This component will introduce you to the internal workings of the Central Processing Unit (CPU), the development, data types and legal and ethical issues. It is expected that you will draw on this thinking, developing programming techniques and devising you own programming approach in the Programming project component (03)

You will be expected to apply the criteria in each topic in the technologies.

1.1 The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices

• 1.1.1 Structure and function of the processor
• 1.1.2 Types of Processor
• 1.1.3 Input, Output and Storage

1.2 Software and software development

• 1.2.1 Systems Software
• 1.2.2 Applications Generation
• 1.2.3 Software Development
• 1.2.4 Types of Programming Language

1.3 Exchanging data

• 1.3.1 Compression, Encryption and Hashing
• 1.3.2 Databases
• 1.3.3 Networks
• 1.3.4 Web Technologies

1.4 Data types, data structures and algorithms

• 1.4.1 Data Types
• 1.4.2 Data Structures
• 1.4.3 Boolean Algebra

1.5 Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues

• 1.5.1 Computer related legislation
• 1.5.2 Moral and ethical Issues