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KS3 Computing Fundamentals – Learn Guide

1. Computer systems

1.1 What is a computer system?

1.2 The input–process–output cycle

1.3 Practice: computer systems

2. Computer hardware

2.1 Hardware and software

2.2 Inside the computer

2.3 Practice: computer hardware

3. Memory in computer systems

3.3 Practice: memory

4. Storage in computer systems

4.1 Secondary storage

4.2 Three types of storage

4.3 Practice: storage

5. Year 7 recap – computer systems

5.1 Systems and the IPO cycle

5.2 Components, memory and storage

5.3 Exam skills

6. Operating systems

6.1 What is an operating system?

6.2 Functions of the OS

6.3 Practice: operating systems

7. Utility software

7.1 Utility software and encryption

7.2 Defragmentation

7.3 Data compression

7.4 Practice: utility software

8. Virtual memory and storage

8.1 Virtual memory

8.2 Evaluating storage

8.3 Practice: virtual memory and storage

9. Impacts of technology

9.1 Ethical, cultural and privacy issues

9.2 Environmental issues

9.3 Computing law

9.4 Practice: a tablet for every pupil

10. Year 8 recap

10.1 Key vocabulary and sorting

10.2 Exam-style recap

11. Von Neumann architecture

11.1 The stored program and the CPU

11.3 Practice: the CPU

12. The fetch-decode-execute cycle

12.2 Decode and execute

12.3 Practice: the human CPU

13. CPU performance

13.1 Clock speed, cores and cache

13.2 Limits and comparing CPUs

13.3 Practice: compare two laptops

14. Embedded systems

14.1 What is an embedded system?

14.2 Characteristics and how they work

14.3 Practice: embedded system hunt

15. Bringing it together

15.1 Mixed retrieval

15.2 Extended answer

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