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Computer Science (0478)
10 sections available · 28 chapters available
Free Computer Science (0478) study notes for Cambridge IGCSE students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Data transmission
Types and methods of data transmission
Methods of error detection
Encryption
Data representation
Number systems
Text, sound and images
Data storage and compression
Hardware
Computer architecture
Input and output devices
Data storage
Network hardware
Software
Types of software and interrupts
Types of programming language, translators and integrated development environments (IDEs)
The internet and its uses
The internet and the world wide web
Digital currency
Cyber security
Automated and emerging technologies
Automated systems
Robotics
Artificial intelligence
Algorithm design and problem-solving
Program development life cycle and decomposition
Standard methods of solution
Validation, verification and test data
Trace tables and writing algorithms
Programming
Programming concepts
Arrays
File handling
Databases
Database structure and data types
SQL queries
Boolean logic
Boolean logic
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