Printable Loopcards | Topic 2—Computer organization (6 hours) | IB Computer Science

What are loop cards?

Loop cards are a great game that can be played individually or as a class. They are perfect for review key vocabulary or questions at the end of a topic or when revising for an exam.

Instructions

  1. Cut out the cards from the paper horizontally (but don't cut them in half!) and then shuffle them.
  2. Now start joining each question on the right hand side of the card to the matching answer on the next card.
  3. Carry on until all the cards loop together and you have competed the game!

Hint: Make sure that you set your paper to portrait to print 4 cards per sheet of A4 paper.

Edit Vocab

A standard code used to represent characters as binary numbers.
Operating System
An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs.
Volatile Memory
Memory that requires a constant supply of power to retain its contents. RAM is an example of volatile memory.
SD Card
A non-volatile storage device used in cameras, phones, and other mobile devices.
Temporal locality
The tendency of computer programs to access data that was recently accessed.
Opcode
A code that identifies a specific operation to be performed by a computer's processor.
Security
The measures put in place to protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of an application's data and resources.
Fetch-decode-execute cycle
The process by which a computer retrieves an instruction from memory, decodes it, and executes it.
Presentation software
An application software used for creating visual presentations with a set of slides.
Project management software
An application software used for planning, organizing, and managing resources to complete specific tasks or projects.
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