Year 11 Computing Revision Home Page


Areas of Key Revision


You have been given a course companion workbook to help revision. You can also find such resources as a complete GCSE Textbook and help on each topic by visiting the GCSE Computing section of MyHighcliffe (Link on right).

Students have access to text books on My Highcliffe with the headings below. Students also have a hard copy of this revision booklet and can take this home and work through it if they wish.


3.1.1 Constants, variables and data types

3.1.2 Structures

3.1.3 Program flow control

3.1.4 Procedures and functions

3.1.5 Scope of variables, constants, functions and procedures

3.1.6 Error handling

3.1.7 Handling external data

3.1.8 Computer structure

Systems

Hardware

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

Memory

Secondary storage

3.1.9 Algorithms

3.1.10 Data representation

3.1.11 Software development life cycle

Prototyping

3.1.12 Application testing

3.1.13 Networking

Client server

Web application concepts

3.1.14 Use of external code sources

3.1.15 Database concepts

Query methods (SQL)

Connecting to databases from applications and web based apps

3.1.16 The use of computer technology in society


Resources


AS Level Content

You may also find the linked AS Level Content useful to help revise. Especially the data representation (Binary and Hex) and Machine Architecture. This is AS Level but much of it links to what you have been learning in theory classes.

Use the documents below to help you with your revision.

Visit the KS4 Computing Site  Visit the KS5 Computing Site 
YouTube Revision Playlist  Visit Teach-ICT Computing  AQA Past Papers and Mark Schemes