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Develop computational thinking and ensure full coverage of the revised Cambridge Assessment International Education AS & A Level Computer Science syllabus (9618) with this comprehensive Student's Book written by experienced authors and examiners. - Improve understanding with clear explanations, examples, illustrations and diagrams, plus a glossary of key terms - Reinforce learning with a range of activities, exercises, and exam-style questions - Prepare for further study with extension activities that go beyond the requirements of the syllabus and prompt further investigation about new developments in technology - Follow a structured route through the course with in-depth coverage of the full AS & A Level syllabus Also available in the series Programming skills workbook ISBN: 9781510457683 Student eTextbook ISBN: 9781510457614 Whiteboard eTextbook ISBN: 9781510457621 Online Teacher's guide ISBN: 9781510457652 Contents Introduction AS LEVEL 1 Information representation and multimedia 1.1 Data representation 1.2 Multimedia 1.3 File compression 2 Communication 2.1 Networking 2.2 The internet 3 Hardware 3.1 Computers and their components 3.2 Logic gates and logic circuits 4 Processor fundamentals 4.1 Central processing unit (CPU) architecture 4.2 Assembly language 4.3 Bit manipulation 5 System software 5.1 Operating systems 5.2 Language translators 6 Security, privacy and data integrity 6.1 Data security 6.2 Data integrity 7 Ethics and ownership 7.1 Legal, moral, ethical and cultural implications 7.2 Copyright issues 7.3 Artificial intelligence (AI) 8 Databases 8.1 Database concepts 8.2 Database management systems (DBMSs) 8.3 Data definition language (DDL) and data manipulation language (DML) 9 Algorithm design and problem-solving 9.1 Computational thinking skills 9.2 Algorithms 10 Data types and structures 10.1 Data types and records 10.2 Arrays 10.3 Files 10.4 Abstract data types (ADTs) 11 Programming 11.1 Programming basics 11.2 Programming constructs 11.3 Structured programming 12 Software development 12.1 Program development lifecycle 12.2 Program design 12.3 Program testing and maintenance A LEVEL 13 Data representation 13.1 User-defined data types 13.2 File organisation and access 13.3 Floating-point numbers, representation and manipulation 14 Communication and internet technologies 14.1 Protocols 14.2 Circuit switching and packet switching 15 Hardware 15.1 Processors and parallel processing 15.2 Boolean algebra and logic circuits 16 System software and virtual machines 16.1 Purposes of an operating system (OS) 16.2 Virtual machines (VMs) 16.3 Translation software 17 Security 17.1 Encryption 17.2 Quantum cryptography 17.3 Protocols 17.4 Digital signatures and digital certificates 18 Artificial intelligence (AI) 18.1 Shortest path algorithms 18.2 Artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning 19 Computational thinking and problem-solving 19.1 Algorithms 19.2 Recursion 20 Further programming 20.1 Programming paradigms 20.2 File processing and exception handling Glossary Index This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2021. 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