A words - GCSE Computer Science

The process of removing unnecessary details so that only the main, important points remain.

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

• Application Software

• Array

Rules to which users agree, to reduce the misuse of computer systems. Often found on social networking/collaborative sites.

• Authentication

• Assigning

• Acceptable use policy

• Assembler

A register of the CPU in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored.

• Application Software

• Accumulator

• Antivirus Software

• ALU

A step-by-step procedure for solving problems that can be followed by humans and computers.

• Abstraction

• Alpha testing

• Argument

• Algorithm

Initial testing done by the programmer.

• Authentication

• Alpha testing

• Accumulator

• Assembler

A digital circuit in the CPU used to perform arithmetic and logic operations.

• Abstraction

• ALU

• Accumulator

• Argument

Software designed to prevent, detect and remove malware.

• Assigning

• Argument

• Assembler

• Antivirus Software

Software that helps users perform particular tasks.

• Application Software

• Abstraction

• Acceptable use policy

• ALU

Data passed to a sub-program (subroutine) by the main program.

• Abstraction

• Accumulator

• Assembler

• Argument

A data structure that contains many items of data of the same type. The data is indexed so that a particular item of data can be easily found.

• Antivirus Software

• Authentication

• Array

• Abstraction