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11 THEORY CHAPTERS · 46 SECTIONS

OCR J277 reference

Systems architecture, memory and storage, networks, security, software, ethical and legal issues, algorithms, programming, robust design, Boolean logic and development tools.

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Output and variables, input and calculations, selection, iteration, strings and collections, subprograms, files and CSV, plus testing and robust design.

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  1. Paper 1Memory and storage
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