INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAMUI
Year 11 Curriculum
Computer Science
Unit 1: Logic & Hardware
Learning Objective 1.1
To understand basic Boolean logic and explore the three basic logic gates (AND< OR & NOT). To recognise and complete truth tables based on each logic gate.
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Learning Objective 1.2
To understand universal gates (NAND, NOR & XOR) and be able to draw logic circuit diagrams based on a given situation.
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Learning Objective 1.3
To understand the operating principle of Von Neumann architecture and the fetch decode execute cycle of the CPU.
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Learning Objective 1.4
To understand the role of each register within the CPU and what the three busses within a computer are and what roles they play.
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Learning Objective 1.5
To understand what primary storage is and explore in detail the roles of RAM and ROM.
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Learning Objective 1.6
To understand what secondary storage is and explore in detail how HDDs and SSDs are able to store data.
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Learning Objective 1.7
To understand what offline storage is and explore in detail how a number of offline devices are able to store data.
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