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Communications and information systems

Syllabus content:

communication systems

  • Describe the use of networked systems for various applications.
  • Describe the network infrastructure required to support the World Wide Web e.g. the role of routers and servers.

Applications of communication and information systems

  • Select and justify an appropriate networked system for a particular application.
  • Distributed systems Understand that distribution can apply to both data and control.
  • Describe the uses of distributed databases and understand the advantages and limitations of such distribution.

Client/server systems Describe the concept of a client/server database.

  • Recall the relevant advantages of a client/server database over a nonclient/ server database.

Module Content:

  1. Communication and Information Systems
  2. Network Applications
  3. Distributed Systems
  4. Distributed Databases
  5. Network Questions
  6. Database management Questions

Additional Information:

A Level ICT 2nd Edition P. M. Heathcote Chpt 58
ICT through Diagrams Alan Gardner pp71, 75-81,83-87
   

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