Higher Computing SDD Checklist

Scope of variables (eg. global, local)

Benefits and drawbacks of mobile computing

Buses (data/address/control)

Binary conversion

Arrays and records

Standard Algorithms - pseudocoding an algorithm

Paramater passing (ByRef & ByVal) - especially why you would use each one

Top-down/stepwise refinement

Definition of intelligent systems and online systems

Types of error (syntax/logic/execution)

HLL-LLL translations (compilers etc.)

Interfaces (types, jobs, comparisons)

Binary to represent text, graphics etc.

The processor

The waterfall method of development

Rapid and/or Agile development methodologies

Types of programming language and their features (eg. Procedural, Declarative etc.)

Memory (inc. cache memory)

Reading/Understanding/Interpreting code/pseudocode

Standard Algorithms - recognising an algorithm

Opening/creating/writing/reading/editing sequential files

Programming data types

Creating test plans

Virtual Machines & Emulators (no major detail required)

Actual and formal parameters

Usability of a program/interface

Functions, methods & procedures

Methods of design (pseudocode or graphical)

Testing techniques (dry run/trace table/breakpoint etc.)

Accessibility of a program/interface