Computing Revision – Nov 2018

Thetford Grammar School – Year 8 Exam Revision for November 2018

1. Make sure you are able to explain
   1. The following Terms:
      1. Bitmap
      2. Vector
      3. HTML
      4. GIF
      5. Navigation
      6. Parent / Child Relationships (in computing!)
      7. URL Web Hosting
      8. Search Engine Optimisation
   2. What HTTP and HTTPS mean, and the differences between them
   3. Why Flash is no longer supported by Google
2. Produce layout sketches for a website using autoshapes, text and images in PowerPoint, Google Slides or similar.
3. Publish, Save or Export a file as a PDF, and give at least two reasons why you might want to do this
4. Set up a navigation bar with parent and child relationships properly
5. Describe how operators are expressed in Python
6. Understand the importance of data types and be able to describe the 4 main data types
7. Describe how to use comments properly
8. Analyse and interpret a simple program

Useful Links from BBC Bitesize:

Graphics (Bitmanp, Vector etc)

Website Layout

URLs, HTTP and HTTPs

Google phase out Flash

Benefits of PDF File Format

Programming Basics (including Data Types)

Boolean Logic (Including Python Operators)