Edexcel GCSE Computer Science

1.1.7: understand how the choice of algorithm is influenced by the data structures and data values that need to be manipulated

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Keyword	Definition
Algorithm	step by step instructions to solve a problem (e.g. search or sort data)
Data structures	the type of data given to an algorithm and how it is stored (e.g. integer, boolean, real)
Data values	the range of data given to an algorithm and whether or not it is already sorted
Manipulate	process data to make it into useful information (e.g. search or sort)

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