Internet of Things

Software Development
IX

National Vocational & Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC)

 Textbook of

Internet of Things
Software Development
Grade – IX

National Vocational and Technical Training Commission

H-9, Islamabad

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Author: Muhammad Umair researcher,Sensors Cloud and Services (SCS) Lab,
School of Computer Sciences

Reviewers:
1. Dr. Ahmed Mustafa, Chief Instructor, P-TEVTA, Lahore
2. Dr. Hina Khalid, Assistant Professor, UET, Lahore
3. Mr. Atif Anees, DACUM Facilitator
4. Ms. Mansoorah Ibrahim, Education Officer, NCC, Islamabad
5. Mr. Muhammad Asim, Coordinator, NAVTTC

Designing: Gul Awan Printers, Blue Area, Islamabad.

Edition: 1st Edition, 2022

ISBN:

Publishers: National Vocational & Technical Training Commission H-9, Islamabad.

Website: www.navttc.gov.pk,

All rights are preserved with the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission. No
part of this book can be copied, translated, reproduced or used for guide books, key notes,
helping books etc. without permission of NAVTTC.

Note: Names of Curriculum Developers will be part of curriculum document. In the book there
will be names of reviewers only.

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 PREFACE

This book has been written so as to meet therequirements of the Matric Tech
stream in the trade Internet of Things (IoT). This book is specific for IoT software
development. Matric Tech in IoT has been introduced for the first time at SSC
level. This textbook is the first national effort to describe the topics related to IoT
software development in one book. A key attempt has been made to make the book
interesting and useful. All the chapters presented cover the basic details required
and understandable to the students of Matric Tech. All chapters includes
assessments in form of MCQs, short questions and long questions.

The book covers 40% theory and 60% practical content. This content is equally
helpful for the students of electronics, computer sciences and networking.

Any improvements and suggestions for the betterment of this book will be highly
appreciated.

Executive Director
National Vocational & Technical Training Commission
(NAVTTC)
.

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 Table of Contents
Sr. No. Chapter Name Page Number
1. Introduction to IoT 1
1.1 Internet of Things 2
1.2 Scope of IoT 6
1.3 Verticals of IoT 7

2. Operating Systems 14
2.1 System Software vs Application Software 15
2.2 Operating Systems Abstractions 16
2.3 Firmware 20
2.4 Installing UBUNTU 21
2.5 Installing Windows 24
2.6 Installing new OS in VMware Workstation 28
2.7 Operating Systems Usage 32
2.8 Update vs Upgrade 42

3. Computer Networks 49
3.1 Computer Networks 50
3.2 Network cables and Specifications 57
3.3 Network Devices 65
3.4 Network Topologies 68
3.5 Configuring a Router 72
3.6 OSI Model 78
3.7 83

4. Basics of Programming Language 88

4.1 Programming 89
4.2 Different Types of Programming Languages 91
4.3 Language Translators 93

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4.4 Program Development Life Cycle 95
4.5 Flow Charts 97

5. Introduction to C 106
5.1 C Programming 107
5.2 Structure of a C Program 108
5.3 Life Cycle of a C Program 108
5.4 Setting up Programming Environment 109
5.5 Input/Output Streams in C 112
5.6 Arithmetic Operators in C 120
5.7 Decision Making 131
5.8 Loops in C 136
5.9 Functions in C 140
5.10 Arrays in C 143
5.11 Strings in C 145
6. Computer Security 149
6.1 Computer Security vs Cyber Security 150
6.2 Information System 151
6.3 Importance of Computer Security 154
6.4 Losses incase of Security Attacks 154
6.5 Difference between Hacker and a Cracker 155
6.6 Features of a Secure System 156
6.7 Computer Protection 159
6.8 Firewalls 163
6.9 Encryption and Decryption 167
6.10 Backup and restorartion 168

7. Communication Skills 173

7.1 Communication 174
7.2 Effective Email Writing 177
7.3 Role of Social Media in Marketing 180

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 Chapter 1
Introduction to Internet of Things

After Studying this chapter, you will be able to

 define IoT.
 know different components of IoT networking, messaging and hardware.
 understand the importance of IoT.
 evolution of IoT.
 know the scope of IoT in domestic, commercial, & industrial applications.
 learn different IoT applications.
 understand high level (basic) working of smart home system, remote
monitoring system and smart cities.

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1.1 Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the billions of physical devices around the world
that are now connected to the internet, all collecting and sharing data. Before the advent
of IoT, only the computers and mobile phones were capable of connecting to the internet.
IoT enables connection of “things” with internet. “Things” can be sensors, actuators and
devices containing a microcontroller. These different objects and sensors add a level of
digital intelligence to devices that would be otherwise dumb, enabling them to
communicate real-time data. The Internet of Things is making the fabric of the world
around us smarter and more responsive, merging the digital and physical universes.
The term IoT is mainly used for devices that wouldn't usually be expected to have an
internet connection, and that can communicate with the network independently of human
action. For this reason, a PC isn't generally considered an IoT device and neither is a
smartphone. However, a smartwatch or a fitness band or other wearable device might be
counted as an IoT device.

Do you know?
Initial concept of IoT was to create a separate network of “things”. It was not
necessary to connect things with the Internet.

1.1.1 Components of IoT

A typical IoT system consists of following main components:

Sensors/Devices
Sensors or devices help in collecting very minute data from the surrounding environment.
All of this collected data can have various degrees of complexities ranging from a simple
temperature monitoring sensor or a complex full video feed.A device can have multiple
sensors. For example, our phone is a device that has multiple sensors such as GPS,
accelerometer, camera but our phone does not simply sense things.

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Connectivity
The sensors can be connected to the cloud through various mediums of communication
such as cellular networks, satellite networks, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, wide-area networks
(WAN), low power wide area network and many more.Each option has some
specifications and trade-offs between power consumption, range, and bandwidth.
So, choosing the best connectivity option in the IOT system is important.
Data Processing
Once the data is collected and it gets to the cloud, the software performs processing on
the acquired data.This can range from something very simple, such as checking that the
temperature reading on devices such as AC or heaters is within an acceptable range. It
can sometimes also be very complex, such as identifying objects (such as intruders in
your house) using computer vision on video.There might be a situation when a user
interaction is required.
User Interface
In an IoT systems, the information is made available to the end-user in some way. This
can be achieved by triggering alarms on their phones or notifying through texts or
emails.A usermight also have an interface through which they can actively check in on
their IoT system. For example, a user has a camera installed in his house, he might want
to check the video recordings and all the feeds through a web server.However, it’s not
always this easy and a one-way street. Depending on the IoT application and complexity
of the system, the user may also be able to perform an action that may backfire and affect
the system.For example, if a user detects some changes in the refrigerator, the user can
remotely adjust the temperature via their phone.There are also cases where some actions
take place automatically. By establishing and implementing some predefined rules, the
entire IoT system can adjust the settings automatically and no human has to be physically
present.In case any intruders are sensed, the system can generate an alert not only to the
owner of the house but to the concerned authorities. Figure 1.1 shows user dashboard of
an IoT enabled smart home.

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 Fig. 1.1 User Interface of a Smart Home

Teacher Notes:
 Give real-life live examples of IoT systems to students.

Figure 1.2 shows an example of an IoT system.

