OCR | A-level Computing | Glossary

Across

• 1. Branch always. This is a jump instruction that is always executed (3)
• 4. A principal file held by an organisation that stores basic details about some crucial aspect of the business. It is a large file that tends not to change very often (6, 4)
• 5. Will create a variable as required during run time without the need to do so in advance. The appropriate data type is assigned automatically and this makes typing faster but mistakes easier to make (7, 6)
• 6. A real world thing that is modelled in a database such as an object or event (6)
• 7. All the actions a programmer will take to produce a working program. From writing the source code to producing documentation (5)
• 10. The transformation of a message so that it is unintelligible to those unauthorised to view it (10)