IB Year 2 Higher Level Computer Science
Tuesday 11 February 2025 - Block 5
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We will decide on a test date for Search and for decentralization of the web.
We will review this content:
- Define the terms: mobile computing, ubiquitous computing, peer-2-peer network, grid computing.
- Compare the major features of: mobile computing ubiquitous computing peer-2-peer network grid computing.
- Distinguish between interoperability and open standards.
- Describe the range of hardware used by distributed networks.
- Explain why distributed systems may act as a catalyst to a greater decentralization of the web.
- Distinguish between lossless and lossy compression.
- Evaluate the use of decompression software in the transfer of information.
Statement of Inquiry
The big idea for today is Web science.
The essential questions for this topic are:
What is the web, really? How is the web made? How do we design and build web-based applications?
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We are learning this because as a designers must understand scientific and technical innovation. Designers use systems, models, methods, and processes to solve problems.
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