Computing

Computing

1. Fundamentals

   • Computer systems
     • Importance
       • Improved quality of manufacturing
       • Cheaper manufacturing
       • Faster access to information
       • Better decision making
       • New ways of business
       • Ways of communicating
   • Types of systems
   • Reliability
   • Standards
   • Ethical and legal issues
   • Environmental issues

2. Computer Hardware

   • CPU
   • Memory
   • Binary Logic
   • Input and Output
   • Secondary storage

3. Software

   • System software
   • User interface software
   • Memory management
   • Files and directories
   • Security
   • Programming software
   • Applications and utilities
   • Softare procurement

4. Representing Data

   • Numbers
   • Hexadecimal Numbers
   • Characters
   • Images
   • Sound
   • Instructions

5. Databases

   • Data security and integrity
   • Where?
   • Data models
   • DBMS

6. Communication and Networking

   • Network hardware
   • Types of network
   • Network topology
   • Network technicalities
   • Network security
   • The internet
   • Internet file standards

7. Programming

   • Flowcharts
   • Pseudocode
   • Programming languages
   • IDE
   • Control flow
   • Data types
   • Variables and constants
   • Comparison operators
   • Operator priority
   • Arrays
   • Testing