Accessibility8/10:Thequestionsintheexercisesaresimilarindifficultytonewspecpapers.Nothardtoseewhythey'resoaccessiblesincethey'retakenfromtextbooksbuteventherevisionresourcescanbeeasilyunderstood. Students are introduced to the internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. The resulting knowledge and understanding will underpin their work in component 03. Accessibility10/10:Alltheresourcesareveryhighqualityandthusareveryaccessible.Oneshouldhavenoproblemunderstandingtheinformationdelivered. Asthetitlesaysthisisarankingofthetop10resourcesfortheH046/H446spec.NowImustadmit,Iwasn'tevensuretherewere10decentresourcestoputonthislistbutafterabitofdiggingI'vefoundthem. Content9/10:ThisoneisabitofapuntsincethefullAlevelrevisionguideisgoingtobereleasedthisOctoberbutjudgingbytheASrevisionguide(whichisexcellent),Ithinkitmayjustincludeeverythingapartfromthecourseworkcomponent.

Content10/10:ThistextbookisactuallyendorsedbyOCR(notthatthatmeansmuch)sobydefaultitcoversit'sentirecourseandyesitincludesmaterialonthecoursework.

Presentation7/10:Bothrevisionandexerciseresourcesareinpdfformatandareveryeasytoread.Thetextintherevisionresourcesislaidoutwellandhasrelevantdiagramsandimagestoenhancetheappealofsaidresources. Content9/10:Thisoneisalreadyavailablebutdoesn'thaveanythingontheprogrammingprojecteither.Coversallotherpartsofthespecverywell. Accessibility9/10:Asidefromthevideos,thepremiumresources(notabletheKeyTerminologyPresentationandCheatsheetsaforementioned)areveryeasytounderstand. Accessibility9/10:Surprisinglyveryaccessible.Despitesomewafflingtheinfoisnothardtounderstand.Boththeenhancededitionandthetextbookpresentcontentinaneasytograspway. Accessibility8/10:InitiallyhadafewmistakeswhichwerecorrectedbutisstillasolidtextbookthatactuallydeservesanendorsementbyOCR.

Concision10/10:Very,veryconcise.Doesn'tbeataroundthebushandjustgivesyoualltheinformationyouneedinminimalspace.Definitelythebestrevisionguideavailablerightnow(unfortunately,CGPhaven'tgotoneforAlevelComputerScienceotherwiseIthinkitwouldbeequallygood). Concision6/10:althoughtheaforementionedvideoscoverthespecentirely,someofthem(primarilythoserelatedwiththeory)includeabitof"waffling".Theotherfreeresources(whicharen'talot)arefairlyconcise. Accessibility7/10:HasloadsoferrorswhichIthinkthey'venowfixedintheneweditionorsomething,butjudgingbythetextbookIhavethenIhavetosayitwasreallyannoyingfindingsomanyerrorsinaresourcethatwassupposedlyendorsedbyOCR. Accessibility10/10:Surprisinglyeasytounderstand.Eventhoughitgivesthecontentyouneedtoknowwithoutanywafflingorintroductions(whichisgreat)itmakesitveryeasytodigesttheinfoviabulletpointsandshortparagraphs. Accessibility:similartothepreviousindicatorbutjudgesresourcesaccordingtohowaccessibleistheinformationitself,notthepresentationoftheinformation.Inotherwords,howeasyisittounderstandthecontentdelivered.Content9/10:Thistextbookisn'tendorsedbyOCRanditdoesn'thaveanythingforthecourseworkcomponent.HeavilyfocusedontheexamcomponentswhichisOKforarevisionguidesortofthing(althoughIdon'tconsideritone).