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AP®︎/College Computer Science Principles

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This review course includes 800+ practice questions, plus instructional articles and videos covering the topics of digital information, the Internet, cybersecurity, programming, algorithms, simulations, and data analysis.

Digital information

Bits and bytes: Digital informationBinary numbers: Digital informationLimitations of storing numbers: Digital informationStoring text in binary: Digital information
Converting analog data to binary: Digital informationLossless data compression: Digital informationLossy data compression: Digital informationDigital copyright and licenses: Digital information

The Internet

Introducing the Internet: The InternetConnecting networks: The InternetAddressing the Internet: The InternetRouting with redundancy: The InternetTransporting packets: The Internet
Web protocols: The InternetScalable systems: The InternetThe Internet protocol suite: The InternetOpen protocol development: The InternetThe digital divide: The Internet

Programming

What is programming?: ProgrammingVariables: ProgrammingMath: ProgrammingStrings : Programming
Conditionals: ProgrammingLogical equivalence: ProgrammingProcedures: ProgrammingRepetition: ProgrammingLists: Programming

Algorithms

Building algorithms: AlgorithmsEvaluating algorithms: AlgorithmsSolving hard problems: Algorithms
Parallel and distributed computing: Algorithms

Data analysis

Data tools: Data analysisBig data: Data analysisBias in machine learning: Data analysis

Simulations

Exploring simulations: SimulationsSimulating randomness: SimulationsCreating simulations: Simulations

Online data security

Introduction to online data security: Online data securityPII (Personally identifiable information): Online data securityUser data tracking: Online data security
Cyber attacks: Online data securityData encryption techniques: Online data securitySecure Internet protocols: Online data securityUser authentication methods: Online data security

Computing innovations

Communication innovations: Computing innovationsCollaboration innovations: Computing innovationsCrowdsourcing innovations: Computing innovations
Monitoring innovations: Computing innovations

Exam preparation

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Prepare for the AP Computer Science Principles exam: Exam preparationLearn AP CSP exam pseudocode: Exam preparationPractice passage-based questions: Exam preparation

AP®︎ CSP standards mappings

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