % (percent)
  • A general description of what the software is for
    Purpose (in software analysis)
  • An algorithm that checks each element of a list or array in turn, from the start, until it finds the target value or reaches the end
    Linear search
  • What does the 'top-level design' show, in a modular pseudocode or structure diagram design?
    The major steps of the solution, usually numbered in order
  • Fitness for purpose (evaluating a database)
    Whether the finished database meets the end-user and functional requirements identified at the analysis stage
  • header element
    Contains a web page's banner, often including a title, graphic or a link back to the home page
  • The named variable a sub-program uses inside its own definition to refer to a value passed in when it is called
    Formal parameter
  • Entity
    A person, place, thing, event or concept about which a business wants to store data, such as Student or Class
  • A way of representing positive and negative integers in binary using a fixed number of bits, where the most significant bit has a negative place value
    Two's complement

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