Fig. 1.2 Example of an IoT System

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1.1.2 Importance of IoT
Consider an IoT use case: you went to the market and forgot to switch off your AC, fan,
or light and felt helpless that you cannot return home to switch it off? This is where IoT
comes into the picture. It can remind you of the essential tasks that you often forget to do.
Also, using the mobile application, you can access your home appliances integrated with
IoT from anywhere around the world.
Another very exciting IoT device is the NFC (near field communication) smart
ring.These rings serve as a multi-purpose device. They are rings consisting of the
connectivity of the network, NFC chips, and sensors that help you exchange data. By
using NFC rings, you can pay your bills, access your car’s door lock by just swiping it,
and also get your mobile notifications. ANFC ring is shown in Figure 1.3.

Fig. 1.3 Example of NFC Ring

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All this is possible due to the connection of the IoT devices over the internet servers that
helps in sharing and exchanging the data. This technology reduces human efforts and
saves a lot of time.

1.2 Scope of IoT

Internet of Things has emerged as a leading technology around the world. It has gained a
lot of popularity in lesser time. Also, the advancements in Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning have made the automation of IoT devices easy. Basically, AI and ML
programs are combined with IoT devices to make them intelligent. Due to this, IoT has
also expanded its area of application in various sectors. IoT applications are found in
smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart agriculture and smart transportation etc.
Figure 1.4 enlists scope of IoT in different domains.

Fig. 1.4 Scope of IoT

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 Do you know?
There are expected to be more than 30.9B IoT devices worldwide by 2025. According
to the latest research, the number of IoT-connected devices globally reached 11.7
billion in 2020.

1.3 Verticals of IoT

The following are some IoT vertical markets that have most noticeably adopted IoT
solutions to date.
1.3.1 Smart Buildings
Smart building management involves collecting data from smart devices and sensors to
remotely monitor a property’s energy, security, landscaping, HVAC (heating, ventilation
and control), lighting and more. Actions can be automated according to events and
efficiency can be optimized, saving time, resources and cost.Figure 1.5 shows components
of a smart building.

Fig. 1.5 Components of a Smart Building

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1.3.2 Industrial IoT
Industrial IoT (IIoT) uses system integration and sensors to gather data within a process
for analysing and optimizing different manufacturing and other processes. As a result,
human error and operation cost is reduced. For example, as operation costs fluctuate in oil
and gas sector, remote monitoring and insightful decision making can keep an enterprise
in the oil andgas industry successful. Regulatory compliance can be accurately monitored
and overall costs decrease.
Agriculture is one of the major industries constituting a large sector of economy. It
involving food farming, livestock farming and cotton farming. With the ever-increasing
population of the earth, it is important for the farming industry to operate as efficiently
and effectively as possible. IoT can enable local and commercial farming to be more
environmentally friendly, cost effective and production efficient. Figure 1.6 shows
components of Industrial IoT.

Fig. 1.6 Components of Industrial IoT

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1.3.3 Smart Transportation and Logistics
IoT can also be employed in smart transportation and logistics management. In an IoT
enabled smart transportation environment, fleet management, asset tracking and predictive
maintenance work together as an end-to-end solution. Figure 1.7 shows components of a
smart transportation system.

Fig. 1.7 Components of Smart Transportation

1.3.4 Smart Homes
Consumers connecting smart devices within homes can enhance the home experience,
increase home security and conserve energy. Homeowners can now monitor their
properties remotely and in real-time. Figure 1.8 shows components of a smart home.

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 Do you know?
The Google Smart Home platform lets users control your commercially available
connected devices through the Google Home app and Google Assistant, which is
available on more than 1 billion devices, like smart speakers, phones, cars, TVs,
headphones, watches, and more.

Fig. 1.8 Components of a Smart Home

1.3.5 Smart Cities

A smart city can include anything from smart parking to mass transit. A smart city
addresses traffic, public safety, energy management and more for its government and
citizens. More and more cities across the world are adopting these solutions at a steady
rate. Figure 1.9 shows components of a smart city.

Interesting Information
 Singapore is the smartest city in the world, according to the IMD’s inaugural Smart
City Index.

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 Fig. 1.9 Components of a Smart City

1.3.5 Smart Healthcare

Healthcare is perhaps one of the fastest adopters of smart, connected technology. IoT
enables critical business and patient monitoring decisions to be made remotely and in real-
time. Figure 1.10 shows components of a smart healthcare system.

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 Fig. 1.10 Components of Smart Healthcare
These are just a few of the many vertical markets adopting Internet of Things solutions in
the world today. Many of these solutions have no doubt had an effect on you, whether
noticed or not. In fact, the seamless experience of these solutions is actually one of the
most important aspects of IoT implementation and adoption by consumers. The
acceleration of the internet of things will only be more prevalent moving forward.

Key Points
 The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the billions of physical devices around the world
that are connected to the Internet.
 An IoT system consists of Sensors, actuators, connectivity medium, IoT cloud and a user
interface.
 IoT applications are found in smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart
agriculture and smart transportation etc.
 Smart building management involves collecting data from smart devices and sensors to
remotely monitor a property’s energy, security, landscaping, HVAC, lighting and more.
 Industrial IoT (IIoT) uses system integration and sensors to gather data within a process
for analysing and optimizing different manufacturing and other processes.
 In an IoT enabled smart transportation environment, fleet management, asset tracking
and predictive maintenance work together as an end-to-end solution.
 Consumers connecting smart devices within homes can enhance the home experience,
increase home security and conserve energy.
 A smart city addresses traffic, public safety, energy management and more for its
government and citizens.
 In healthcare, IoT enables critical business and patient monitoring decisions to be made
remotely and in real-time.

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 Exercise

Select the most appropriate option

1. IoT stands for

a. Internet of Devices b. Internet of triangles c. Internet of Trees d. Internet
of Things
2. There will be around ______ billion IoT devices by 2025.
a. 40 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30

3. Fleet managemnet lies in which IoT vertical?

a. Smart Cities b. Smart Agriculture c. Industrial IoT d. Smart transportation

4. HVAC is a main component of which IoT vertical

Smart Cities b. Smart Agriculture c. Industrial IoT d. Smart transportation

5. Which is the smartest city in the world

a. Singaporeb. Helsinki c. Tokyo d. None of these

Write short answer of the following

1. Define IoT.
2. What is the importance of IoT?
3. What is the scope of IoT?
4. Enlist some applications of IoT.

Answer the following question in detai.

1. Explain different components of an IoT system.
2. Describe IoT verticals and their components.

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 Chapter 2
Operating Systems

After Studying this chapter, you will be able to

 define software and operating system.
 learn types of software: system software, application software.
 describe various types of operating systems: Windows, Linux.
 understand firmware.
 understand Installation of OS (windows and Linux).
 describe different steps of installation process.
 boot from storage media (DVD, Mass storage, external hard disk etc.).
 partitioning and formatting, selecting appropriate drive.
 install device driver.
 install operating system on virtual machine.
 know copying, moving, rename files and folders, search files and folders.
 personalize desktop settings and display settings.
 know files extensions, hide / unhide files / folders / system files.
 use device manager, task manager and command prompt.
 install application software on windows.
 differentiate between updating and upgrading.
 understand the process of updating.
 hard drive free space.
 downloading and applying updates to the OS.
 understand the process of upgrading.
 hard drive free space.
 booting from storage media (DVD, Mass storage, external hard disk etc.) or internet.
 selecting appropriate drive.

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2.1System software v/s Application software
A software is a set of instructions or programs instructing a computer to do specific tasks.
Software is basically a generic term used to describe computer programs. In general
scripts, applications, programs and a set of instructions are terms often used to describe a
software.
On the basis of language in which software is developed and platform which is required
for its execution, we can classify software into two divisions: System software and
Application software. The following are some basic differences between a System
software and an Application software.

