Zusammenfassung der Ressource
IGCSE Computer Science
- Data Representaion
- Computers are used to store all different kinds
of data: numbers, text, sound, graphics, etc.
- Data also comes in different forms,
bytes, hexadecimal, denary, etc.
- Communication and
Internet technologies
- How computers communicate with each
other and how the internet connects
millions of devices around the world.
- Hardware and Software
- The differences and advantages
and disadvantages of hardware
and software as well as
understanding their purposes.
- Security
- How computer security works and
methods for keeping your personal data
and computer safe from intruders.
- Ethics
- The ethical side of computing; why viruses
are created; how are computers used for
good and how are they used for bad.
- Algorithm design and problem-solving
- How algorithms are used to solve
problems automatically and
generate data when following
specific rules and conditions
- Programming
- How programs are made
using their different coding
languages. (Python, C#, C++,
Objective C, BASIC, Java,
Javascript, Lua, Ruby, Perl,
Lisp, etc.)
- Databases
- How databases are used to store data as
well as their advantages and disadvantages.
How databases are used on a daily basis