Cambridge International AS Computer Science — AS Revision Notes

Not yet anchored to a spec point

These notes exist in the corpus without a machine-readable specification anchor — the spec-point mapping (still in progress upstream) will slot them into the tree.

• Compression techniques
• Character encoding
• Uses of number systems
• Sound representation
• Vector graphics
• Bit streaming
• IP addressing
• Locating resources on the World Wide Web
• The Internet
• Transmission media
• Hardware devices
• Memory types
• Monitoring & control
• Logic construction
• Addressing modes
• Assembly language basics
• Instruction groups
• Components of the CPU
• Fetch-Execute Cycle
• Interrupts
• Ports & interfaces
• System performance
• Development tools
• Translator types
• Operating System fundamentals
• Integrity methods
• Data protection
• Security measures
• Threats
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Database design
• Database models
• Database normalisation
• DBMS features
• Algorithm basics
• Pseudocode
• Refinement & logic
• Translation skills
• Array pseudocode
• Record structures
• File handling
• ADT overview
• Iteration
• Pseudocode basics
• Procedures & functions
• Structure charts
• Development models
• Faults & errors
• Maintenance
• Testing methods