That Blue Square Thing

Syllabus content:
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AQA Computer Science GCSE

This page is up to date for the AQA 8525 syllabus for exams from 2022.

Programming Concepts

This unit develops the key programming ideas that are needed in both the Paper 1 exam and in the Programming Project.

Don't forget that in the exam you will be given pseudocode. You need to be able to read pseudocode and understand what it means.

Core Concepts:

The three fundamentals of programming are:

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