2.1.3 – Searching and Sorting Algorithms
This is one of the most straightforward parts of unit 2. All of the algorithms here have easy to understand methods and are sufficiently different […]
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2.5 – Languages and Integrated Development Environments (IDE’s)
In this section: 2.5.1 – Languages Fact: Computers only understand binary. That is their language. Everything else is meaningless to them. It might seem odd, […]
2.4 – Boolean Logic
In Unit 1 we learned that the CPU has a fixed set of instructions (an instruction set) and that these can be combined to make […]
2.3 – Producing Robust Programs
This section is all about creating programs that don’t fall apart as soon as something unexpected happens. We should all know by now that computers […]
2.1.2 Designing, Creating and Refining Algorithms
Section two is a little bit all over the shop. In 2.1.2 you are expected to be able to demonstrate the skill of creating and […]
2.1.1 – Computational Thinking
How do we actually get machines to do things for us? The dream many decades ago was that we would simply sit in front of […]
1.6.1 Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Impact
This section of the course is simultaneously the most in depth and interesting of all topics we study. The legal side of computing is fascinating […]
1.5.2 – Utility Software
Utilities are pieces of software which perform a single, specific task in a computer system and usually do so in the background with little or […]
1.5.1 – Operating Systems
Operating Systems are the single most important piece of software on any computer system. All computer systems must have an operating system in order to […]
1.4.2 – Identifying and Preventing Vulnerabilities
In the previous section, 1.4.1 – Threats to Computer Systems and Networks, we looked at a fairly comprehensive rundown of the most common and prevalent […]