Years 7–8 Digital Technologies · Australian Curriculum v9
Explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads
Content descriptor
Explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads.
- Code
- AC9TDI8K01
- Year level
- Years 7–8
- Subject
- Digital Technologies
- Strand
- Knowledge and understanding
- Sub-strand
- Digital systems
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Learning intention
We are learning to explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads.
Cloze sentence
Explain how hardware affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads.
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- AC9TDI8K04Explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary
- AC9TDI8P01Acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases
- AC9TDI8P02Analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends
- AC9TDI8P03Model and query the attributes of objects and events using structured data
- AC9TDI8P04Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories
- AC9TDI8P05Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode
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What is AC9TDI8K01?
AC9TDI8K01 is a content descriptor in the Years 7–8 Digital Technologies curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Knowledge and understanding strand). It asks students to explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads.
What year level is AC9TDI8K01?
AC9TDI8K01 sits in the Years 7–8 Digital Technologies curriculum.
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