Top-Down Design

Synopsis: Looks at a standard technique used for preparing computer software - the method of top-down design - where an outline strategic design is produced and this is then refined until it is detailed enough to be translated into a computer programming language. Animations are used to show how the adopted sorting technique works inside the computer’s memory, and these are used to justify each different step in the refinement of the design. The final result is a program in the language Pascal.
Series: Fundamentals of Computing, Course M205
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1990
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Information technology
Keywords: computer software engineering

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David Saunders

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