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Purpose of a software license and why they are used.
Features of open-source software.
Features of proprietary software.
Recommending a type of license for a given scenario. This includes the benefits and drawbacks.
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Other complete lessons in Unit 1.6:
Ethical and Cultural Issues
Legal, Environmental, and Privacy Issues
Laws and Legislation
Software Licenses (Current)
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Variety of examples of ethical and cultural issues.
Key stakeholders and how they are impacted by digital technology.
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Ethical and Cultural Issues (Current)
Legal, Environmental, and Privacy Issues
Laws and Legislation
Software Licenses
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Suggested Allowed Time: 36 minutes (+25% extra time = 45 minutes)
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Units of Storage (OCR GCSE Lesson)
Binary Crash Course (OCR GCSE Lesson)
Representing Characters (OCR GCSE Lesson)
Representing Images (OCR GCSE Lesson)
Representing Sound (OCR GCSE Lesson)
Compression (OCR GCSE Lesson)
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The need for secondary storage.
Common types of storage technology: optical, magnetic, solid-state/flash.
Advantages and disadvantages of storage technology.
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RAM, ROM, and Virtual Memory (Primary Storage)
Units of Storage
Secondary Storage (Current)
Binary Crash Course
Representing Images
Representing Sound
Representing Characters
Compression
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The Internet (OCR GCSE Lesson)
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Star Network Topology
Mesh Network Topology
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Star and Mesh Topologies
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Network Performance
Network Hardware
The Internet
Network Topologies (Current)
Encryption (Free)
Standards and Network Protocols
Network Connections
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Suggested Allowed Time: 32 minutes (+25% extra time = 40 minutes)
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Total Marks: 28
Suggested Allowed Time: 32 minutes (+25% extra time = 40 minutes)
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Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges
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A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question.
A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025.
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Total Marks: 30
Suggested Allowed Time: 34 minutes (+25% extra time = 43 minutes)
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Software Licenses - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)
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