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Cambridge International A Level Computer Science past papers

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Old course 9608 May/June 2017 to Oct/Nov 2021

Cambridge sits the same paper as numbered variants in different administrative zones.

May/June 2026 Latest

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Oct/Nov 2025

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May/June 2025

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Oct/Nov 2024

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May/June 2024

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2023Oct/Nov Β· May/June

Oct/Nov 2023

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May/June 2023

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2022Oct/Nov Β· May/June

Oct/Nov 2022

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2021Oct/Nov Β· May/June

Oct/Nov 2021

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May/June 2021

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May/June 2021

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2020Oct/Nov Β· May/June

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2019Oct/Nov Β· May/June

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2018Oct/Nov Β· May/June

Oct/Nov 2018

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2017Oct/Nov Β· May/June

Oct/Nov 2017

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Specimen materialOld course 9608

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Specimen materialOld course 9691

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Old course 9608 May/June 2015 to Oct/Nov 2016 Β· Old course 9691 May/June 2002 to May/June 2016. The exam before 9618: still good practice, but the papers are numbered differently.

Oct/Nov 2016

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Oct/Nov 2015

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Oct/Nov 2014

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Oct/Nov 2013

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Oct/Nov 2012

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May/June 2012

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Oct/Nov 2011

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Oct/Nov 2010

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Oct/Nov 2009

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Cambridge International A Level Computer Science

Code9618

At a glance

The course
What we hold
We hold 521 papers from 62 sittings, May/June 2002 to May/June 2026, and the specimen papers.
Full title
Computer Science

Not Cambridge? Same subject, other boards.

Each board sets completely different papers. Check yours before you revise the wrong thing for months.

The board and course code are printed on the front of every mock paper.

HELP. Which board am I??

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Also on this page 9618 9608 9691

Cambridge 9608 Earlier

Computer Science

Its 171 papers from 15 series are in the years above.

Cambridge 9691 Earlier

Computing

Its 157 papers from 30 series are in the years above.

Memes

Certified Computer Science memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Cry in the exam hall later. Then come back and do a past paper.

Write a proper algorithm
Write β€˜sort it’ and leave
Me on the 6-mark pseudocode question
Debugging with print statements
Using a trace table
Knowing the difference between = and ==
Explaining recursion by explaining recursion
Code enlightenment, ranked

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that's not what computer science is

so that's a no then

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