Key System Software Application Software

System software is an interface between Application software is the type of

Definition application software and system. software which runs as per user
request. It runs on a platform which is
provided by the system software.

In general, system software are While in case of Application software

Development developed in low level language which high level language is used for their
Language is more compatible with the system development as they are developed as
hardware in order to interact with. some specific purpose software.

Usage System software is used for operating Application software is used by user to
computer hardware. perform specific tasks.

Installation System software are installed on the Application software are installed
computer when operating system is according to user’s requirements.
installed.

User System software are specific to system Application software user can interact
interaction hardware. Therefore, very less or no with it using a user interface.
user interaction available in system
software.

Dependency System software can run independently. Application software can’t run
It provides platform for running independently. They can’t run without
application software. the presence of a system software.

Examples Some examples of system software’s are On other hand some examples of
compiler, assembler, debugger, driver, application software’s are word
etc. processor, web browser, media player,
etc.

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2.2 Operating System Abstractions
An Operating System (OS) is an interface between a computer user and computer
hardware. An operating system is a software which performs all the basic tasks like file
management, memory management, process management, handling input and output,
and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. Some popular
Operating Systems include Linux Operating System, Windows Operating System, VMS
etc.

Definition
An operating system is a program that acts as an interface between the user and the
computer hardware and controls the execution of all kinds of programs.
2.2.1 Functions of an Operating System
An operating system performs various functions as shown in Figure 2.1. The following
are some of important functions of an operating System.

 Memory Management

 Processor Management

 Device Management

 File Management

 Security

 Control over system performance

 Job accounting

 Error detecting aids

 Coordination between other software and users

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 Fig. 2.1 Functions of an Operating System

Memory Management
Memory management refers to management of Primary Memory or Main Memory. Main
memory is a large array of words (set of 2 bytes) or bytes where each word or byte has
its own address.Main memory provides a fast storage that can be accessed directly by the
CPU. For a program to be executed, it must in the main memory. An Operating System
does the following activities for memory management:

 Keeps tracks of primary memory, i.e., which parts of it are in use by whom, which
parts are not in use.

 In multiprogramming, the OS decides which process will get memory when and
how much.

 Allocates the memory when a process requests it to do so.

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  De-allocates the memory when a process no longer needs it or has been
terminated.

Processor Management
In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor
when and for how much time. This function is called process scheduling. An Operating
System does the following activities for processor management:

 Keeps tracks of processor and status of processes. The program responsible for
this task is known as traffic controller.

 Allocates the processor (CPU) to a process.

 De-allocates processor when a process is no longer required.

Device Management
An Operating System manages device communication using respective drivers. It does
the following activities for device management:

 Keeps tracks of all devices. Program responsible for this task is known as the I/O
controller.

 Decides which process gets the device when and for how much time.

 Allocates the device in the efficient way.

 De-allocates devices.

File Management
A file system is normally organized into directories for easy navigation and usage. These
directories may contain files and other directions. An Operating System does the
following activities for file management:

 Keeps track of information, location, uses and status etc.

 Decides who gets the resources.

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  Allocates the resources.

 De-allocates the resources.

Other Important Activities

Following are some of the important activities that an Operating System performs:
 Security: By means of password and similar other techniques, it prevents
unauthorized access to programs and data.
 Control over system performance: Recording delays between request for a
service and response from the system.
 Job accounting: Keeping track of time and resources used by various jobs and
users.
 Error detecting aids: Production of dumps, traces, error messages, and other
debugging and error detecting aids.
 Coordination between other software and users: Coordination and assignment
of compilers, interpreters, assemblers and other software to the various users of
the computer systems.
2.2.2 Examples of Operating Systems
Linux and Windows both Operating systems have their advantages and disadvantages.
Windows is simple to use but is not a free and open-source OS, whereas Linux is free,
open source, customizable and secure but kind of complex for the users having no
programming background. Linux is more reliable than windows. The prior difference
between Linux and Windows operating system is that Linux is totally free of cost
whereas windows is marketable operating system and is costly. An operating system is a
program intended to control the computer hardware and behave as an intermediary
between user and hardware.

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2.3 Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a tangible electronic component with
embedded software instructions, such as a BIOS. Typically, those software instructions
are used to tell an electronic device how to operate. Typical examples of devices
containing firmware are embedded systems (such as traffic lights, consumer appliances,
and digital watches), computers, computer peripherals, mobile phones, and digital
cameras. The firmware contained in these devices provides the control program for the
device.
Firmware is stored in non-volatile memory devices such as ROM, EPROM, or flash
memory. Changing the firmware of a device may rarely or never be done during its
economic lifetime; some firmware memory devices are permanently installed and cannot
be changed after manufacture. Common reasons for updating firmware include fixing
bugs or adding features to the device. This may require ROM integrated circuits to be
physically replaced, or flash memory to be reprogrammed through a special
procedure. Firmware such as the ROM BIOS of a personal computer may contain only
elementary basic functions of a device and may only provide services to higher-level
software. Firmware such as the program of an embedded system may be the only
program that will run on the system and provide all of its functions.

Interesting Information
BIOS, computing, stands for Basic Input/ Output System. The BIOS is a computer
program embedded on a chip on a computer's motherboard that recognizes and controls
various devices that make up the computer.

Do you know?
The first operating system was created by General Motors in 1956 to run a single IBM
central computer. In the 1960s, IBM was the first computer manufacturer to take on
the task of developing operating systems and began distributing operating systems
included in its computers.

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2.4 Installing Ubuntu
The Ubuntu desktop is easy to use, easy to install and includes everything you need to
run your organization, school, home or enterprise. It’s also open source, secure,
accessible and free to download.
It is easy to install Ubuntu from a DVD. Follow the following steps to install Ubuntu:
1. Put the Ubuntu DVD into your optical/DVD drive.
2. Restart your computer.
As soon as your computer boots, you’ll see the welcome window (Figure 2.2).

Fig. 2.2 Ubuntu Installation: Welcome Window

Select ‘Install Ubuntu’, and press return to launch the desktop installer automatically.
Alternatively, select the first option, ‘Try Ubuntu without installing’, to test Ubuntu.

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Boot from USB Flash Drive
Most computer sboot from USB automatically. Simply insert the USB flash drive and
turn on your computer. You should see the same welcome window we saw in the
previous ‘Install from DVD’ step, prompting you to choose your language and install or
try the Ubuntu desktop. If your computer doesn’t automatically boot from USB, try
holding F12 when your computer starts. This will allow you to select the USB device
from a system-specific boot menu. F12 is the most common key for bringing up your
system’s boot menu, but Escape+F2 and F10 are common alternatives.
Prepare to install Ubuntu
After booting from selected storage media, installation wizard asks you to select your
keyboard layout. If the installer doesn’t guess the default layout correctly, use the ‘Detect
Keyboard Layout’ button to run through a brief configuration procedure. After
selecting ‘Continue’ you will be asked ‘What apps would you like to install to start
with?’ The two options are ‘Normal installation’ and ‘Minimal installation’. The first is
the equivalent to the old default bundle of utilities, applications, games and media
players. The second takes considerably less storage space and allows you to install only
the required components.
Below the “installation-type” question are two checkboxes; one to enable updates while
installing and another to enable third-party software.
Allocate Drive Space
Use the checkboxes to choose whether you’d like to install Ubuntu alongside another
operating system, delete your existing operating system and replace it with Ubuntu, or —
if you’re an advanced user — choose the ’Something else’ option (Figure 2.3).

