Specification points
OCR GCSE Computer Science J277
39 points in 2 topics, with OCR's codes and titles.
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1 Computer systems
- 1.1 Systems architecture
- 1.1.1 Architecture of the CPU
- 1.1.2 CPU performance
- 1.1.3 Embedded systems
- 1.2 Memory and storage
- 1.2.1 Primary storage (memory)
- 1.2.2 Secondary storage
- 1.2.3 Units
- 1.2.4 Data storage
- 1.2.5 Compression
- 1.3 Computer networks, connections and protocols
- 1.3.1 Networks and topologies
- 1.3.2 Wired and wireless networks, protocols and layers
- 1.4 Network security
- 1.4.1 Threats to computer systems and networks
- 1.4.2 Identifying and preventing vulnerabilities
- 1.5 Systems software
- 1.5.1 Operating systems
- 1.5.2 Utility software
- 1.6 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology
- 1.6.1 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impact
2 Computational thinking, algorithms and programming
- 2.1 Algorithms
- 2.1.1 Computational thinking
- 2.1.2 Designing, creating and refining algorithms
- 2.1.3 Searching and sorting algorithms
- 2.2 Programming fundamentals
- 2.2.1 Programming fundamentals
- 2.2.2 Data types
- 2.2.3 Additional programming techniques
- 2.3 Producing robust programs
- 2.3.1 Defensive design
- 2.3.2 Testing
- 2.4 Boolean logic
- 2.4.1 Boolean logic
- 2.5 Programming languages and Integrated Development Environments
- 2.5.1 Languages
- 2.5.2 The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)