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OCR GCSE J277 Computer Science
16 lessons out now for this course, 90 planned. Teachers: see the spec coverage.
Binary and number basesCS017 of 8 out
Units, characters and file sizeCS024 of 6 out
- CS02-00Chapter intro: Units, characters and file size3 min
- CS02-01Bits, bytes and the units of storage17 min
- CS02-02Character sets and ASCII14 min
- CS02-03Character codes run in order12 min
- CS02-04Unicode
- CS02-05Working out the size of a text file
Images, sound and compressionCS030 of 4 out
- CS03-01How an image is stored
- CS03-03How sound is stored
- CS03-04Working out image and sound file sizes
- CS03-05Why we compress data
Inside the computerCS045 of 5 out
Memory and storageCS050 of 6 out
- CS05-01RAM, ROM and types of memory
- CS05-02Cache
- CS05-03Virtual memory
- CS05-04Secondary storage: magnetic, solid state and optical
- CS05-05Choosing the right storage
- CS05-06Cloud storage
Software, systems and languagesCS060 of 5 out
- CS06-02What an operating system does
- CS06-03Utility software
- CS06-05High-level and low-level languages
- CS06-07Compilers, interpreters and assemblers
- CS06-08The IDE
NetworksCS070 of 7 out
- CS07-02LAN, WAN and PAN
- CS07-03Wired and wireless
- CS07-04What makes a network fast
- CS07-05Network topologies
- CS07-06The hardware that builds a network
- CS07-07Client-server and peer-to-peer
- CS07-08The Internet, DNS and hosting
Protocols and layersCS080 of 5 out
- CS08-01What a protocol is
- CS08-02The four-layer TCP/IP model
- CS08-03IP addresses and MAC addresses
- CS08-04Standards
- CS08-05Encryption across a network
Cyber securityCS090 of 4 out
- CS09-02Malware
- CS09-03Social engineering
- CS09-04Brute force, denial of service and SQL injection
- CS09-07Protecting systems, networks and data
Algorithms and computational thinkingCS100 of 7 out
- CS10-02Decomposition and abstraction
- CS10-03Inputs, processing and outputs
- CS10-04Flowcharts
- CS10-05Pseudocode
- CS10-06Sequence, selection and iteration in an algorithm
- CS10-07Trace tables
- CS10-09Which notation do you answer in?
Searching and sortingCS110 of 5 out
- CS11-01Linear search
- CS11-02Binary search
- CS11-04Bubble sort
- CS11-05Merge sort
- CS11-06Insertion sort
Programming fundamentalsCS120 of 8 out
- CS12-01Variables, constants and assignment
- CS12-02Data types
- CS12-03Casting
- CS12-04Arithmetic operators, DIV and MOD
- CS12-05Relational operators
- CS12-06AND, OR and NOT in a condition
- CS12-07Loops: count-controlled and condition-controlled
- CS12-08Putting the statement types together
Data structures and subprogramsCS130 of 6 out
- CS13-01Arrays, one and two dimensional
- CS13-02Records
- CS13-03Working with strings
- CS13-04Reading and writing files
- CS13-05Random numbers
- CS13-08Writing and calling your own subprograms
Writing robust programsCS140 of 7 out
- CS14-01Reading and refining someone else's program
- CS14-04Code other people can read
- CS14-05Input validation
- CS14-06Authentication
- CS14-07Syntax, logic and runtime errors
- CS14-08Why we test, and when
- CS14-09Choosing test data
Boolean logicCS150 of 3 out
- CS15-01AND, OR and NOT as logic gates
- CS15-02XOR and combining gates
- CS15-03Logic circuit diagrams
Databases and SQLCS160 of 1 out
- CS16-02SELECT, FROM and WHERE
Impacts, ethics and the lawCS170 of 3 out
- CS17-01The impacts of digital technology
- CS17-05The law: Data Protection, Computer Misuse, Copyright
- CS17-07Open source and proprietary licences