GCSE J277 - Computational Thinking Keyword Quiz

The process of factoring out unnecessary details and only focusing on important ones

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Taking a complex problem or system is broken down into parts that are easier to solve

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Thinking logically about the steps that are needed to solve a problem and the order in which they need to be applied

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Searching algorithm that continuously splits the data set by searching the middle value

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Searching algorithm that searches every value from the first to the last until a certain one is found

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Sorting algorithm that repeatedly compares and swasp each pair of values in a list

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Sorting algorithm that moves data items from an 'unsorted' part to a 'sorted' part of a data structure

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Sorting algorithm that repeatedly divides a list in half, sorts each half and combines the two back into a single list

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A method used to manually work out what variable values should be throughout the code

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A graphical breakdown of the different parts of a system

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