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Exam Code: 1CP2

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The internet

The central processing unit (CPU)

Unsigned integers

Using subprograms

Convert algorithms 1

Personal data

Packet switching

The fetch-decode-execute cycle

Two's complement signed integers

Algorithms

Convert algorithms 2

Legislation

Wired versus wireless

The need for secondary storage

Binary addition

Variables and constants

Convert algorithms 3

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Connectivity on a LAN

Types of secondary storage

Logical and arithmetic shifts

Arrays

Convert algorithms 4

Protecting intellectual property 1

Network speeds

Embedded systems

Overflow

Records

Convert algorithms 5

Protecting intellectual property 2

Network protocols

Operating system 1

Hexadecimal

Arithmetic and relational operators

Readability

Threats to digital systems

The TCP/IP model

Operating system 2

Characters

Logical operators

Program errors

Protecting digital systems 1

Network topologies

Utility software

Bitmap images

Determining correct output

Fitness for purpose and efficiency

Protecting digital systems 2

Network security

Robust software

Analogue sound

Using trace tables

Structural components of programs

Protecting networks

Programming languages

Limitations of binary data representation

Errors that can occur in programs

Iteration

Interpreters and compilers

Binary units of measurement

Linear search

Repetition

Data compression

Binary search

Structured data types

Bubble sort

Data types, variables and constants

Merge sort

String manipulation

Efficiency of algorithms

Input and output

Read files

Write files

Validation

Pattern check

Authentication

Arithmetic operators

Relational operators

Logical operators

Subprograms

Functions

Procedures

Local and global variables

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