Years 5 and 6 · Technologies · Knowledge and understanding

AC9TDI6K02

examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data

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Where AC9TDI6K02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 5 and 6.

1. Years 3 and 4AC9TDI4K01explore and describe a range of digital systems and their peripherals for a variety of purposes
2. Years 3 and 4AC9TDI4K02explore transmitting different types of data between digital systems
3. Years 3 and 4AC9TDI4K03recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented differently depending on the purpose
4. Years 7 and 8AC9TDI8K01explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads
5. Years 7 and 8AC9TDI8K02investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet
6. Years 7 and 8AC9TDI8K03investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers
7. Years 7 and 8AC9TDI8K04explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary