(GCSE ICT)Unit 1-Topics

(GCSE ICT)Unit 1-Topics

1. Topic 1-Personal digital devices

   • Mobile phones
     • Smartphones
     • Specialist Phones
   • Phone peripherals
     • Headsets(hands free)
     • Removable storage
   • Personal computers
     • Desktops
     • Laptops
     • Tablets
     • Single-board computers
     • Wearable computers
   • Computer peripherals
     • Screens
     • Keyboards
     • Pointing devices e.g. mouse
     • Microphones/speakers/headsets
     • Printers
     • Electronic whiteboards
     • Graphic tablets
     • Webcams
     • Removable storage
     • Scanners
   • Cameras&camcorders
     • Digital(stills)camera
     • Digital camcorders
   • Camera peripherals
     • Removable storage
   • Games consoles
     • Hand-held consoles
     • Consoles
   • Home entertainment system
     • Television
     • Projectors
     • DVD players/recorders
     • Set top boxes
     • Media stations
     • Sound systems
   • Personal media players
     • Personal audio players
     • Personal video players
     • E-book readers
   • Features of digital devices
     • Methods of charging
     • Sensors
     • NFC
   • Navigation aids
     • In-car sat navs
     • Specialist sat navs
   • Games peripherals
     • Game controllers
     • Removable storage
     • 3D

2. Topic 2- Connectivity

   • Digital communications
     • Wired connections
       • USB,USB 2.0, USB 3.0
       • Firewire
       • Thunderbolt
       • Lightining
       • eSASTA
     • Wireless connections
       • Infrared
       • Bluetooth
       • WiFi,WiFi Directt
     • Wired multimedia connections
       • Digital audio
       • HDMI
       • Switches/splitters
     • Security protocols
       • Wired Euivalent Privacy
       • WiFi Protected Access
       • WPA2
     • Telecommunications
       • Mobile phone networs
       • Mobile phone bands
       • Landline phone networks
   • Equipment needed to create a home network
     • Modern
     • Router
     • Switch/hub/bridge
     • Wireless base station/adapter
     • Powerline netwprks
   • Digital communications broadcast
     • Radio
     • TV

3. Topic 3-Operating online

   • Data protections
     • Policies
     • IP filtering

4. Topic 4-Online goods&services

   • News&other information services
     • Viral videos
     • RSS
   • Software as a software
     • Cloud computing

5. Topic 5-Online communities

   • Social spaces
     • Blogging
     • Microblogging
     • Social networks
     • Chat/Video chat
   • Work spaces
     • Web conferencing
   • Uder generated reference sites&social boookmarking
     • Forums/message boards
     • Wikis
   • Massively Multiplayer Online
     • Virtual worlds
     • Gaming communities

6. Topic 6-Issues

   • Legal&ethical
     • EU cookie law
     • Net neutrality