Topic 32 Resources
Completion requirements
Students need to understand:
Units
bit, nibble, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte
Choose from the following to help you learn:
Books
Please note that, since 1998, 1 kB represents 1000 Bytes. However, in practice some say 1 kB = 1024 Bytes.
CAMBRIDGE Computer Science:
Pages 132. Section "Groups of bits" and diagram on the top right of page 133 showing Bit to Petabyte
ROBSON & HEATHCOTE Computer Science (9-1):
Pages 134. Sections "Storage units and binary numbers" and "Units" and continues on to the very top of Page 135.
SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(3rd edition):
Page 49, Section "Units".
SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(2012):
Page 9, Section "Units".
AXSIED GCSE Computer Science (3rd edition):
Page 117. R59 "Computing Units"
ROUSE & O'BYRNE GCSE(9-1) Computer Science:
Page 147. Section "Units".
Web Sites
- BBC Bitesize: Page 2: Bits & bytes or Page 1 Units
- Cambridge MOOC: Section 30: Definitions of units
- Wikipedia: Bit, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Size examples (8 articles)
- Techopedia: IDE
- Teach-ICT: Sections 1 to 7: Units
YouTube
- MrDMcKnight: Watch all (4:59). Units
- Computer Science Tutor: Watch from 3:44 to 6:05. Units
- Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:14) Units Part A
- Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:30) Units Part C
- Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (5:20) Units Part D
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