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Log on to IT for CSEC
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Language
English
ISBN
9781510461246
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
1 Types of computers and their parts
What is a computer?
Stages of processing
Types of computers
Generations of computers
Chapter 1: Summary
Chapter 1: Questions
2 Input devices
Data-processing cycle
Typical input devices
Chapter 2: Summary
Chapter 2: Questions
3 Primary and secondary storage
Storage
Primary storage
Secondary storage media and devices
Other storage media
Chapter 3: Summary
Chapter 3: Questions
4 Output devices
Softcopy output devices
Hardcopy output devices
Chapter 4: Summary
Chapter 4: Questions
5 Data storage and representation
Discrete data and continuous data
Number systems
Adding binary numbers
Representing signed integers
Subtraction of binary numbers
Data representation
Chapter 5: Summary
Chapter 5: Questions
6 Software: The power behind the machine
Application software
System software
User interfaces
The Windows desktop
Windows file management
Chapter 6: Summary
Chapter 6: Questions
7 Data communications, networks and the internet
Data communications
Networks
The internet
Chapter 7: Summary
Chapter 7: Questions
8 Problem-solving and program design
Steps in problem-solving
Steps in algorithm development
Step 1: Define the problem
Step 2: Analyse the problem
Step 3: Develop an algorithm
Using a connector
Chapter 8: Summary
Chapter 8: Questions
9 Program implementation
Generations of computer languages
Step 4: Write a computer program
Step 5: Test and debug the program
Step 6: Document the program
Chapter 9: Summary
Chapter 9: Questions
10 Computer and cybersecurity and computer misuse
Hardware and software security
Data privacy
Chapter 10: Summary
Chapter 10: Questions
11 Introduction to web page design
What is a website?
Web publishing
Creating a web page
Publishing your Wix website
Web hosting
Maintaining a website
Chapter 11: Summary
Chapter 11: Questions
12 Presentations using PowerPoint
Starting PowerPoint
Creating a new presentation
Design templates
Sound, video clips and photos
Changing the sequence of slides
Adding notes – speaker’s notes
Slide Master/Master Slide
Adding a transition
Animating your presentation
Recording your own sound files
Printing your presentation
Effective PowerPoint presentations
Chapter 12: Summary
Chapter 12: Questions
13 Word processing
Microsoft Word 2013 versus Microsoft Word 2016 versus Microsoft Word 2019
Starting Microsoft Word
Editing and proofing text
Formatting
Page layout/Layout
Mail merge
Newspaper columns
Tables
Inserting graphics
Inserting symbols and characters
Creating a fillable form in Word
Creating a table of contents
Adding protection to your document
Comments and track changes
Chapter 13: Summary
Chapter 13: Questions
14 Spreadsheets
What is the purpose of a spreadsheet?
Features of Excel equivalent or similar to Word
Starting Excel
Entering data
Formatting
Editing
Working with worksheets
Formulae
Functions
Absolute cell references
Sorting
Filtering records
Creating graphs and charts
The IF function
The date function
PivotTables and PivotCharts
Printing a worksheet
Chapter 14: Summary
Chapter 14: Questions
15 Databases
What is a database?
Creating a database using Access
Keys and relationships
Entering records into a table
Designing a database
Indexing and sorting data
Manipulating data in a database
Forms
Reports
Chapter 15: Summary
Chapter 15: Questions
16 Integrating data
Mail merge
Integrating data and graphs
Integrating objects from a database
Exporting a database
Chapter 16: Summary
Chapter 16: Questions
Sample SBA project on data integration, suggested solution and mark scheme
17 Careers in computing
Jobs in an ICT department
Other jobs within the computer industry
Computer support specialists
Other ICT jobs
Chapter 17: Summary
Chapter 17: Questions
Project
18 Applications and implications of IT
Collecting, storing and sharing information
Forms of information processing
Computers in banking
Computers in business
Computers in education
Computers in engineering and manufacturing
Computers in artificial intelligence (AI)
Computers in law enforcement
Computers in medicine
Computers in entertainment
Computers in weather forecasting
Computers in mass media
Social effects of computers
Computers’ effect on employee health
Chapter 18: Summary
Chapter 18: Questions
Glossary
Index
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