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6.2 Data integrity

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7.1 Ethics and ownership

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4.2 Assembly language, 4.1 CPU architecture

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8.1 Database concepts, 8.3 DDL and DML, 8.2 Database management systems

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2.1 Networks including the internet, 6.1 Data security

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1.3 Compression, 6.2 Data integrity, 1.2 Multimedia

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1.1 Data representation

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2.1 Networks including the internet, 3.1 Computers and their components, 5.1 Operating systems

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3.2 Logic gates and logic circuits

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5.2 Language translators, 7.1 Ethics and ownership, 6.1 Data security

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3.1 Computers and their components

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