Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Computer Studies outline · Section B: Fundamentals of Computing
Content
Differences between data and information.
Objective
Define data and information and list the properties of information.
Content
Data types and representation, including integers, real numbers, strings, and multimedia data such as images, audio, audiovisual content, and signals.
Objective
List different data types and identify ways of representing and handling data.
Content
Number systems used in data representation, particularly binary, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems.
Objective
Identify ways of representing and handling data using number bases, with special reference to binary, decimal, and hexadecimal systems.
Content
Digitisation and digitalisation, including manual, heads-up, interactive tracing, and automatic methods.
Objective
Define digitisation and explain the processes of digitalisation using manual, heads-up, interactive tracing, and automatic methods.
Content
Formats of digitised data, including image, audio, video, motion, text, and multimedia.
Objective
List different formats of digitised data.
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