Computer Science (9618)
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Topic 01
Information representation
- 01Data Representation
- 02Multimedia
- 03Compression
Topic 02
Communication
- 01Networks including the internet
Topic 03
Hardware
- 01Computers and their components
- 02Logic Gates and Logic Circuits
Topic 04
Processor Fundamentals
- 01Central Processing Unit (CPU) Architecture
- 02Assembly Language
- 03Bit manipulation
Topic 05
System Software
- 01Operating Systems
- 02Language Translators
Topic 06
Security, privacy and data integrity
- 01Data Security
- 02Data Integrity
Topic 07
Ethics and Ownership
- 01Ethics and Ownership
Topic 08
Databases
- 01Database Concepts
- 02Database Management Systems (DBMS)
- 03Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML)
Topic 09
Algorithm Design and Problem-solving
- 01Computational Thinking Skills
- 02Algorithms
Topic 10
Data Types and Structures
- 01Data Types and Records
- 02Arrays
- 03Files
- 04Introduction to Abstract Data Types (ADT)
Topic 11
Programming
- 01Programming Basics
- 02Constructs
- 03Structured Programming
Topic 12
Software Development
- 01Program Development Life cycle
- 02Program Design
- 03Program Testing and Maintenance
Topic 13
Data Representation
- 01User-defined data types
- 02File organisation and access
- 03Floating-point numbers, representation and manipulation
Topic 14
Communication and internet technologies
- 01Protocols
- 02Circuit switching, packet switching
Topic 15
Hardware and Virtual Machines
- 01Processors, Parallel Processing and Virtual Machines
- 02Boolean Algebra and Logic Circuits
Topic 16
System Software
- 01Purposes of an Operating System (OS)
- 02Translation Software
Topic 17
Security
- 01Encryption, Encryption Protocols and Digital Certificates
Topic 18
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 01Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Topic 19
Computational thinking and Problem-solving
- 01Algorithms
- 02Recursion
Topic 20
Further Programming
- 01Programming Paradigms
- 02File Processing and Exception Handling
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