Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle

This series is for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Computer Science syllabus (9608) for examination from 2021. Developed by an experienced author and examiner team and written for the international learner, this coursebook provides students with a structured and progressive guide to the theoretical and practical skills required by the syllabus. With an emphasis on developing computational skills, this resource helps build students' confidence in using a range of technology and programming languages. Detailed descriptions of concepts are reinforced with exercises, discussion points, and reflection questions with exam-style and past paper questions. Answers are found at the back of the book for self-assessment. Part 1 - Theory fundamentals Chapter 1: Information representation Chapter 2: Communication and networking technologies Chapter 3: Hardware Chapter 4: Logic gates and logic circuits Chapter 5: Processor fundamentals Chapter 6: Assembly language programming Chapter 7: Monitoring and control systems Chapter 8: System software Chapter 9: Security, privacy and data integrity Chapter 10: Ethics and ownership Chapter 11: Databases Part 2: Fundamental problem-solving and programming skills Chapter 12: Algorithm design and problem-solving Chapter 13: Data types and structures Chapter 14: Programming and data representation Chapter 15: Software development Part 3: Advanced theory Chapter 16: Data representation Chapter 17: Communication and Internet technologies Chapter 18: Hardware and virtual machines Chapter 19: Logic circuits and Boolean algebra Chapter 20: System software Chapter 21: Security Chapter 22: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Part 4: Further problem-solving and programming skills Chapter 23: Algorithms Chapter 24: Recursion Chapter 25: Programming paradigms Chapter 26: File processing and exception handling Chapter 27: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Chapter 28: Low-level programming Chapter 29: Declarative programming Glossary Index Acknowledgements This series is for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Computer Science syllabus (9618) for examination from 2021. Developed by an experienced author and examiner team and written for the international learner, this coursebook provides students with a structured and progressive guide to the theoretical and practical skills required by the syllabus. With an emphasis on developing computational skills, this resource helps build students' confidence in using a range of technology and programming languages. Detailed descriptions of concepts are reinforced with exercises, discussion points, and reflection questions with exam-style and past paper questions. Answers are found within the teacher's resource. This coursebook with Cambridge Elevate edition has been developed by an experienced author and examiner team and written for the international learner. It provides you with a structured and progressive guide to the theoretical and practical skills required by the syllabus. With an emphasis on developing computational skills, this resource helps to build your confidence in using a range of technology and programming languages. Detailed descriptions of concepts are reinforced with exercises, discussion points, and reflection tasks with exam-style and past paper questions. Answers are found within the teacher's resource.