Students will learn about the primary storage (memory) and secondary storage. They will explore data representation and understand how data, images and sound files are stored and represented on the computer. Students will also learn about binary and hexadecimals and learn how to do conversions.Â
Primary storage
Secondary storage
RAM
ROM
Virtual Memory
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
Devices
Media
Capacity
Speed
Portability
Durability
Reliability
Cost
Units
Bit
Byte
Nibble
KB
GB
TB
PB
Binary
Hexadecimal
Conversion
Binary shift
Character sets
ASCII
Unicode
Images
Metadata
Bit rate
Bit sample quality
File size
Pixels
Resolution
Compression
Lossy
Lossless
Network Engineer, Computer Hardware Engineer, Network Architects, Computer Support Specialists, Archivist, Business analyst, Data Entry Clerk
Know the importance of using the computing equipment safely. They will learn the importance of using sites that are secure and be cautious about clicking on links and using the school equipment for anything other than school related work.
Students will be able to use their mathematical skills to complete the calculations.Students will also be asked about subjects other than computing where they have looked at circuits and the transfer of electricity.
Will learn to convert binary to denary and vice versa. Students will also learn about data representation. They will use the skills learnt in maths and learn binary additions, convert hexadecimals and calculate file sizes.
Maths: Physics, Electronics, relating to conversions and capacity calculations as well as place value