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 Fig. 2.3 Ubuntu Installation: Installation Type
Do you know?
The word "Ubuntu" is an ancient Zulu and Xhosa word that means "humanity to
others". Ubuntu also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". It was chosen
because these sentiments precisely describe the spirit of the Ubuntu distribution.

Begin Installation
After configuring storage, click on the ‘Install Now’ button. A small pane will appear
with an overview of the storage options you’ve chosen, with the chance to go back if the
details are incorrect. Click Continue to apply those changes in place and start the
installation process.
Select Location
If you are connected to the internet, your location will be detected automatically. Check
your location is correct and click ’Forward’ to proceed. If you’re unsure of your time
zone, type the name of a local town or city or use the map to select your location.
Login Details
In the next step, a login window (Figure 2.4) will appear. Enter your name and the
installer will automatically suggest a computer name and username. Username will be

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your login and account name. Next, enter a strong password. You can also choose to
enable automatic login and home folder encryption.

Fig. 2.4 Ubuntu Installation: Login Details

After everything has been installed and configured, a small window (Figure 2.5) will
appear asking you to restart your machine. Click on Restart Now and remove either the
DVD or USB flash drive when prompted. If you initiated the installation while testing the
desktop, you also get the option to continue testing.

Fig. 2.4 Ubuntu Installation: Restart Window

2.5 Installing Windows

Create USB installation media: Visit Microsoft's Windows 10 download page and
select “Download tool now” under the “create Windows 10 installation media” section.
Transfer the downloaded installer tool to a USB drive.

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Run the installer tool: Open the installer tool by clicking on it. Accept Microsoft’s
terms, and then select “Create installation media for another PC” on the “What do you
want to do?” page. After selecting which language you want, and which edition you want
as well (32-bit or 62-bit), you’ll be asked what type of media you want to use.
Installing from a USB drive is definitely the preferred option but you can also install
from a CD or ISO file. Once you choose your device, the installer tool will download the
required files and put them onto your drive.
Use your installation media: Insert your installation media into your device and
then access the computer’s BIOS or UEFI. These are the systems that allow you to
control your computer’s core hardware. The process of accessing these systems is unique
to each device, but the manufacturer’s website should be able to give you a helping hand
here. Generally, you'll need to press the F2, F12 or Delete keys as your computer boots
up.
Change your computer's boot order: Once you have access to your computer’s
BIOS/UEFI you’ll need to locate the settings for boot order. You need the Windows 10
installation tool to be higher up on the list than the device’s current boot drive: this is the
SSD or HDD that your existing OS is stored on. You should move the drive with the
installer files to the very top of the boot order menu. Now, when you restart your device
the Windows 10 installer should load up first.
Restart your device: Save your settings in the BIOS/UEFI and reboot your device.
Complete the installation: Your device should now load up the Windows 10 installation
tool on restart. This will guide you through the rest of the installation process.
Wait for your computer to restart. Once your computer finishes restarting, you'll see a
window here with your geographical data. You're now ready to begin setting up your
Windows 10 installation. Follow the following steps to complete the installation of
Windows 10.
Click Install Now. It's in the middle of the window (Figure 2.5).

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 Fig. 2.5 Windows Installation: Install Now
In the next window (Figure 2.6), enter your Windows 10 key, then click Next. If you
don't have a Windows 10 key, instead click Skip in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Fig. 2.6 Windows Installation: Enter Key

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In the next window (Figure 2.7), click the "Accept" box and click Next. This will indicate
that you accept the terms of use.

Fig. 2.7 Windows Installation: Accept Terms

In the next window, it will ask: "Which type of installation do you want?". Upgrade
option installs Windows 10 while preserving your files, apps, and settings.Wait for
Windows 10 to install. This process may take anywhere from half an hour to several
hours, depending on your computer's previous operating system and processing speed.
Installing Drivers
Driver updates for Windows 10, along with many devices, such as network adapters,
monitors, printers, and video cards, are automatically downloaded and installed through
Windows Update. You probably already have the most recent drivers, but if you'd like to
manually update or reinstall a driver, follow the steps given below:

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Update the device driver
1. In the search box on the taskbar, enter device manager, then select Device
Manager.
2. Select a category to see names of devices, then right-click (or press and hold) the
one you’d like to update. See Figure 2.8.
3. Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
4. Select Update Driver.
5. If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try looking for one on the device
manufacturer's website and follow their instructions.

Fig. 2.8 Install Drivers in Windows

2.6 Install New OS in VMware Workstation

Virtual Machine
A Virtual Machine (VM) is a software resource that uses software instead of a physical
computer to run programs and deploy apps. One or more virtual “guest” machines run on
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functions separately from the other VMs, even when they are all running on the same
host.
Follow the following steps to install operating systems on a virtual machine (VMware:
commonly used Virtual Machine).
Step 1: Install VMware workstation. Go to File > New Virtual Machine (see Figure
2.9).

Fig. 2.9 VMware: Select New Virtual Machine

Step 2: Select Typical (recommended), and then press Next(see Figure 2.10).

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 Fig. 2.10 VMware: Select Recommended Settings

Step 3: Pick how to install the operating system. Select Installer disc if the operating
system is in the disc drive. Otherwise, choose Installer disc image file (iso) if you have a
file that contains the OS, like a Windows 10 ISO or an ISO for macOS. Refer to Figure
2.11.
Step 4: Choose precisely where the OS files are located.

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 Fig. 2.11 VMware: Select Image File

Step 5: Select storage for this virtual machine, and then press Next. Refer to Figure 2.12.

Fig. 2.11 VMware: Select Storage for Virtual Machine

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Step 6: Select Customize Hardware and make any necessary changes. You can change
details about the memory, processors, disc drive, network adapter, USB controller, sound
card, printer, and display.
Network Adapter is an important component here that you might end up having to
adjust later if your virtual machine doesn’t have internet access. There are multiple
options, and some may or may not work properly depending on how your host computer
is set up and how the guest OS (the VM) works. You can skip this for now to have the
default option chosen for you.
Step 7: Choose Close to exit the Hardware screen, and then press Finish. VMware
Workstation will create the virtual disk you specified in Step 5 and then turn on the
virtual machine automatically. This process might take a while, but you can watch the
progress bar for an estimation of when it will finish.
Step 8: Follow the directions for your specific operating system install to add the OS to
VMware Workstation.

2.7 Operating Systems Usage

User Interface and commands are used to operate any operating system. We enlist some
common ways of using Windows and Linux:
2.7.1 Linux Usage:
1. Cp command
The cp command stands for copy is used to copy files and directories in Linux System.
The syntax for cp command is: cp <Source><Destination>. We can simply use
the cp command along with the source and destination as shown in Figure 2.12.

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 Fig. 2.12 Use of cp Command

2. Mv command
The mv command stands for move is used to move files and directories in Linux
System. The syntax for mv command is: mv <source><destination>. We can simply use
the mv command along with the source and destination as shown in Figure 2.13.

Fig. 2.13 Use of mv Command

3. Mv command for Renaming

The mv command is used for both moving as well as renaming a file/directory. The
syntax for mv command for renaming is: mv <current_name><new_name>. To rename a
file we just used mv command along with current_name and new_name as shown in
Figure 2.14.

