129761-2015-syllabus
129761-2015-syllabus
129761-2015-syllabus
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Syllabus content at a glance<br />
3. Syllabus content at a glance<br />
Section<br />
Section 1<br />
Theory Fundamentals<br />
Topics<br />
1.1 Information representation<br />
1.1.1 Number representation<br />
1.1.2 Images<br />
1.1.3 Sound<br />
1.1.4 Video<br />
1.1.5 Compression techniques<br />
1.2 Communication and Internet technologies<br />
1.2.1 Networks<br />
1.2.2 IP addressing<br />
1.2.3 Client- and server-side scripting<br />
1.3 Hardware<br />
1.3.1 Input, output and storage devices<br />
1.3.2 Main memory<br />
1.3.3 Logic gates and logic circuits<br />
1.4 Processor fundamentals<br />
1.4.1 CPU architecture<br />
1.4.2 The fetch-execute cycle<br />
1.4.3 The processor’s instruction set<br />
1.4.4 Assembly language<br />
1.5 System software<br />
1.5.1 Operating system<br />
1.5.2 Utility programs<br />
1.5.3 Library programs<br />
1.5.4 Language translators<br />
1.6 Security, privacy and data integrity<br />
1.6.1 Data security<br />
1.6.2 Data integrity<br />
1.7 Ethics and ownership<br />
1.7.1 Ethics<br />
1.7.2 Ownership<br />
1.8 Database and data modelling<br />
1.8.1 Database Management Systems (DBMS)<br />
1.8.2 Relational database modelling<br />
1.8.3 Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation<br />
Language (DML)<br />
Cambridge International AS and A Level Computer Science 9608. Syllabus for examination in <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
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