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Our Computing tutors are all GTC Scotland-registered schoolteachers and are experts in Standard Grade Computing revision, Intermediate Computing revision and Higher Computing revision curriculums including:

Content Statement: Data Representation
Representation of positive numbers in binary using examples up to and including 8 bits.
Advantages of using binary numbers.
Description of floating point representation of real numbers using the terms mantissa and exponent.
Description of file sizes, backing storage and main memory capacities using the terms: bit, byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte (Kb,Mb,Gb,Tb).
Description of the ASCII code including control characters.
Description of the term character set.
Description of bit map method of graphic representation using examples of black and white bit maps.
Calculation of storage requirements.

Content Statement: Computer Software
Distinction between an operating system and an application program with examples of each.
Explanation of the need for standard file formats.
Description of the following standard file formats for text files: text, ASCII, rich text file.
Identification of data objects and operations in the context of word processing, databases, spreadsheets and graphic packages.
Definition of a virus.
Description of how a virus operates.
Description of the following common symptoms of virus infection: displaying unwanted messages, unusual visual/sound effects, computers rebooting unexpectedly, unwanted generation of e-mails.
Description of how viruses are spread via floppy disk, homemade CDs, ‘fun’ websites, and e-mail attachments.
Explanation of the need for anti-virus software.

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