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Cambridge International AS

**Computer Science**

    • 9608**
Syllabus content at a glance (complete syllabus here):

Section 1 - Theory Fundamentals

  1. Information representation
    • Number representation
    • Images
    • Sound
    • Video
    • Compression techniques
  1. Communication and Internet technologies
    • Networks
    • IP addressing
    • Client- and server-side scripting
  1. Hardware
    • Input, output and storage devices
    • Main memory
    • Logic gates and logic circuits
  1. Processor fundamentals
    • CPU architecture
    • The fetch-execute cycle
    • The processor’s instruction set
    • Assembly language
  1. System software
    • Operating system
    • Utility programs
    • Library programs
    • Language translators
  1. Security, privacy and data integrity
    • Data security
    • Data integrity
  1. Ethics and ownership
    • Ethics
    • Ownership
  1. Database and data modelling
    • Database Management Systems (DBMS)
    • Relational database modelling
    • Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Section 2 - Fundamental Problem-solving and Programming

  1. Algorithm design and problem-solving
    • Algorithms
    • Structure chart
    • Corrective maintenance
    • Adaptive maintenance
  1. Data representation
    • Data types
    • Arrays
    • Files
  1. Programming
    • Programming basics
    • Transferable skills
    • Selection
    • Iteration
    • Built-in functions
    • Structured programming
  1. Software development
    • Programming
    • Program testing
    • Testing strategies
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