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 Fig. 2.13 Renaming using mv Command

4. Search Files and Folders

find command expressions look like this:

find command options starting/path expression

The options attribute controls the behaviour and optimization method of the find process.
The starting/path attribute defines the top-level directory where the find command in
Linux begins the filtering process. The expression attribute controls the assessments that
scour the directory tree to create output.
Let’s break down a Linux find command where we don’t just want Linux find file by
name:

find -O3 -L /var/www/ -name "*.html"

It enables the top-level optimization (-O3) and permits find to follow symbolic links (-L).
The find command in Linux searches through the whole directory hierarchy under
/var/www/ for files that have .html on the end.

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Basic Examples
1. find . -name thisfile.txt
If you need to know how to find a file in Linux called thisfile.txt, it will look for it in
current and sub-directories.
2. find /home -name *.jpg
Look for all .jpg files in the /home and directories below it.
3. find . -type f -empty
Look for an empty file inside the current directory.
4. find /home -user randomperson-mtime 6 -iname ".db"
Look for all .db files (ignoring text case) that have been changed in the preceding 6 days
by a user called randomperson.

2.7.2 Windows Usage

1. Personalization
Windows 10 makes it easy to customize the look and feel of your desktop. To access
the Personalization settings, right-click anywhere on the desktop, then
select Personalize from the drop-down menu as shown in Figure 2.14. The
Personalization settings will appear.

Fig. 2.14 Personalize Settings

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2. To change the font size
If you have difficulty seeing the text on your computer, you can increase the font size.
Increasing the font size will also increase the size of icons and other items on your
desktop.
1. Open the Settings app, then select System.

2. The Display options will appear as shown in Figure 2.15. Use the
drop-down arrow to scale up or down the size. Note that a larger
size may interfere with the way some items appear on the screen.

Fig. 2.15 Display Settings

3. Once you've made your selection, the changes will take effect.
4. When you're done, click Finish. The ClearType settings will be
applied.

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3. Windows File Extensions
Windows file names have two parts; the file's name, then a period followed by the
extension (suffix). The extension is a three- or four-letter abbreviation that signifies the
file type. For example, in letter.docx the filename is letter and the extension
is docx. Extensions are important because they tell your computer what icon to use for
the file, and what application can open the file. For example, the doc extension tells your
computer that the file is a Microsoft Word file.
4. Unhide Files and Folders
1. Click on the start menu and type "Show hidden files and folders," then press the
enter key or select that option from the list of results as shown in Figure 2.16.

Fig. 2.16 Windows: Show Hidden Files

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 2. Under Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives, and
then select OK.
5. Hide a File or Folder on Windows
To hide a file or folder on Windows, open a Windows Explorer or File Explorer window
and locate the file or folder you want to hide. Right-click it and select Properties. Enable
the Hidden checkbox on the General pane of the Properties window as shown in Figure
2.17. Click OK or Apply and your file or folder will be hidden.

Fig. 2.17 Windows: Hide Files

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6. Device Manager
Device Manager is defined as a Control Panel that is an extension of the Microsoft
Management Console. It provides users an organized, central view of the Windows-
recognized hardware attached to a computer. This includes devices like keyboards, hard
disk drives, USB devices etc. It sorts out all hardware, listing them on the basis of various
criteria and when a device malfunctions or stops working altogether, it immediately
notifies the user. Thus, it can be used to control devices, enable or disable them,
configure them and identify conflicts between devices etc.

7.Task Manager
The Windows Task Manager is a powerful tool packed with useful information, from
your system’s overall resource usage to detailed statistics about each process.
Launching the Task Manager
Windows offers many ways to launch the Task Manager. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open
the Task Manager with a keyboard shortcut or right-click the Windows taskbar and select
“Task Manager.” You can also press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then click “Task Manager” on
the screen that appears or find the Task Manager shortcut in the Start menu.
The first time you launch the Task Manager, you’ll see a small, simple window. This
window lists the visible applications running on your desktop, excluding background
applications. You can select an application here and click “End Task” to close it. This is
useful if an application isn’t responding—in other words, if it’s frozen—and you can’t
close it the usual way. Figure 2.18 shows a view of a task manager.

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 Fig. 2.18 Windows’ Task Manager

8. Using the Windows’ Command Prompt

Command Prompt is a command line interface for the Windows operating systems.
Follow the following steps to open command prompt for Windows:
1. Click Start.
2. In the Search or Run line, type cmd (short for command), and press Enter.
Command prompt in Windows can be used to list contents of a certain directory, move
into a directory, run application programs etc. A view of command prompt is given in
Figure 2.19.

Fig. 2.19 Windows’ Command Prompt

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Installing an Application Software on Windows
To install programs from a CD or DVD:

1. Insert the program disc into your computer’s disc drive or tray, label side up (or, if
your computer has a vertical disc slot instead, insert the disc with the label side
facing left). The AutoPlay dialog box appears as shown in Figure 2.20.

Fig. 2.20 Windows’ AutoPlay Dialog Box

2. Click the option to run Install or Setup. User Account Control may ask if you
really want to run this program. If nothing happens when you insert the disc,
choose Start→Computer to open the computer window; double-click the icon for
your DVD or CD drive; and then double-click a program named Setup or Install.

3. If the installer offers a language selection, choose yours; likewise, agree to the
end-user license agreement, if requested. Many installers require you to accept an
end-user license agreement (EULA).

4. If the installer offers Express or Custom installation options, choose the Express
option to let the installer set up the program without further input from you. The

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 Custom option or Advanced Settings allows you to specify where to install the
program and, perhaps, which parts of the program to install. Some installers
provide other options to install documentation and other programs or to register
the program.

5. As the installer program continues to run and display dialog boxes, click the Next
or Continue button. You proceed to the next dialog box each time you click.

6. Click the Finish or Close button in the last step of the installer program to
complete the process.

In a few cases, the setup program may ask you to restart Windows 7. In this case, you
don’t have to restart immediately, but you won’t be able to use the new program until you
do restart. The new program may appear automatically at the bottom of the first screen of
the Start menu. Look under All Programs as well. Newly installed programs are
highlighted in colour. Some installers add a program icon to the desktop.

Many programs try to connect to the Internet for updates during installation or when you
run the installed program. The first time you run a program, you may be asked if you
want to register the program or configure some aspect of the program. Go with default
(assumed) responses, if you’re not sure.

2.8 Update vs Upgrade

Updating involves making changes to an app or an operating system is such a way that it
doesn’t affect its core structure. So, most of the frequent changes made to your computer
like bug fixes, security patches, adding support for drivers and newer hardware, etc. can
be termed as an Update. An update is often small in size, and it might take a couple of
minutes to perform one. The word ‘small’ is relative. For instance, an update meant for a
single app can range from a few kilobytes to a couple of megabytes in size, while an
update for an operating system can go up to a few hundred megabytes.
When a set of changes made to a software are significant and substantial enough, it is
called an Upgrade. That’s why making a switch from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 17.04

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would be called an upgrade, not update. An upgrade mostly includes important changes
to the GUI and a variety of new features and options which are not in the existing version
of a software or operating system. And as you might have guessed, its size can go up to
several gigabytes.
Updating Windows
To manage update options and see available updates, select Check for Windows updates.
Or select the Start button, and then go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows
Update.

Upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10

Users can either do an in-place upgrade on same computer or a new clean install on a
new PC. In both methods simply use the Windows 7 Serial key when asked and it will
work perfectly. Make sure you have enough free disk space before upgrading. Check the
minimum free disk space required for Windows 10 upgrade.
In-place Upgrade
In place upgrade helps to upgrade your existing Windows7 or Windows8 system to the
latest windows10 by keeping all your programs and data migrated to the latest version.
However, we recommend you to take the backup of your data before starting the
procedure.
Step 1: Download & run media creation tool.
Step 2: Select the option ‘upgrade this PC’. When you run the media creation tool it
will give you two options as shown in Figure 2.21. Select the first one “Upgrade this PC
now”.

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 Fig. 2.21 Windows’ Media Creation Tool: Upgrade Options

Step 3: Wait while it downloads the required files and then click ‘Install’ button.
It may take some time in downloading Windows 10 files from the internet. So, it depends
on your internet speed that how much time will it take. If you are using a pirated or
cracked version then it may ask you to enter the product key. Otherwise, it will not ask
for any product / license key and upgrade process will go smoothly. After completion of
download, click on the ‘Install’ button.
Step 4: Select ‘Keep the personal files and apps’ option as shown in Figure 2.22. After
clicking on the install button, it will ask for what to keep. You can choose data only, data
& apps or nothing. By default, it will select the ‘data & apps’ option.

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 Fig. 2.21 Windows’ Media Creation Tool: Backup Options

Step 5: Wait while upgrade process finishes. Click on the next button and it will start the
upgrade process and may restart the system several times.
Step 6: If everything goes smooth you are welcome by Welcome screen of Windows 10.
It will ask you to set the privacy settings first. Set the privacy settings and you are ready
to go.

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 Key Points
 A software is a set of instructions or programs instructing a computer to do specific tasks.
 System software is an interface between application software and system.
 Application software is the type of software which runs as per user request. It runs on a
platform which is provided by the system software.
 An operating system is a program that acts as an interface between the user and the
computer hardware and controls the execution of all kinds of programs.
 A firmware is a tangible electronic component with embedded software instructions, such
as a BIOS.
 A Virtual Machine (VM) is a compute resource that uses software instead of a physical
computer to run programs and deploy apps.
 The cp command stands for copy is used to copy files and directories in Linux System.
 The mv command stands for move is used to move files and directories in Linux System.
 It provides users an organized, central view of the Windows-recognized hardware attached
to a computer.
 Updating involves making changes to an app or an operating system is such a way that it
doesn’t affect its core structure.
 When a set of changes made to a software are significant and substantial enough, it is
called an Upgrade.

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 Exercise
Select the most appropriate option.

1. Windows is a
a. Operating Systems b. Firmware c. Application Software d. Both a and b
2. VMware is a

a. Operating Systems b. Firmware c. Application Software d. Both a and b

3. Which of the following OS is open source?

a. Linux b. Windows c. MSDOS d. None of these
4. cp command is used to
a. move files b. copy files c. delete files d. none of these
5. mv command is used to
a. move files b. copy files c. delete files d. none of these

Answer the following questions.

1. Define Software.
2. Differentiate between applications software and system software?
3. Describe functionalities of an operating system.
4. Define Firmware.
5. Define Virtual Machine.
6. Define Task Manager.
7. Describe command prompt and its usage.
8. What is the purpose of Device Manager in Windows?
9. Differentiate Update and Upgrade.

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Practical Tasks

1. Install Windows 10 on the given PC.

2. Replace Windows Installation with the Ubuntu Installation.
3. Install Ubuntu on VMware Workstation.
4. Use Command Prompt to copy the contents of a file into another file.
5. Uninstall an application program from Windows using Control Panel.
6. Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 and make sure to keep all programs and data
in the Windows 10.

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 Chapter 3
Computer Networks

After Studying this chapter, you will be able to

 understand the basic types of computer network (LAN, WAN, MAN, PAN etc.).
 describe the basic knowledge of components used in networks.
 know and understand the communication media: unshielded twisted-pair (UTP), shielded
twisted pair (STP), fiber optics and coaxial cable. wireless media.
 describe terminologies used in computer network (data rate, Baud, Bit, Kbps, attenuation etc.).
 understand types of cables used in networking.
 differentiate straight and cross cable and understanding of connectors: RJ45, RJ-11, BNC.
 make cross wired and straight through connection.
 know about use of cable tester to test cable connector.
 understand fixing a cable and connector issue.
 know and understand of network components: modems, hubs, switches, bridges, routers etc.
 describe computer network topologies and differentiate active and passive network
components.
 configure router settings and know about connecting cables with networking devices.
 know about network protocols (TCP / IP), OSI model, IPv4, IPv6, physical addresses.
 know about Static and dynamic IP and understanding of DHCP.
 know Setting of: IP Address (IP4/IP6) & subnet mask, gateway, classes of IP addressing.
 know about commands used in testing network (ping etc).
 check the Internet connectivity using router interface.

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3.1 Computer Network
A computer network is a group of computers linked to each other that enables them to
communicate with each other and share their resources, data, and applications.

3.1.1 Types of Computer Networks

A computer network can be categorized by their size. A computer network is mainly
of four types (as shown in Figure 3.1):

Fig. 3.1 Types of Computer Networks

 LAN (Local Area Network)

 PAN (Personal Area Network)
 MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
 WAN (Wide Area Network)
LAN (Local Area Network)
Local Area Network is a group of computers connected to each other (as shown in Figure
3.2) in a small area such as building, office.
 LAN is used for connecting two or more personal computers through a
communication medium such as twisted pair, coaxial cable, etc.
 It is less costly as it is built with inexpensive hardware such as hubs, network
adapters, and ethernet cables.
 The data is transferred at an extremely faster rate in Local Area Network.
 Local Area Network provides higher security.

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 Fig. 3.2 Local Area Network

PAN (Personal Area Network)

Personal Area Network is a network arranged within an individual person, typically
within a range of 10 meters.
 Personal Area Network is used for connecting the computer devices of personal
use is known as Personal Area Network.
 Personal Area Network covers an area of 30 feet.
 Personal computer devices that are used to develop the personal area network are
the laptop, mobile phones, media player and play stations as shown in Figure 3.3.

Fig. 3.3 Personal Area Network

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MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
A metropolitan area network is a network that covers a larger geographic area by
interconnecting a different LAN to form a larger network (see Figure 3.4).
 Government agencies use MAN to connect to the citizens and private industries.
 In MAN, various LANs are connected to each other through a telephone exchange
line.
 The most widely used protocols in MAN are RS-232, Frame Relay, ATM, ISDN,
OC-3, ADSL, etc.
 It has a higher range than Local Area Network (LAN).

Fig. 3.4 Metropolitan Area Network

WAN (Wide Area Network)

A Wide Area Network (Figure 3.5) is a network that extends over a large geographical
area such as states or countries.
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  A Wide Area Network is not limited to a single location, but it spans over a large
geographical area through a telephone line, fibre optic cable or satellite links.
 The internet is one of the biggest WAN in the world.
 A Wide Area Network is widely used in the field of business, government, and
education.

Fig. 3.5 Wide Area Network

3.1.2 Importance of Computer Networking

In the world of Information Technology (IT), information is a building block for effective
communication. Communication is medium that helps us to drive our day to day
professional and personal operations. Computer networks helps us to achieve the
following:
 Provides best way of business communication.
 Streamline communication.
 Cost-effective resource sharing.
 Improving storage efficiency and volume.
 Cut costs on software.

