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CE PE Exam Study Guide II[edit]

Pre-Final 2a[edit]

Character Encoding: Character (computing); Universal Character Set; IEEE 1394; ASCII
Math: Bitwise operation; Signed number representations; IEEE floating point; Operators in C and C++; De Morgan's laws
Basic Electronics: Series and parallel circuits; RLC circuit
Information Theory: Information theory; Channel capacity; Shannon–Hartley theorem; Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem; Shannon's source coding theorem; Zero-order hold; Data compression; Modulation order; Phase-shift keying
Signal Processing: Signal processing; Digital filter; Fast Fourier transform; Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm; Modified discrete cosine transform; Digital signal processing; Analog-to-digital converter
Error Detection/Correction: Parity bit; Error detection and correction; Cyclic redundancy check; Hamming code; Convolutional code; Forward error correction; Noisy-channel coding theorem; Modulation; Signal-to-noise ratio; Linear code; Noise (electronics)
Encryption: Hash function; List of hash functions; String searching algorithm; Avalanche effect; Rabin–Karp algorithm; Burst error-correcting code; Cryptography; Cryptographic hash function; Public-key cryptography; Viterbi algorithm
Networking: Computer network; List of network buses; Wide area network; Local area network; Non-return-to-zero; Manchester code; Ethernet; Internet; OSI model; Transmission Control Protocol; Exposed node problem; Fiber-optic communication; Capacity management; Circuit switching; Wireless network; IEEE 802.11; Complementary code keying; Session Initiation Protocol; Message authentication code; Port Control Protocol; Network monitoring; Simple Network Management Protocol; Measuring network throughput; Reliability (computer networking); Channel access method; Time division multiple access
Hardware: Transistor; Operational amplifier applications; Logic family; Multi-level cell; Flip-flop (electronics); Race condition; Binary decision diagram; Circuit minimization for Boolean functions; Karnaugh map; Quine–McCluskey algorithm; Integrated circuit design
ASIC/FPGA: Standard cell; Programmable logic device; Field-programmable gate array; Complex programmable logic device; Application-specific integrated circuit; Logic optimization; Register-transfer level; Floorplan (microelectronics); Hardware description language; VHDL; Verilog; Electronic design automation; Espresso heuristic logic minimizer; Routing (electronic design automation); Static timing analysis; Placement (EDA); Power optimization (EDA); Timing closure; Design flow (EDA); Design closure; Rent's rule
Processors: Computer architecture; Processor design; Central processing unit; Arithmetic logic unit; CPU cache; Orthogonal instruction set; Classic RISC pipeline; Reduced instruction set computing; Instruction-level parallelism; Superscalar; Parallel computing; Dynamic priority scheduling; Amdahl's law; Benchmark (computing); Moore's law; Computer performance; Supercomputer
AI & Robotics: Speech processing; Image processing; Computer vision; Robotics; Speech recognition
Operating Systems: Operating system; Multiprocessing; Concurrent computing; Computer cluster; Distributed computing; Trusted computing base; Embedded system; In-circuit emulator; Real-time operating system; Comparison of real-time operating systems; Rate-monotonic scheduling; Earliest deadline first scheduling; Least slack time scheduling; Thread (computing); Concurrency control; Mutual exclusion; Device driver
Redundancy & Reliability: Dependability; Active redundancy; Dual modular redundancy; Triple modular redundancy; N-version programming; RAID; Fault tolerance; Fault-tolerant computer system; Watchdog timer; Redundant array of independent memory
Software Development: List of software development philosophies; Programming language generations; Comparison of programming languages; Software development process; Software documentation; Software design document; Object-oriented programming; Concurrent Versions System; Revision control; Software configuration management; Software release life cycle; MIL-STD-498; Software assurance; Systems development life cycle; Software quality; Software quality management; Relational database; ACID; Synchronization (computer science)
Memory: Computer data storage; Memory controller; Memory management unit; Static random-access memory; Dynamic random-access memory; Synchronous dynamic random-access memory; DDR2 SDRAM; Flash memory; Memory scrubbing; Data striping; Hard disk drive performance characteristics; Disk sector
Security: Computer security; Separation of protection and security; Information security; Information security management system; Hacker (computer security); DMZ (computing); Firewall (computing); Stateful firewall; Intrusion detection system; Denial-of-service attack; IP address spoofing
Assembly/Test: Design rule checking; SystemVerilog; In-circuit test; Joint Test Action Group; Boundary scan; Boundary scan description language; Test bench; Ball grid array; Head in pillow (metallurgy); Pad cratering; Land grid array; Networking hardware; Object-oriented design; List of data structures; Software maintenance; Deadline-monotonic scheduling; Round-robin scheduling; Booth's multiplication algorithm; Binary multiplier; Wallace tree; Dadda multiplier; Multiply–accumulate operation; Harvard architecture; Instruction pipeline; Hazard (computer architecture); Bubble (computing); Semipredicate problem; Application Interface Specification; Homoiconicity; Domain-specific modeling; Unified Modeling Language; Printf format string; Programming paradigm; Agile software development; Behavior-driven development; Cowboy coding; Lean software development; Test-driven development; Extreme programming; Integration testing; Structured systems analysis and design method; Acceptance test-driven development; Network science; Software verification; Verification and validation (software); Correctness (computer science); Software requirements specification; Software testing; Software walkthrough; Code review; Software inspection