GCSE J277 - Component 02 Keyword Mega Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A graphical breakdown of the different parts of a system