National 5 Computing Science (C816 75)

Every topic with its Qualifications Scotland (SQA) National 5 reference, and free notes and tools to revise it.

We made this map from the board's own specification. Our topics follow the GCSE and A-level courses, so where a board groups content differently, one reference can cover more than one topic. Specification (PDF) (opens a new tab)

Topic	Spec	Notes and tools
Algorithms	Software design and development: design, standard algorithms	Searching algorithms: linear and binary search
Programming in exam style	Software design and development: implementation, testing	Data types, variables and operators Sequence, selection and iteration
Databases and SQL	Database design and development	Databases and SQL queries
Data representation	Computer systems: data representation	Binary, denary and hexadecimal
Computer systems	Computer systems: computer structure	The CPU and the fetch-execute cycle
Cyber security	Computer systems: security precautions	Cyber security: malware, social engineering and attacks
Languages and translators	Computer systems: translators	High and low-level languages, compilers and interpreters
Ethical, legal and environmental impacts	Computer systems: environmental impact; Database design and development: legal implications	Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of computing

Official Qualifications Scotland (SQA) National 5 pages

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Official Qualifications Scotland (SQA) National 5 pages