Secondary Catalogue
Computing and ICT
Contains 2 Categories
Database Applications
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Databases are at the heart of digital technology, making data easy to store, organise and search.
Digital Design Principles
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Digital design demands an understanding of computational thinking, as programming simply tells a computer what to do and how to do it.
Digital Data
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
What is digital data, and how do computers understand it? How is digital data represented, stored, shared and manipulated?
Developing Test Plans and Testing a Solution
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Once software has been created, it must be tested under different conditions to make sure it works. This can be achieved with white box, black box, unit, integration and system testing, as well as thorough planning and evaluation.
Contemporary Trends in Software Development
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Software development and programming paradigms change over time, from imperative programming to high level languages like Python and C++.
Digital Applications
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
The advent of digital technology has radically affected our lives, but what are the positive and negative aspects of those changes?
Database Development
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Developing the right type and structure of database allows you to store, access, search and output your data to your greatest advantage.
System Software
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
The functions of system software and their modes of processing, tasks carried out by utility applications, the role of antivirus software and the importance of regular system updates.
Spreadsheet Applications
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Spreadsheets can help you calculate values from data using various formulae. They can also be used for data modelling and the visual representation of data.
Cyberspace: Network Security and Data Transfer
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Networks make computers more powerful, but also more vulnerable to attack. In the era of the internet and cloud computing, what are the threats to data security?
Multimedia Applications
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Multimedia applications combine elements like text, images, audio and video and require specific considerations in their design.
Programing Constructs
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Computer programs use data stores to organise the different types of data they contain. Data stores can be either a constant, variable or an array, and contain inputs, outputs, functions, instructions, sequences and more.
Ethical, Legal, and Environmental Impact
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
How does life, society and the law react to the evolution of digital technology?
Simple Error Handling Techniques
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
In some ways, computer languages are no different to our own. They have strict rules programmers must follow in order to make their programs understood. Mistakes throw up errors, which must be fixed.
Hardware
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Hardware is the physical components or workings of a computer system. It includes input, processing and output devices. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) can be thought of as the brain of the computer.
Evaluation
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Appropriate use of coding constructs is evaluated to determine the efficiency of software as it relates to use of RAM. Software is measured against the functional requirements to evaluate fitness for purpose.
Digital Development Considerations
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Accessibility and operability across different interfaces are crucial to the development of a successful digital product.
Network Technologies
BBC Bitesize: Digital Technology
Hardware is the physical components of a computer system. When we connect computers together to share data, software and hardware we create a network.
