Daily Practice · GCSE Computer Science

Daily Practice - GCSE Computer Science

14th July 1996

5 questions · GCSE · 123 questions in this band

1
Network Security
State what the term malware means.
2
Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Impact
State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
3
Network Protocols and Layers
Define the term protocol.
4
Algorithms
An array called items contains [12, 45, 7, 30, 19] at indices 0 to 4. Describe how a linear search would locate the value 30, stating the number of comparisons needed.
5
Translators and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
A program compiles and runs but always outputs an average that is too small. State the type of error and explain why the translator did not report it.

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