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1.2(b) Units and Data Storage

GCSE Computer Science (J277)

Learning Objectives - RAG Self-Assessment

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0. I can identify units of data storage, including bits, nibbles, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, and petabytes.

1. I can explain why data must be converted into binary format before being processed by a computer.

2. I can calculate data capacity requirements.

3. I can convert denary numbers to binary (up to 8 bits) and binary numbers to denary.

4. I can add two binary numbers (up to 8 bits) and explain overflow errors.

5. I can convert denary numbers to two-digit hexadecimal numbers and vice versa.

6. I can convert binary numbers to hexadecimal and vice versa.

7. I can perform binary shifts and explain their effect.

8. I can explain how character sets use binary codes to represent text.

9. I can describe how the number of bits per character affects the number of possible characters in sets such as ASCII and Unicode.

10. I can explain how images are made up of pixels represented in binary and what metadata means.

11. I can describe how colour depth and resolution affect image quality and file size.

12. I can explain how sound is sampled and stored digitally.

13. I can describe how sample rate, duration, and bit depth affect sound quality and file size.

14. I can explain why data compression is needed.

15. I can describe the difference between lossy and lossless compression.

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