BTEC Computing Notetaking
This is a directory listing of my notes. Pages are ordered by the date they were created.
Contents
Architecture
Interrupts
Interrupts, types of interrupt, what happens when the OS receives an interrupt, and more.
Instruction sets
Instruction sets, assembly, little man computer, RISC, CISC, and more.
Parallel processing
Multi-threading, multi processor execution, and more.
Performance factors
The factors that affect CPU performance and execution speed
Features and implications of different microarchitectures
Embedded vs mobile vs desktop vs laptop vs server computers.
Data
Organisation of data
Organisation of data: arrays, matrices, linked lists, stacks, queues, indices.
Data transmission
Wireless and wired, LANs, WANs, simplex, duplex, point to point, and multi-drop.
Error detection
How errors occur and methods of detecting them