Data Types

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Data Types

Data Types.

• 3.1.1 Representing algorithms
• 3.1.2 Efficiency of algorithms
• 3.1.3 Searching algorithms
• 3.1.4 Sorting algorithms

• 3.2.1 Data types
• 3.2.2 Programming concepts
• 3.2.3 Arithmetic operations in a programming language
• 3.2.4 Relational operations in a programming language
• 3.2.5 Boolean operations in a programming language
• 3.2.6 Data structures
• 3.2.7 Input/output and file handling
• 3.2.8 String handling operations in a programming language
• 3.2.9 Random number generation in a programming language
• 3.2.10 Subroutines (procedures and functions)
• 3.2.11 Structured programming
• 3.2.12 Robust and secure programming
• 3.2.13 Classification of programming languages

• 3.3.1 Number bases
• 3.3.2 Converting between number bases
• 3.3.3 Units of information
• 3.3.4 Binary arithmetic
• 3.3.5 Character encoding
• 3.3.6 Representing images
• 3.3.7 Representing sound
• 3.3.8 Data compression

• 3.4.1 Hardware and software
• 3.4.1 Operating systems
• 3.4.2 Boolean logic
• 3.4.3 Software classification
• 3.4.4 Systems architecture

• 3.5.1 Fundamentals of computer networks
• 3.5.2 Case studies

• 3.6.1 Cyber security threats
• 3.6.1.1 Social engineering
• 3.6.1.2 Malicious code
• 3.6.2 Methods to detect and prevent cyber security threats

• 3.7.1 Ethical impacts of digital technology on wider society
• 3.7.2 Legal impacts of digital technology on wider society
• 3.7.3 Environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society
• 3.7.4 Issues of privacy

• 3.8.1 Aspects of software development

Glossary of computing terms.

AQA 8520: The 2016 syllabus