Cambridge International AS and A Level Computer Science Revision Guide 9781108737326

The guide provides all the explanations to concepts that students have learnt throughout the course with a wealth of extra practice opportunities.

Answers to questions are at the back of the book, so students are free to study in their own time.

Features:

• Revision learning objectives for each chapter
• Examples and exercises in the three accepted programming languages give students the opportunity to practise further with their preferred language.
• Exam-style and past paper questions for a range of revision practice
• Answers at the back of the book

Contents:

• 1. Information representation
• 2. Communication
• 3. Hardware
• 4. Processor fundamentals
• 5. System software
• 6. Security, privacy and data integrity
• 7. Ethics and ownership
• 8. Databases
• 9. Algorithm design and problem-solving
• 10. Data types and structures
• 11. Programming
• 12. Software development
• 13. Data representation
• 14. Communication and internet technologies
• 15. Hardware and virtual machines
• 16. System software
• 17. Security
• 18. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• 19. Computational thinking and problem solving
• 20. Further programming – programming paradigms overview: low level and declarative paradigms
• 21. Further programming – procedural
• 22. Further Programming – object oriented
• 23. Further Programming – files and processing.