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    www.edexcel.org.uk

The Edexcel homepage for the BTEC Nationals range of qualifications.  Look for the BTEC Higher National Diploma for IT Practitioners

    http://members.aol.com/wbox/wbox.htm

Tutorial site on the basics of computers.

    www.amazon.co.uk

A good place for buying books online.

    http://www.bcpublications.co.uk/

BCP provides course text books, support material, online resources and a forum for the exchange of information in ICT education.

Here you will find answers to exercises in the BTEC Nationals for IT Practitioners text book by Geoffrey Knott and Nick Waites 

    www.bbc.co.uk/learning

BBC Learning provides revision and study advice for students of all ages, lesson plans and help for teachers, and advice and guidance for parents.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/education/index.shtml?18#topics

Good place to look for information in preparation for going to university                     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/courses/

BBCi are launching a series of online courses. Check out the Computers & the Internet and the Design & Technology courses.  Note: you don't have to register to sample these courses.

 

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   Hardware Guide 

Provides various computer hardware guides.

   HardwareCentral 

Lots of tutorials - Building your own PC, Chipsets, CPU installation, AGP, video & expansion cards & lots more.

  How Microprocessors Work 

How fairly simple digital logic techniques allow a CPU to do its job (HowStuffWorks)

  All About Partitioning 

Partitioning is one of the necessary steps to prepare a drive for use. This page contains information on partitioning. (HardwareCentral)

  RAM 

This tutorial takes a look at he different types of RAM.

  PC Support 

Site with various information pages on computer parts

  PC Guide 

Site with lots of information pages on computer parts


That it for the links folks!

 

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