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This is a book about A-Level Computer Science. It aims to fit with the AQA GCE A-Level Computer Science 2015 syllabus but is not endorsed by AQA. It should be useful as a revision guide or to find alternative explanations to the ones in your textbook. If you haven't heard of an A-Level then this book probably won't be of much interest to you but you can find out about them at Wikipedia.
If any part of this book is unclear or even wrong then please post a comment on the discussion page or simply fix it yourself! In particular, please say if the book assumes any knowledge or skills which not all A-Level Computer Science students have.
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A-level
Paper 1 Index
75% March 6, 20161. Fundamentals of programming
75% March 6, 20162. Fundamentals of data structures
75% March 6, 20163. Fundamentals of algorithms
75% March 6, 20164. Theory of computation
50% March 6, 201613. Systematic approach to problem solving
100% October 6, 2016Skeleton program | A-level | AS-level
Paper 2 Index
75% March 6, 20165. Fundamentals of data representation
75% March 6, 20166. Fundamentals of computer systems
75% March 6, 20167. Fundamentals of computer organisation and architecture
75% March 6, 20168. External hardware devices
100% June 13, 20169. Consequences of uses of computing
50% June 13, 201610. Fundamentals of communication and networking
75% March 6, 201611. Fundamentals of databases
100% October 24, 201612. Fundamentals of functional programming (A-level only)
Non-exam assessment
50% September 22, 201714. The computing practical project (A-level only)
Programming
Accepted languages
/Java/
/Pascal/
/Python/
/VB/
C#
A-Level Projects can be written in any language.
Old Specification (up to 2017)
AS modules
100% December 28, 2012 COMP1 - Problem Solving, Programming, Data Representation and Practical Exercise
100% December 13, 2011 COMP2 - Computer Components, The Stored Program Concept and the Internet
A2 modules
75% June 6, 2014 COMP3 - Problem Solving, Programming, Operating Systems, Databases and Networking
75% December 28, 2012 COMP4 - The Computing Project
How to read the book
You will meet several coloured boxes, here are their meanings:
Specification link
What the specification says you must learn for each chapter
Examples
Example questions and how to solve them
Questions
Questions to test yourself, click below
to check if you were right
Extension
Topics that aren't examined but you might be interested in
There will be a lot of concepts that you need to be familiar with, definitions are highlighted like so:
Word meaning
===Course Structure===
To be awarded an AS (Advanced Subsidiary) Level qualification in Computing, a student must take the 2 AS modules.
To be awarded an A (Advanced) Level qualification in Computing, a student must take all 4 modules.
The book is split into the four units. Each unit is split into chapters with each chapter covering the topics for that module.
==Uncategorized Pages==
/Advanced Systems Development/
/Computer Systems, Programming and Network Concepts/
/Practical Systems Development/
/Processing and Programming Techniques/
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