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WJEC : GCSE Information and Communication Technology
1 A Computer System
  1.1 Data
  1.2 A Computer System
  1.3 Hardware and Software
  1.4 Mainframe
  1.5 Microcomputer
  1.6 Embedded systems
  1.7 Memory
  1.8 Disk cache
  1.9 Bits and Bytes
  1.10 Why use ICT?
2 Input Methods
  2.1 Data collection
  2.2 Sensors and data-logging
  2.3 OMR
  2.4 OCR
  2.5 MICR
  2.6 Bar codes
  2.7 Magnetic strip
  2.8 Mouse
  2.9 Joystick
  2.10 Touch screens
  2.11 Sound / Speech
  2.12 Graphics tablet
  2.13 Scanner
  2.14 Digital camera
  2.15 Video camera
  2.16 PDET (Portable Data Entry)
3 Output Methods
  3.1 Monitors
  3.2 Laser printers
  3.3 Inkjet printers
  3.4 Graph plotters
  3.5 Sound output
  3.6 Control systems
  3.7 COM
  3.8 CAM
4 Backing Storage
  4.1 The Need for Backing Storage
  4.2 Hard disks
  4.3 Floppy disks
  4.4 CD and DVD
  4.5 Magnetic tape
  4.6 Removable media
  4.7 Flash memory
5 Files
  5.1 File structure
  5.2 Fixed length fields
  5.3 Variable length fields
  5.4 Types of files
  5.5 File operations
  5.6 Data Security
  5.7 Viruses 
  5.8 Data Compression
  5.9 Data Verification
  5.10 Data Validation
6 Software
  6.1 Operating systems
  6.2 Batch processing
  6.3 Multi-programming
  6.4 Multi-access
  6.5 Distributed systems
  6.6 Real-time (process)
  6.7  Real-time (transaction)
  6.8 Parallel processing
  6.9 Interactive
  6.10 System security
  6.11 User Interface
  6.12 Systems analysis
7 Communications
  7.1 Types of network
  7.2 Bus, star and ring networks
  7.3 Data transmission
  7.4 Internet
  7.5 Email
  7.6 Teleconferencing
  7.7 E-commerce
  7.8 Interactive digital TV
  7.9 Mobile phones
8 Social Implications
  8.1 Money
  8.2 Electronic Office
  8.3 ICT in the home
  8.4 ICT in education
  8.5 Employment
  8.6 Teleworking
  8.7 Codes of practice
  8.8 Data Protection Act
  8.9 Computer Misuse Act
9 Applications
* 9.1 Process Control in Industry
* 9.2 Payroll
* 9.3 Weather forecasting
* 9.4 Libraries
+ 9.5 Robotic and Embedded Control
+ 9.6 Stock Control and Order Processing
+ 9.7 Expert systems in Medicine
+ 9.8 Booking Systems
& 9.9 Computer Control in Hospitals
& 9.10 Billing systems
& 9.11 CAD/CAM
& 9.12 Computers in Schools
& = 2008; * = 2009 ; + = 2010