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  Cut costs on hardware.
 Utilizes Centralized Database.
 Increase in efficiency.
 Optimize convenience and flexibility.
 Allows file sharing.
 Sharing of peripherals and internet access.
 Network gaming.
 Voice over IP (VoIP).
 Media Center Server.
 Centralize network administration, meaning less IT support.
 Flexibility.
 Allowing information sharing.
 Supporting distributed processing.
 User communication.
 Overcoming geographic separation.
In general, we can see “Communication” and “Sharing”, that is all networking is about
in simple terms. It enables everything that we do today. In the current scenario, the
business would not work without computer networking and our personal and social life
will also feel like it has been stopped.

3.1.3 Basic Computer Network Components

Computer networks share common devices, functions, and features including servers,
clients, transmission media, shared data, shared printers and other hardware and software
resources, network interface card (NIC), local operating system (LOS), and the network
operating system (NOS).
Servers - Servers are computers that hold shared files, programs, and the network
operating system. Servers provide access to network resources to all the users of the
network. There are many different kinds of servers, and one server can provide several
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servers, database servers, fax servers and web servers, to name a few. Sometimes it is
also called host computer, servers are powerful computer that store data or application
and connect to resources that are shared by the user of a network.
Clients - Clients are computers that access and use the network and shared network
resources. Client computers are basically the customers (users) of the network, as they
request and receive services from the servers. These days, it is typical for a client to be a
personal computer that the users also use for their own non-network applications.
Transmission Media - Transmission media are the facilities used to interconnect
computers in a network, such as twisted-pair wire, coaxial cable, and optical fiber cable.
Transmission media are sometimes called transmission medium channels, links or lines.
Shared data - Shared data are data that file servers provide to clients such as data files,
printer access programs and e-mail.
Shared printers and other peripherals - Shared printers and peripherals are hardware
resources provided to the users of the network by servers. Resources provided include
data files, printers, software, or any other items used by clients on the network.
Network Interface Card - Each computer in a network has a special expansion card
called a network interface card (NIC). The NIC prepares (formats) and sends data,
receives data, and controls data flow between the computer and the network. On the
transmit side, the NIC passes frames of data on to the physical layer, which transmits the
data to the physical link. On the receiver's side, the NIC processes bits received from the
physical layer and processes the message based on its contents.
Local Operating System - A local operating system allows personal computers to access
files, print to a local printer, and use one or more disk and CD drives that are located on
the computer. Examples are MS-DOS, Unix, Linux, Windows 2000, Windows 98,
Windows XP etc. The network operating system is the software of the network. It serves
a similar purpose that the OS serves in a stand-alone computer
Network Operating System - The network operating system is a program that runs on
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Hub - Hub is a device that splits a network connection into multiple computers. It is like
a distribution center. When a computer requests information from a network or a specific
computer, it sends the request to the hub through a cable. The hub will receive the request
and transmit it to the entire network. Each computer in the network should then figure out
whether the broadcast data is for them or not.
Switch - Switch is a telecommunication device grouped as one of computer network
components. Switch is like a Hub but built in with advanced features. It uses physical
device addresses in each incoming messages so that it can deliver the message to the right
destination or port.
Unlike a hub, switch doesn't broadcast the received message to entire network, rather
before sending it checks to which system or port should the message be sent. In other
words, switch connects the source and destination directly which increases the speed of
the network.
Router - The device used to connect a LAN with an internet connection is called Router.
When you have two distinct networks (LANs) or want to share a single internet
connection to multiple computers, we use a Router.
LAN Cable - A local area network cable is also known as data cable or Ethernet cable
which is a wired cable used to connect a device to the internet or to other devices like
computer, printers, etc.

3.2 Network Cable Types and Specifications

To connect two or more computers or networking devices in a network, network cables
are used. There are three types of network cables; coaxial, twisted-pair, and fiber-optic.
Coaxial cable
This cable contains a conductor, insulator, braiding, and sheath. The sheath covers the
braiding, the braiding covers the insulation, and the insulation covers the conductor. The
following image (Figure 3.6) shows these components.

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 Fig. 3.6 Coaxial Cable

Twisted-pair Cables
The twisted-pair cable was primarily developed for computer networks. This cable is also
known as Ethernet cable. Almost all modern LAN computer networks use this cable.
This cable consists of color-coded pairs of insulated copper wires. Every two wires are
twisted around each other to form pair. Usually, there are four pairs. Each pair has one
solid color and one stripped color wire. Solid colors are blue, brown, green, and orange.
In stripped color, the solid color is mixed with the white color. Based on how pairs are
stripped in the plastic sheath, there are two types of twisted-pair cable; UTP and STP.
In the UTP (Unshielded twisted-pair) cable, all pairs are wrapped in a single plastic
sheath.
In the STP (Shielded twisted-pair) cable, each pair is wrapped with an additional metal
shield, then all pairs are wrapped in a single outer plastic sheath.
The following image (Figure 3.7) shows both types of twisted-pair cables.

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 Fig. 3.7 Twisted-pair Cables

Fiber Optic Cable

This cable consists of a core, cladding, buffer, and jacket. The core is made from thin
strands of glass or plastic that can carry data over a long distance. The core is wrapped in
the cladding; the cladding is wrapped in the buffer, and the buffer is wrapped in the
jacket. Fiber optic cable is completely immune to EMI and RFI. This cable can transmit
data over a long distance at the highest speed. It can transmit data up to 40 kilometres at
the speed of 100Gbps. Fiber optic uses light to send data. It reflects light from one
endpoint to another. Based on how many beams of light are transmitted at a given time,
there are two types of fiber optical cable; SMF and MMF as shown in Figure 3.8.

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 Fig. 3.8 Fiber Optic Cable

What is an Ethernet cable?

An Ethernet cable is a network cable used for high-speed wired network connections
between two devices. This network cable is made of a four-pair cable, which consists of
twisted pair conductors. It is used for data transmission at both ends of the cable, which is
called RJ45 connector.
The Ethernet cables are categorized as CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6, and UTP cable. CAT5
cable can support a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network while Cat5e and Cat 6cable to support
Ethernet network running at 10/100/1000 Mbps.

What is straight through Cable?

Straight-through cable is a type of CAT5 with RJ-45 connectors at each end, and each has
the same pin out as shown in Figure 3.9. It is in accordance with either the T568A or
T568B standards. It uses the same color code throughout the LAN for consistency. This
type of twisted-pair cable is used in LAN to connect a computer or a network hub such as
a router. It is one of the most common types of network cable.

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 Fig. 3.9 Straight Through Cable Connection

What Is Crossover Cable?

A Crossover cable is a type of CAT5 where one end isT568A configuration and the other
end as T568BConfiguration. In this type of cable connection, Pin 1 is crossed with Pin 3,
and Pin 2 is crossed with Pin 6 as shown in Figure 3.10. Crossover cable is used to
connect two or more computing devices. The internal wiring of crossover cables reverses
the transmission and receive signals. It is widely used to connect two devices of the same
type: e.g., two computers or two switches to each other.

Fig. 3.10 Cross Over Cable Connection

RJ 45 and RJ 11:
RJ is the acronym for Registered Jack and refers to the industry standard character that
cable connectors usually start with. RJ45 and RJ11 are the 2 most command connector
standards used universally. The main difference between these two is in where they are

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actually used. RJ45 jacks are used in networking (Ethernet LAN), where you connect
computers or other network elements to each other. RJ11 is the cable connector that is
being used in telephone sets.
Using Cable Tester to Check Connection
Figure 3.11 shows a cable tester. It is used to check connection between two ends of a
cable. Follow the steps given below to check an Ethernet wire using cable tester.

