Demonstrate understanding of areas of computer science
You need to pick two or three areas of computer science (like artificial intelligence, network protocols, or how software is built) and explain the problems they solve and how they're actually used in the real world. You'll need to show examples of specific techniques or algorithms and why they matter, and at higher grades, you'll explain how these techniques actually work and judge whether they're effective.
You describe a key problem in an area of computer science, give an example of how it's used in practice, and show which algorithm or technique is involved.
You explain how the algorithm or technique actually works within your real-world example and connect it back to the problem it solves.
You discuss your examples in depth, explain the techniques clearly, and judge whether the approach actually works well and why it's a good or bad solution to the problem.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.