AQA GCSE COMPUTER SCIENCE 8525
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Penetration Testing - ANSWERS-Professional hacking to access data and
computing power without being granted access.
Cyber Security - ANSWERS-The practices, processes and policies
designed to protect computer networks and data.
Firewall - ANSWERS-Governs incoming and outgoing data.
,Abstraction - ANSWERS-The process of removing unnecessary detail
from a problem.
Variable - ANSWERS-A storage location paired with an associated name
used to describe it. It can be changed.
Algorithm - ANSWERS-A sequence of steps that can be followed to
complete a task.
Decomposition - ANSWERS-Breaking a problem into a number of sub-
problems, so that each sub-problem accomplishes an identifiable task.
Constant - ANSWERS-A storage location paired with an associated
name used to describe it. It cannot be changed.
Boolean - ANSWERS-A data type, can be either true or false.
Char - ANSWERS-A single character.
String - ANSWERS-A collection of characters.
,Integer - ANSWERS-A whole number.
Real - ANSWERS-A decimal number.
Boolean Operator - AND - ANSWERS-Two conditions, true only if both
are true
Boolean Operator - OR - ANSWERS-Two conditions, true if atleast one is
true
Boolean Operator - NOT - ANSWERS-Single condition, returns the
opposite of the condition
Sequence - ANSWERS-Following programming commands one after
another in the order that they have been typed.
Selection - ANSWERS-A type of programming statement that uses a
boolean condition to determine whether or not to run a certain block
of statements.
Iteration - ANSWERS-A type of programming statement that repeats a
block of statements if or until a condition is met.
, Subroutine - ANSWERS-A small program inside a large one. Used when
the same series of commands are repeated multiple times. Examples
include functions and procedures.
Function - ANSWERS-A subroutine that returns a value.
Procedure - ANSWERS-A subroutine that doesn't return a value.
Parameter - ANSWERS-A special kind of variable used in a subroutine to
refer to one of the pieces of data provided as an input to the
subroutine.
Argument - ANSWERS-A variable passed into a subroutine
Local variable - ANSWERS-Can only be used within the subroutine in
which it was declared.
Global variable - ANSWERS-Can be used anywhere within a program
Syntax Error - ANSWERS-Occurs when there is a mistake in the source
code such as a typo or calling on an object that does not exist.
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