Sounds A Level Resources

A Level Computer Science: Sounds

This module contains:

  • An editable PowerPoint lesson presentation
  • Editable revision handouts
  • A glossary which covers the key terminologies of the module
  • Topic mindmaps for visualising the key concepts
  • Printable flashcards to help students engage active recall
  • A quiz with answer key to test knowledge and understanding of the module
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Sounds

Sound is another form of data that is stored on a computer. Similar to other types of information such as numbers, text, and images, the sound is also stored in digital form. But, sound, when produced, is in analogue form, that is, continuous varying data. To store sound in the computer, it is sampled to obtain thousands of samples per second where each sample corresponds to a binary value.

This A Level Computer Science module introduces sounds to your students, explaining:

  • Storing sound on a computer
  • Sampling and Nyquist’s theorem
  • Factors that affect the audio quality of audio files in detail
  • Musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) files
  • How to calculate the size of an audio file

More Data types, data structures and algorithms Modules

Sounds is one lesson in our Data types, data structures and algorithms module. The other theory lessons can be found below: