Computer Science AS: every topic explained

Information representation

• Data representation
• Multimedia
• Compression

Communication

• Networks and network models
• Network hardware and the internet

Hardware

• Computers and their components
• Logic gates and logic circuits

Processor fundamentals

• Central Processing Unit (CPU) architecture
• Assembly language
• Bit manipulation

System software

• Operating systems
• Language translators

Security, privacy and data integrity

• Data security
• Data integrity

Ethics and ownership

• Ethics and ownership

Databases

• Database concepts
• Database Management Systems (DBMS)
• Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Algorithm design and problem-solving

• Computational thinking skills
• Algorithms

Data types and structures

• Data types and records
• Arrays
• Files
• Introduction to Abstract Data Types (ADT)

Programming

• Programming basics
• Constructs
• Structured programming

Software development

• Program development life cycle
• Program design
• Program testing and maintenance