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Introduction
SECTION 1 COMPUTER SYSTEMS
1 Data representation
1.1 Number systems
1.2 Text, sound and images
1.3 Data storage and file compression
2 Data transmission
2.1 Types and methods of data transmission
2.2 Methods of error detection
2.3 Symmetric and asymmetric encryption
3 Hardware
3.1 Computer architecture
3.2 Input and output devices
3.3 Data storage
3.4 Network hardware
4 Software
4.1 Types of software and interrupts
4.2 Types of programming language, translators and integrated development environments (IDEs)
5 The internet and its uses
5.1 The internet and the World Wide Web (WWW)
5.2 Digital currency
5.3 Cyber security
6 Automated and emerging technologies
6.1 Automated systems
6.2 Robotics
6.3 Artificial intelligence (AI)
SECTION 2 ALGORITHMS, PROGRAMMING AND LOGIC
7 Algorithm design and problem solving
7.1 The program development life cycle
7.2 Computer systems, sub-systems and decomposition
7.3 Explaining the purpose of an algorithm
7.4 Standard methods of solution
7.5 Validation and verification
7.6 Test data
7.7 Trace tables to document dry runs of algorithms
7.8 Identifying errors in algorithms
7.9 Writing and amending algorithms
8 Programming
8.1 Programming concepts
8.2 Arrays
8.3 File handling
9 Databases
9.1 Databases
10 Boolean logic
10.1 Standard logic gate symbols
10.2 The function of the six logic gates
10.3 Logic circuits, logic expressions, truth tables and problem statements
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