Show awareness of current individual (moral), 4.8 opportunities 4.8.1 social (ethical), and cultural opportunities and of computing. Consequences Individual Understand that: developments in computer science and the digital technologies have dramatically altered the of communications and information flows (moral), in societies, enabling massive transformations in the capacity to: of monitor behaviour social uses amass and analyse personal information of (ethical), distribute, publish, communicate and disseminate computing personal information computer scientists and software legal engineers therefore have power, as well as the responsibilities that go with it, in and the algorithms that they devise and the code that they deploy cultural software and their algorithms embed moral and cultural values the issue of scale, for software the whole world over, creates potential for issues individual computer scientists and software engineers to produce great and good, but with it comes the ability to cause great harm. Be able to discuss the challenges facing legislators in the digital age. Knowledge & Understanding Rating Unit Topic Subject Content Insecure Intermediate Secure Define serial and parallel transmission methods communication 4.9 4.9.1 methods Communication 4.9.1.1 and discuss the advantages of serial over parallel transmission. Fundamentals Communication Define and compare synchronous and asynchronous data transmission. Describe the purpose of start and stop bits in asynchronous data transmission. Define: basics 4.9.1.2 baud rate and bit rate of bandwidth Communication networking latency protocol Differentiate between baud rate and bit rate. Understand the relationship between bit rate and bandwidth.
4.8 Consequences of uses of computing 4.8.1 Individual (moral), social (ethical), legal and cultural issues and opportunities Show awareness of current individual (moral), social (ethical), and cultural opportunities and of computing. Understand that: developments in computer science and the digital technologies have dramatically altered the of communications and information flows in societies, enabling massive transformations in the capacity to: monitor behaviour amass and analyse personal information distribute, publish, communicate and disseminate personal information computer scientists and software engineers therefore have power, as well as the responsibilities that go with it, in the algorithms that they devise and the code that they deploy software and their algorithms embed moral and cultural values the issue of scale, for software the whole world over, creates potential for individual computer scientists and software engineers to produce great good, but with it comes the ability to cause great harm. Be able to discuss the challenges facing legislators in the digital age. Knowledge & Understanding Rating Unit Topic Subject Content Insecure Intermediate Secure 4.9 Fundamentals of communication and networking 4.9.1 Communication 4.9.1.1 Communication methods Define serial and parallel transmission methods and discuss the advantages of serial over parallel transmission. Define and compare synchronous and asynchronous data transmission. Describe the purpose of start and stop bits in asynchronous data transmission. 4.9.1.2 Communication basics Define: baud rate bit rate bandwidth latency protocol Differentiate between baud rate and bit rate. Understand the relationship between bit rate and bandwidth.
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