Eduqas A Level Computer Science Teaching Resources & Lesson

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	Eduqas specification	A-Level Document Reference	Additional content
2.1	Programming and system development
1	Data Structures	32. Arrays, tuples and records 33. Lists and linked lists 34. Stacks 35. Queues 37. Trees 38. Hash table	Cell
2	Logical operations	39. Logic gates and circuits 28A. Monitoring and control systems 40. de Morgan's laws 41. Karnaugh maps	Cell
3	Algorithms and programs	11. Introduction to algorithms 11B. Structure charts 46. Introduction to programming 47. Basic programming constructs 48. Functions and procedures 49. Integrated development environment 52. Evaluation and design of algorithms 53. Searching algorithms 54. Sorting algorithms 55. Algorithms for main data structures 56. Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm and A* algorithm 14. Compression, encryption and hashing 09. Translators	Cell
4	Principles of programming	12. Procedural and object-oriented languages 24. Designing web pages using HTML and CSS 25. JavaScript 25A. Server-side scripting 50. Object oriented techniques 58. Regular languages: expressions, BNF and RPN 09. Translators	Cell
5	System analysis	10. Software development lifecycle 45. Computational thinking 49. Integrated development envrironment 51. Computational methods 08. Categories of software	Cell
6	System design	Cell	Cell
7	Software engineering	49. Integrated development environment	Cell
8	Program construction	09. Translators	Cell
9	Economic, moral, legal,ethical and cultural issues relating to computer science	43. Computing related legislation 44. Moral and ethical issues	Cell
2.2	Computer Architecture, Data, Communication and Applications	Cell	Cell
1	Hardware and communication	01. Computer architecture 02. Functions and characteristics of CPU 03. Types of processor 13. Assembly languages 04. Input devices 05. Output devices 06. Data Storage 08. Categories of software 19. Introduction to computer networks 21. Network, protocols and layers	Cell
2	Data transmission	19. Introduction to computer networks 21. Network protocols and layers 21A. Data transmission technologies 22. Internet technologies	Cell
3	Data representation and data types	28. Binary 29. Hexadecimal 30. Floating point numbers 31. Character sets	Cell
4	Organisation and structure of data	48A. Files and exception handling 38. Hash tables	Cell
5	Databases and distributed systems	15. Introduction to databases 16. Relational databases 17. Structured Query Language (SQL) 18. Transaction processing and ACID 18A. Database Management System (DBMS) 60. Big Data	Cell
6	The operating system	07. System Software	Cell
7	The need for different types of software systems and their attributes	08. Categories of software 28A. Monitoring and control systems 26. Search engine indexing	Cell
8	Data security and integrity processes	14. Compression, encryption and hashing 23. Network security	Cell