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GCSE Information and Communication Technology
The AQA way - Specification A
General structure of Information Systems
A Computer System
Hardware and Software
Data and Information
Systems flowchart
Hardware Components
Input peripherals
Keyboards
Mouse
Touch Pad
Tracker Ball
Joystick
Graphics digitiser (tablet)
Touch sensitive screen
Light pen
Scanner
Digital camera
Video camera
Microphone
Sensor
Output peripherals
Monitors
Laser Printers
Inkjet Printers
Graph Plotters
Speakers
Output in control systems
Storage devices and media
ROM and RAM
The need for Backing storage
Hard discs
Floppy discs
Magnetic tape
Optical discs
Flash memory
Operating Environment
Operating systems
Operating systems
Multi-tasking system
Multi-user system
Data Transfer
Data transfer
User Interface
User Interfaces
Development of applications software
Applications software
Networks & Communications
Networks
Modems
E-mail
Evaluation of hardware and software
Evaluation
Gathering Data
Data collection
Data logging
OMR
OCR
MICR
Bar codes
Magnetic strips
Data validation
Storing Data
Data structures
Database
Implications of file size for data storage
Fixed length fields
Variable length fields
Data compression
Data encoding
Security of Data
Data security
File generations
Processing Data
File Operations
Merging files
Batch processing
Real-time processing
Interactive
Transaction processing
Process Control
Presenting information
Output
Modelling and Simulation
Modelling
System Life Cycle
Systems Analysis
Testing
Documentation
Communications
Internet
E-commerce
On-line booking
Digital television
Web browsers
Mobile telephones
Legislation
Data Protection Act
Data Misuse Act; Copyright law
Impact on Society
ICT in the home
ICT in education
Money
Electronic Office
Employment
Teleworking
Codes of practice
