Edexcel curriculum (2015)

Algorithms

Application software

Ascii

Binary

Cache

Client-Server

Cloud

Compression

Computational think

CPU

Cyber security

Database

Fetch-d-e cycle

Embedded system

Encryption

Environment

Ethics

File size

Flow chart

Hexadecimal

High Level language

ISP/Internet

Law & Legislation

Logic

Magnetic HDD

Networking

Open source

Operating system

Optical storage

Peer to peer

Pictures (data rep)

Protocols

Run length encoding

RAM

ROM

Simulation software

Solid state HD

Sound

Stored program

Utility Sof'wre

Algorithms - Merge sort

Answer
Answer
Identifying any two (2) of the following (Maximum 2 marks):
Database
Bibliographic
Project Management
Presentation
Desktop Publishing
Word Processing
Web Browser
Image Editing
Video Editing
Email
Animation
CAD (not expected)
Programming Environment
Live Chat –Only if example confirms working context
Exclude software whose main purpose is entertainment
Any other appropriate software which could sensibly be used in a general working environment
 
Any two (2) examples of software use (Maximum 2 marks):
Answers may include
Image Editing –Cropping images for insertion into a presentation
Live Chat –For getting technical support help from a vendor support site
Web Browser –For looking up the addressof a colleague at a different university
Presentation –Showing results of his research to colleagues at a conference.
Bibliographic –Keeping track of sources for his research.
Video Editing –Creating a video to put on YouTube of his lectures for his students.
CAD -molecular, synthetic, and genetic biology
Programming environment  –Creating customised models