IB Final Papers Revision

Just a last reminder to help you prepare for your IB final papers.

• https://youtu.be/hP5TNI_2VRs how to keep focused (general advice)
• This former IB DP CS student summarises the general recommendations we have shared in class: https://youtu.be/RtWxiryDrek
• http://www.teachcomputing.net/ib/computer-science.html
• http://ibcomp.fis.edu
• I've updated my blog with links to topics you requested in class: http://technomess.blogspot.com/search/label/ib

Best luck in your revision and finals!

Computer Networks

Best of YouTube videos on Computer Networks

Some of these links, rather than pointing to individual videos, will take you to YouTube channels containing many videos on the topic. Note that some videos or parts of a video may not be relevant to your specific syllabus or needs.

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7zRJGi6nMRzHkyXpGZJg3KfRSCrF15Jg This playlist also contains videos about CPU cache, BIOS/CMOS/UEFI, printers, and RAM.
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDQaRcbiSnqF5U8ffMgZzS7fq1rHUI3Q8 another thorough playlist about networking.
• https://youtu.be/svkGASq8mNM Computer Networking Tutorial for Beginners (detailed!)

Big O notation

Best of YouTube videos and links on Big O notation

Hope these videos help. Remember to check your textbooks as well! You may also want to read chapter 14 of Big Java Late Objects (Horstmann) and chapter 15 of Java Illuminated (Anderson and Franceschi).

• https://youtu.be/__vX2sjlpXU 5 minutes introduction
• https://youtu.be/aj59L-_7V70 another introduction, part 1/3; with C++ examples (cout << is similar to print)
• https://youtu.be/5kBP1Kmye10 another introduction, part 2/3
• https://youtu.be/5AxcXHPB3GE part 3/3 of another introduction, relevant mostly to Higher Level students as it involves recursion
• https://youtu.be/6TsmsGn-N0E you may ignore references to omega and theta, which are outside the scope of our IB DP Computer Science course.
• https://youtu.be/V6mKVRU1evU with examples in Java
• https://www.bigocheatsheet.com/
• https://bigocheatsheet.io/
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/analysis-algorithms-big-o-analysis/
  
• https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/big-o-notation-why-it-matters-and-why-it-doesnt