Hardware and Software
§3.4.1Foundation and Higher tierAQA GCSE Computer Science (8525)
Hardware and Software sits inside Computer Systems in the AQA GCSE Computer Science specification. Below is the structure the official spec gives it — the areas it covers and the concepts examiners can ask about.
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The named concepts the 8525 specification examines in this subtopic. The full what-to-know, how-to-get-top-marks and examiner-expectations breakdown for each lives inside the app.
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