Computer Science GCSE
Hardware control and performance
What Hardware control and performance means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Hardware control and performance
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Reference: OCR
Low-level languages allow precise control over hardware resources such as registers and memory addresses, which can improve execution speed or reduce program size.
Topics that use Hardware control and performance
- Languages (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Compiler
- Error reporting and debugging
- Execution speed versus development speed
- Human readability and maintainability
- Interpreter
- Portability across platforms
- Translator
- Abstraction from hardware
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