Cambridge International AS and A Level Computing Revision Guide
Cambridge International AS and A Level Computing Revision Guide
1st Edition
Tony Piper
January 2014
Print
9781107690554
Provides guidance on tackling the different types of examination questions.
£13.25
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Contents
- Revision guidelines
- Section 1. System Software:
- 1. Components of a computer system and modes of use
- 2. System software
- 3. Data representation, structure and management
- 4. Hardware
- 5. Data transmission and networking
- 6. System life cycle
- 7. Choosing appropriate applications software
- 8. Handling of data in information systems
- 9. Designing the user interface
- 10. Logic gates
- Section 2. Data Types and Data Structures:
- 11. Designing solutions to problems
- 12. The structure of procedural programs
- 13. Data types and data structures
- 14. Common facilities of procedural languages
- 15. Writing maintainable programs
- 16. Testing and running a solution
- Section 3. Data Representation, Data Structures and Data Manipulation:
- 17. The functions of operating systems
- 18. The functions and purposes of translators
- 19. Computer architecture and the fetch-execute cycle
- 20. Data representation, data structures and data manipulation
- 21. Programming paradigms
- 22. Databases
- 23. Simulation and real-time processing
- 24. Networking
- Answers and tips
- Index.
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