
In this slightly longer bite size podcast I discuss secondary storage:
What is it?
What are the 3 types you need to know about for GCSE?
What are the 6 characteristics of storage types that you need to be aware of for answering analytical questions in the exam.
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Mar 1, 2021
15 min

Mrs James is back discussing what you need to know about virtual memory and flash storage for your Computer Science GCSE (J276) Specifcally It covers:
the need for virtual memory
flash memory
Have a question? Feel free to drop me an audio message at https://anchor.fm/bitesize-computer-science
And I'll try to answer it in the next podcast
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Feb 21, 2021
6 min

Welcome back!
This bite size revision podcast covers the purpose of RAM and ROM memory types and the two main differences between them.
As always if you have any questions feel free to message me here:
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Feb 23, 2020
6 min

I'll be discussing the 3 factors that affect the performance of the CPU, specifically :
The clock speed
The Cache size
The number of cores
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Feb 23, 2020
3 min

Today we're looking at the purpose of the CPU, specifically the following parts from the OCR Computer Science Specification (https://www.ocr.org.uk/images/225975-specification-accredited-gcse-computer-science-j276.pdf)
the purpose of the CPU
Von Neumann architecture:
MAR (Memory Address Register)
MDR (Memory Data Register)
Program Counter
Accumulator
common CPU components and their function:
ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)
CU (Control Unit)
Cache
the function of the CPU as fetch and execute instructions stored in memory
clock speed
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Dec 18, 2019
9 min

This short episode is a welcome session to discuss what I will be covering (and what I won't) and a task for you to get hold of a copy of the topic list (from the OCR website) so you know what order the topics I will be covering over the coming weeks.
Link is here for your information: https://www.ocr.org.uk/images/225975-specification-accredited-gcse-computer-science-j276.pdf
Print it out and get highlighting and I'll be back next week with the first topic episode.
Send me a voice message to ask any specific questions and I may include your questions in future episodes
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Nov 19, 2019
4 min

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Nov 19, 2019
26 sec
