'A' level computing
This standard textbook has been comprehensively revised by experienced teacher and examiner Sylvia Langfield. Arranged in five modules corresponding to the AQA specification, there are exercises and past exam questions at the end of each chapter
Problems and exercises
396 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
9781904467526, 1904467520
56446558
Chapter 1 Computer Hardware Chapter 2 Classification of Software Chapter 3 Bits and Bytes Chapter 4 Data Representation (Text and Numbers) Chapter 5 Data Representation (Sound and Graphics) Chapter 6 Programming Concepts Chapter 7 Program Design and Maintenance Chapter 8 Dry-run Exercises Chapter 9 Queues and Stacks Chapter 10 Binary Trees Chapter 11 Inside the Computer Chapter 12 Communication Methods Chapter 13 Local Area Networks Chapter 14 Wide Area Networks Chapter 15 General Purpose Packages Chapter 16 Spreadsheets Chapter 17 Records and Files Chapter 18 Serial and Sequential Files Chapter 19 Direct Access Files Chapter 20 File Security Methods Chapter 21 Data Processing Integrity Methods Chapter 22 Entity-Relationship Modelling Chapter 23 Database Concepts Chapter 24 Operating Systems Chapter 25 Hardware Devices Chapter 26 Computer Crime and the Law Chapter 27 Data Protection and Health and Safety Chapter 28 Information Processing Applications Chapter 29 The Classical Systems Life-Cycle Chapter 30 From Design to Evaluation Chapter 31 Human-Computer Interface Chapter 32 Number Bases and Representation Chapter 33 Floating Point Numbers Chapter 34 Structure and Role of the Processor Chapter 35 Assembly Language Instructions Chapter 36 Instruction Formats and Addressing modes Chapter 37 High Level Languages Chapter 38 Object-Oriented Programming Chapter 39 Prolog Programming Chapter 40 Recursion Chapter 41 Lists Chapter 42 Linked Lists Chapter 43 Stacks Chapter 44 Queues Chapter 45 Trees Chapter 46 Searching and Sorting Chapter 47 Operating System Classification Chapter 48 Operating System Concepts Chapter 49 Memory, File and I/O Management Chapter 50 Database Concepts Chapter 51 Database Design and Normalisation Chapter 52 Querying a Database Chapter 53 Data Definition and Data Manipulation Chapter 54 Analysing a System Chapter 55 Systems Design, Development and Testing Chapter 56 Implementation, Evaluation and Maintenance Chapter 57 Input and Output Methods Chapter 58 Networking Methods Chapter 59 Local Area Networks Chapter 60 Wide Area Networks Chapter 61 Inter-networking Chapter 62 The Internet Chapter 63 The World Wide Web Chapter 64 HTML and ASP Chapter 65 Java and Applets Chapter 66 Internet Security Chapter 67 Computer Applications and Effects
Previous edition: 2000