Master Chief's Homeschool

595424-2023-2025-syllabus

1.1 Binary systems: Binary data

1.1 Binary systems: Bit and bytes

1.1 Binary systems: Binary and denary & Counting in binary

1.1 Binary systems: Convert binary to denary

1.1 Binary systems: Convert denary to binary

1.2 Hexadecimal: What is hexadecimal?

1.2 Hexadecimal: Hexadecimal and denary

1.2 Hexadecimal: Hexadecimal and binary

1.2 Hexadecimal: How hexadecimal is used

Extra work: Binary addition

Extra work: Logical binary shifts

Extra work: Negative binary numbers

1.3 Data storage: Digital data

1.3 Data storage: Digital graphics

1.3 Data storage: Digital sound and video

1.3 Data storage: Compression

Assignment 1

Extra work: Structure of a packet

Extra work: Packet switching

2.1 Data transmission: How data is transmitted

2.1 Data transmission: Serial or parallel?

2.1 Data transmission: Data bus

2.1 Data transmission: Transmission errors

2.1 Data transmission: Parity check

2.1 Data transmission: Check digit and checksum

2.2 The Internet: What is the Internet?

2.2 The Internet: What is the World Wide Web?

2.2 The Internet: HTML

2.2 The Internet: HTTP: Hypertext transfer protocol

2.2 The Internet: TCP/IP

Extra work: Digital currency

2.3 Safety Online: Staying safe

2.3 Safety Online: Malware and hacking

2.3 Safety Online: Protective software

Assignment 2

3.1 Logic gates: Electronic processing

3.1 Logic gates: The NOT gate

3.1 Logic gates: The AND gate

3.1 Logic gates: The OR and XOR gates

3.1 Logic gates: The NAND and NOR gates

3.2 Logic processing: Logical statements

3.2 Logic processing: Simplify statements

3.2 Logic processing: Logic circuits

3.2 Logic processing: Truth tables and circuits

3.2 Logic processing: Truth tables (continued)

3.2 Logic processing: Solve a problem

3.2 Logic processing: Repeat inputs

3.3 Inside the CPU: The central processing unit (CPU)

3.3 Inside the CPU: The fetch-execute cycle

3.3 Inside the CPU: Registers and buses

Assignment 3

4.1 Input devices: Keyboard and mouse

4.1 Input devices: Touch screens

4.1 Input devices: Camera and microphone

4.1 Input devices: Barcode readers

4.1 Input devices: Scanners

4.1 Input devices: Sensors

4.1 Input devices: Control systems

4.2 Output devices: Monitors and display

4.2 Output devices: Printers

4.2 Output devices: Sound

4.2 Output devices: Actuators

4.2 Output devices: Manufacturing objects

4.2 Output devices: Output in real life

Extra work: Automated Systems

Extra work: Robotics

Extra work: Artificial intelligence

4.3 Memory and storage: Primary storage

4.3 Memory and storage: Measuring storage

4.3 Memory and storage: File sizes

4.3 Memory and storage: Magnetic storage

4.3 Memory and storage: Optical storage

4.3 Memory and storage: Solid state (flash) storage

4.3 Memory and storage: Use and choice of storage

Assignment 4

5.1 Systems software: What is software?

5.1 Systems software: Operating systems

5.1 Systems software: Functions of an operating system

5.2 Computer languages: Low-level languages

5.2 Computer languages: High-level languages

Assignment 5