BTEC Computing Notetaking

This is a directory listing of my notes. Pages are ordered by the date they were created.

Contents

• Architecture
  • Interrupts
  • Instruction sets
  • Parallel processing
  • Performance factors
  • Features and implications of different microarchitectures
• Data
  • Organisation of data
  • Data transmission
  • Error detection
  • Error correction
  • Data storage, backups, and recovery

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.](Instruction sets.md)

Parallel processing

[Multi-threading, multi processor execution, and more.](Parallel processing.md)

Performance factors

[The factors that affect CPU performance and execution speed](Performance factors.md)

Features and implications of different microarchitectures

[Embedded vs mobile vs desktop vs laptop vs server computers.](Features and implications of different microarchitectures.md)

Data

Organisation of data

[Organisation of data: arrays, matrices, linked lists, stacks, queues, indices.](Organisation of data.md)

Data transmission

[Wireless and wired, LANs, WANs, simplex, duplex, point to point, and multi-drop.](Data transmission.md)

Error detection

[How errors occur and methods of detecting them](Error detection.md)

Error correction

[Methods of correcting errors](Error correction.md)

Data storage, backups, and recovery

[Data storage, backups, and recovery](Data storage backups and recovery.md)