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Main Topic: Search and Sort

Insertion Sort

Bubble Sort

Quick Sort

Merge Sort

Recommended Reading:

• Bubble Sort, Insertion Sort, Merge sort, Quicksort Sort and Big O notation

Main Topic: Search and Sort 2, Recursion and Binary

Binary and Linear Search

Recursion

Recommended Reading:

• Binary — Bitwise Manipulation and masks
• Binary and Linear Search
• Recursion — Recursive Function PPQ and essay writing tips
• Recursion ExplBlastoff!
• Binary addition, subtraction and negative binary -2’s complement
• Positive binary numbers and converting between Hex, Binary and decimal

Main Topic: Data Structures

Linked Lists

2D Arrays

Stacks

Queues

Recommended Reading:

• Queues — Data Structures
• 2D Arrays
• Stacks — Data Structures
• Data Structures — Linked Lists
• 2D Arrays with Battleships
• Creating Arrays

Main Topic: Data Structures 2

Trees

Graphs

Djikstra

Recommended Reading:

• Graphs — Data Structures
• Trees — Data Structures
• Djikstra shortest path algorithm

Main Topic: Object Orientated Programming

OOP - Encapsulation

OOP - Inheritance

OOP - Polymorphism

Recommended Reading:

• Programming Snake to learn OOP and programming
• 3 — Inheritance and Polymorphism
• 2 — Encapsulation: public and private properties
• 1 —Classes and Object Orientated programming (OOP) basics

Main Topic: TCP/IP Stack Network Security

Packet Switching

Threats and network security hardwareCabling

Client Server

Peer to Peer

Link

TCP/IP Layers

Application

Transport

Recommended Reading:

• Websites HTML ,CSS and Javascript you need to know
• Operating Systems — Application Software​ and System Software and closed Vs Open Software
• Programming Snake to learn OOP and programming
• Networking — LANS/WANS, Packet and Circuit Switching
• Networking — threats and network security hardware
• Networking — Types of networks (Client Server and Peer-to-Peer)
• Networking — TCP/IP Stack

Main Topic: Half-Term Break - Development and testing finished

Main Topic: Y1 Mocks

MOCKS Y1 - 19th Feb Year 1 Mock Exams

Main Topic: Mock Exams

Dates for Year 2 Mock exams: Wednesday 28th Feb / Thursday 29th Feb / Friday 1st March. For the year 2 exams all A level students will be off timetable for those 3 days

Main Topic: CPUs

CISC vs RISC

Caching

Machine Code

Little Man Machine

CPU Interrupts

CPU Scheduling

Recommended Reading:

• Code Compilation: Translators, Assemblers, Compilers and Interpreters
• Code Compilation — Linkers Libraries and Loaders
• Code Compilation — Stages of compilation​
• CPU Interrupts
• CPU — Scheduling, Round Robin and Interrupts and Virtual Machines
• CISC vs RISC — Different Types of processors​
• Caching and Concurrent and Parallel processing
• Little Man Machine Code Past Paper Question
• CPU and Machine Code
• Learning c# functions through code wars!

Main Topic: Binary

2's Complement or subtraction

Positive Binary

Floating Point Binary

Binary-Bitwise Manipulation and masks

Recommended Reading:

• Binary — Bitwise Manipulation and masks
• Binary and Linear Search
• Floating point binary
• Binary addition, subtraction and negative binary -2’s complement
• Positive binary numbers and converting between Hex, Binary and decimal

Main Topic: Code Compilation

Stages of compilation

Lexical Analysis

Syntax Analysis

Code Generation

Translators, Assemblers, Compilers and Interpreters

Linkers Libraries and Loaders

Recommended Reading:

• Code Compilation: Translators, Assemblers, Compilers and Interpreters
• Code Compilation — Linkers Libraries and Loaders
• Code Compilation — Stages of compilation​
• Little Man Machine Code Past Paper Question
• CPU and Machine Code
• Learning c# functions through code wars!

Main Topic: Operating Systems

Scheduling and Round Robin

Segmentation and Paging

RAM, ROM and bootup

Application Software

Operating Systems — Application Software​ and System Software and closed Vs Open Software

Operating Systems — Input, output and storage​

Operating Systems — BIOS and device drivers

Types Operating Systems

Memory — Paging, segmentation and virtual memory

Recommended Reading:

• Memory — Paging, segmentation and virtual memory
• Operating Systems — Application Software​ and System Software and closed Vs Open Software
• Operating Systems — Input, output and storage​
• Operating Systems — BIOS and device drivers
• Types Operating Systems
• CPU — Scheduling, Round Robin and Interrupts and Virtual Machines

Main Topic: Easter Holidays - You must do 2 past paper question topics each day of the holiday!

Main Topic: Easter Holidays - You must do 2 past paper question topics each day of the holiday!

Main Topic: Encryption and Compression

Addressing

Hashing algorithms and hash tables

Encryption — Caesar Cypher, Symmetric, Asymmetric

Lossy Lossless, Run Length and Dictionary Encoding, Hashing

Recommended Reading:

• Compression + Encryption — Lossy Lossless, Run Length and Dictionary Encoding, Hashing, ​Symmetric…
• Encryption — Caesar Cypher, Symmetric, Asymmetric
• Hashing Algorithms and Encryption
• Direct and Indirect addressing in memory

Main Topic: Web Technologies

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Recommended Reading:

• Websites HTML ,CSS and Javascript you need to know

Main Topic: Data Bases

SQL

ACID/CRUD and Referential Integrity

Normalisation and Normal Form

Big Data/Functional Programming

Recommended Reading:

• Databases — SQL, Normalisation, Transaction Processing (ACID), Referential Integrity

Main Topic: Software Dev Lifecycle (SDLC)

Agile

Waterfall

Recommended Reading:

• Systems Development Techniques — Waterfall Development Vs Spiral

Main Topic: Boolean Algebra and logic

D-Type Flip Flop

Half / Full Adders

Boolean Algebra

Karnaugh Maps

Recommended Reading:

• Boolean Algebra -Laws and common identities
• Half Adders and Full Adders
• D Type Flip Flop
• Karnaugh Maps — for OCR A-Level Computer Science

Main Topic: Computer Laws and ethics

GDPR

Copyright

Computer Misuse

Ethics in computing and AI

Recommended Reading:

• Computer Laws
• Karnaugh Maps — for OCR A-Level Computer Science

Main Topic: Past Paper Practice 1

Binary and Linear Search

Recursion

Linked Lists

Stacks

Queues

Trees

Graphs

Code Compilation

Recommended Reading:

• Binary — Bitwise Manipulation and masks
• Code Compilation: Translators, Assemblers, Compilers and Interpreters
• Code Compilation — Linkers Libraries and Loaders
• Code Compilation — Stages of compilation​
• Graphs — Data Structures
• Queues — Data Structures
• Binary and Linear Search
• Trees — Data Structures
• Stacks — Data Structures
• Recursion — Recursive Function PPQ and essay writing tips
• Recursion ExplBlastoff!
• Data Structures — Linked Lists
• Little Man Machine Code Past Paper Question
• Binary addition, subtraction and negative binary -2’s complement
• Positive binary numbers and converting between Hex, Binary and decimal
• CPU and Machine Code
• Learning c# functions through code wars!