IGCSE Computer Science · Syllabus 0478

Learn the machine, then make it do something.

All ten sections of the 0478 syllabus - the computer systems theory that Paper 1 examines, and the algorithms, programming, databases and Boolean logic of Paper 2 - explained, diagrammed and self-marked. Free, no login, works on any device.

10 topics · 78 exam-style questions · 243 marks, all free

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A laptop of code, a flowchart and a network of connected nodes
The two halves of the syllabus

Every syllabus topic, in Cambridge's own structure

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Area 1

Computer systems

The Paper 1 half of the 0478 syllabus - data representation, data transmission, hardware, software, the internet and its uses, and automated and emerging technologies.

Area 2

Algorithms, programming and logic

The Paper 2 half of the 0478 syllabus - algorithm design and problem-solving, programming, databases and Boolean logic.

Exam practice

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Why students lose marks

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Quick 10

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