The main laws and legislations are covered: Data Protection Act 2018, Computer Misuse Act 1990, and Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. This resource has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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Purpose of each legislation and the actions it allows or prohibits:
Data Protection Act 2018
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
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Ethical and Cultural Issues
Legal, Environmental, and Privacy Issues
Laws and Legislation (Current)
Software Licenses
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This resource covers the features of open-source software and proprietary software. This resource has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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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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Ethical and Cultural Issues
Legal, Environmental, and Privacy Issues
Laws and Legislation
Software Licenses (Current)
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This resource covers the conversion between binary and decimal integers to hexadecimal equivalents, and vice versa. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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Main problem with using binary.
Conversion between binary and hexadecimal values.
Conversion between hexadecimal and binary values.
Conversion between denary to hexadecimal values - two methods.
Conversion between hexadecimal and denary values.
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This resource covers the conversion between binary integers and decimal values, and vice versa. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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What is binary?
Conversion between binary and denary.
Conversion between denary to binary - two methods.
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This resource covers everything about utility software, including encryption, defragmentation, and data compression. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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Purpose of specified utility software and why it is required:
Encryption software
Defragmentation
Data Compression
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This resource covers binary shifts - multiplying and dividing binary values by ‘shifting’ them by a certain number of places. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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Effects of shifting binary values.
Shifting binary values to the left to multiply values by 2^x.
Shifting binary values to the right to divide values by 2^x.
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This resource covers the addition of two binary values together and overflow errors that may occur. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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Adding two binary values up to and including 8 bits.
Why overflow errors occur.
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This resource covers everything about the OS, including user interfaces, and memory, peripheral, user, and file management. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included!
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User Interfaces: Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Command-Line Interface (CLI)
Memory Management
Multitasking
Peripheral Management, including Device Drivers
User Management
File Management
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