The Computing Progression Pathways suggests that at the white level, on the theme of Hardware & Processing, a student should demonstrate that he/she:

• Has practical experience of a small (hypothetical) low level programming language. (Abstraction) (Algorithmic Thinking) (Decomposition) (Generalisation)
• Understands and can explain Moore’s Law. (Generalisation)
• Understands and can explain multitasking by computers. (Abstraction) (Algorithmic Thinking) (Decomposition)

The following link to cs4fn articles that illustrate Hardware & Processing – White Level

• Humans are great at multitasking so as a cook becomes more confident they start to overlap some of the tasks, checking what to do next while stirring the pot perhaps, or leaving a sauce to simmer while chopping the herbs. Computers do similar things.

  Ratatouille: Rats doing massively parallel computing [cs4fn-link]

More of our resources, including linked computing ‘story’ booklets can be found in our resources section. You may also want to look at cs4fn’s teacher resources or browse the latest cs4fn magazine.