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B · Computer System Fundamentals

C · Internet & its Applications

D · Computational Thinking & Programming

E · Social Implications

2A · Databases

2B · Web Application Development

2C · Algorithm & Programming

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Module A · Information Processing

Module overview

1 · Introduction to Information Processing

Chapter overview

1.1 What is an information system

1.2 Data vs information

1.3 Information processes

1.4 Information Age & literacy

2 · Data Organisation & Control

Chapter overview

2.1 Hierarchy of data

2.2 Sequential vs direct access

2.3 Data control: validation & verification

3 · Data Representation

Chapter overview

3.1 Analog vs digital

3.2 Number systems (binary, hex)

3.3 Binary arithmetic & overflow

3.4 Two’s complement

3.5 Character encoding

3.6 Multimedia digitisation

3.7 File formats

4 · Data Manipulation & Analysis

Chapter overview

4.1 Spreadsheet basics

4.2 Cell references & functions

4.3 Pivot tables & what-if

4.4 Database basics with a DBMS

4.5 Reading simple SQL

Module B · Computer System Fundamentals

Module overview

1 · Basic Machine Organisation

Chapter overview

1.1 CPU architecture

1.2 Fetch-decode-execute

1.3 Memory types

1.4 Storage devices

1.5 Input / output devices

2 · System Software

Chapter overview

2.1 Operating systems

2.2 Utilities & drivers

2.3 Modes of operation

Module C · Internet & its Applications

Module overview

1 · Networking & Internet Basics

Chapter overview

1.1 LAN vs WAN

1.2 IPv4 & IPv6 addressing

1.3 Network hardware

1.4 Transmission media

1.5 TCP/IP basics

2 · Internet Services & Applications

Chapter overview

2.1 URL & DNS

2.2 HTTP vs HTTPS

2.3 Web file formats

2.4 Streaming & cloud

3 · Elementary Web Authoring

Chapter overview

3.1 HTML basics

3.2 Publishing on the Web

4 · Threats & Security

Chapter overview

4.1 Threat catalogue

4.2 Defence measures

4.3 Encryption basics

4.4 Authentication & e-commerce

Module D · Computational Thinking & Programming

Module overview

1 · Problem-Formulation & Analysis

Chapter overview

1.1 Defining a problem (IPO)

1.2 Decomposition

1.3 Pattern recognition

2 · Algorithm Design

Chapter overview

2.1 Pseudocode

2.2 Flowcharts

2.3 Data types & structures

2.4 Control structures

2.5 Trace tables

2.6 Modularity

3 · Program Development (Python)

Chapter overview

3.1 Python setup

3.2 Variables & operators

3.3 Input / output

3.4 Selection (if / elif / else)

3.5 Iteration (for, while)

3.6 Lists (1D arrays)

3.7 Strings

3.8 Standard algorithms

4 · Program Testing & Debugging

Chapter overview

4.1 Designing test data

4.2 Types of errors

4.3 Debugging techniques

Module E · Social Implications

Module overview

1 · Technological Innovations

Chapter overview

1.1 AI & data science

1.2 3D printing

1.3 AR & VR

2 · Health & Ethical Issues

Chapter overview

2.1 Health hazards

2.2 Ergonomics

2.3 Digital divide

2.4 Ethics in ICT

3 · Intellectual Property

Chapter overview

3.1 Copyright basics

3.2 Licensing schemes

3.3 Piracy & enforcement

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Chapter 3 · Intellectual Property

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