Inputs, Processing and Outputs (AQA GCSE Computer Science): Flashcards

Input-Process-Output

Input → Process → Output

Data fed into an algorithm by user or system

Data that comes from outside the algorithm

Steps that transform input data into something useful

Sort, calculate, compare, search, filter data

Result produced after processing, delivered to user/system

Screen display, printed documents, saved files, sounds, actions

Size, colour preference, inventory file

Search list, match size/colour, remove out-of-stock items

Filtered list of T-shirts matching requirements

Helps plan, test, understand & explain algorithms