Computer Science GCSE

Hierarchy

What Hierarchy means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.

Definition of Hierarchy

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Reference: OCR

The arrangement of boxes by level, where each lower level shows a decomposition of the box above it and boxes on the same level are sibling sub-tasks.

OCR · Designing, creating and refining algorithms (study guide)

Topics that use Hierarchy

Designing, creating and refining algorithms (OCR GCSE)

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Using Hierarchy in the exam

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