Fig. 3.11 Cable Tester

1. Plug one end of the cable into the transmit jack. The transmit jack on the tester
maybe be labelled "TX".
2. Plug the other end of the cable into the receiver jack. The receiver jack may be
labelled "RX" on the device. Some testers have a detachable receiver you can use
to test the cable across different rooms.
3. Check the lights on the tester. Most testers will have 2 sets of 8 LED lights that
correspond to the 8 pins on the transmitting and receiving end of the Ethernet
cable. There will also be a G light for the ground. It will test each pin one at a
time. If all 8 pins light up on both ends, the cable is good. If any of the lights do

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 not light up on either end, this indicates a short in the cable. Don't worry if the G
light doesn't light up. If the lights on either end flash out of order, this indicates
that you are testing a crossover cable. As long as all 8 lights flash, the cable is
good.
Fixing a RJ45 Connector
1. Strip the cable back 1 inch (25 mm) from the end.
2. Untwist and straighten the wires inside of the cable.
3. Arrange the wires into the right order.
4. Cut the wires into an even line 1⁄2 inch (13 mm) from sheathing.
5. Insert the wires into the RJ-45 connector.
6. Stick the connector into the crimping part of the tool and squeeze twice.
7. Remove the cable from the tool and check that all of the pins are down.

Wireless vs Wired Network

A wireless network allows devices to stay connected to the network but roam untethered
to any wires. Access points amplify Wi-Fi signals, so a device can be far from
a router but still be connected to the network. When you connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot at a
cafe, a hotel, an airport lounge, or another public place, you're connecting to that
business's wireless network.
A wired network uses cables to connect devices, such as laptop or desktop computers, to
the Internet or another network. A wired network has some disadvantages when
compared to a wireless network. The biggest disadvantage is that your device is tethered
to a router. The most common wired networks use cables connected at one end to an
Ethernet port on the network router and at the other end to a computer or other device.
Bit Rate:
The speed of the data is expressed in bits per second (bits/s or bps). The data rate R is a
function of the duration of the bit. Rate is also called channel capacity C.

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Teacher Notes:
 Give a demonstration of speedtest.net to students.

Baud Rate
Baud rate refers to the number of signal or symbol changes that occur per second. A
symbol is one of several voltage, frequency, or phase changes. NRZ (Non Return to
Zero) binary has two symbols, one for each bit 0 or 1, that represent voltage levels. In this
case, the baud or symbol rate is the same as the bit rate. However, it’s possible to have
more than two symbols per transmission interval, whereby each symbol represents
multiple bits. With more than two symbols, data is transmitted using modulation
techniques. By using multiple symbols, multiple bits can be transmitted per symbol. For
example, if the symbol rate is 4800 baud and each symbol represents two bits, that
translates into an overall bit rate of 9600 bits/s. Normally the number of symbols is some
power of two. If N is the number of bits per symbol, then the number of required symbols
is S = 2N.
Attenuation
Attenuation in computer networking is the loss of communication signal strength that is
measured in decibels (dB). As the rate of attenuation increases, the transmission, such as
an email a user is trying to send or a phone call, becomes more distorted. Attenuation
occurs on computer networks because of:
 Range – over longer distances both wired and wireless transmissions gradually
dissipate in strength
 Interference – radio interference or physical obstructions, such as walls,
dampen communication signals on wireless networks
 Wire size – thinner wires suffer from more attenuation than thicker wires on
wired networks

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3.3 Network Devices
1. Repeater – A repeater operates at the physical layer. Its job is to regenerate the signal
over the same network before the signal becomes too weak or corrupted so as to extend
the length to which the signal can be transmitted over the same network. An important
point to be noted about repeaters is that they do not amplify the signal. When the signal
becomes weak, they copy the signal bit by bit and regenerate it at the original strength. It
is a 2-port device.
2. Hub – A hub is basically a multiport repeater. A hub connects multiple wires coming
from different branches, for example, the connector in star topology which connects
different stations. Hubs cannot filter data, so data packets are sent to all connected
devices. In other words, the collision domain of all hosts connected through Hub remains
one. Also, they do not have the intelligence to find out the best path for data packets
which leads to inefficiencies and wastage.
3. Bridge – A bridge operates at the data link layer. A bridge is a repeater, with add on
the functionality of filtering content by reading the MAC addresses of source and
destination. It is also used for interconnecting two LANs working on the same protocol. It
has a single input and single output port, thus making it a 2-port device.

4. Switch – A switch is a multiport bridge with a buffer and a design that can boost its
efficiency (a large number of ports imply less traffic) and performance. A switch is a data
link layer device. The switch can perform error checking before forwarding data, which
makes it very efficient as it does not forward packets that have errors and forward good
packets selectively to the correct port only.

5. Routers – A router is a device like a switch that routes data packets based on their IP
addresses. The router is mainly a Network Layer device. Routers normally connect LANs
and WANs together and have a dynamically updating routing table based on which they
make decisions on routing the data packets. Router divide broadcast domains of hosts
connected through it.

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 Fig. 3.12 Network Devices

6. Gateway – A gateway, as the name suggests, is a passage to connect two networks

together that may work upon different networking models. They basically work as the
messenger agents that take data from one system, interpret it, and transfer it to another
system. Gateways are also called protocol converters and can operate at any network
layer. Gateways are generally more complex than switches or routers. Gateway is also
called a protocol converter.
7. NIC – NIC (Network Interface Card) is a network adapter that is used to connect the
computer to the network. It is installed in the computer to establish a LAN. It has a
unique id that is written on the chip, and it has a connector to connect the cable to it. The
cable acts as an interface between the computer and router or modem. NIC card is a layer
2 device which means that it works on both physical and data link layer of the network
model.

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3.3.1 Router Interfaces
Routers can have many different types of connectors; from Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and
Token Ring to Serial and ISDN ports. Some of the available configurable items are
logical addresses (IP, IPX), media types, bandwidth, and administrative
commands. Interfaces are configured in interface mode which is available from global
configuration mode after logging in. Generally, three types of interfaces are provided to
manage a Network switch:
Simple Network Management Protocol:
Also known as SNMP, it is a protocol that facilitates the exchange of management
information between network devices. SNMP queries can determine the health of a
network or the status of a particular device.
Command Line Interface:
Command Line Interface (CLI) is an exhaustive set of commands that can be accessed
via serial console, Telnet, and Secure Shell.
The Web Interface:
User can monitor and configure the switch from a browser, by entering a URL.
3.3.2 Wireless Devices and their Roles
There are three major “modes” a Wi-Fi device can use. These modes define the role a
Wi-Fi device has in the network, and networks must be built out of combinations of
devices operating in these different modes. How the devices are configured depends on
the types of connections you want to use between parts of the network.
The three wireless roles are
1. Wireless Clients (Station)
Devices such as computers, tablets, and phones are common clients on a network. When
you are accessing a wireless hotspot, or the router in your home or office, your device is
the client. This client mode is also known as “station mode” as well.

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2. Access Points (Master)
Most wireless networks are made using Access Points - devices that host and control the
wireless connection for laptops, tablets, or smart phones. If you use Wi-Fi in your home
or office, it is most likely through an Access Point. When a router is set up as an AP, it is
said to be in “Master” or “Infrastructure” mode.
An AP is sometimes a stand-alone device that bridges between a wireless and wired
(Ethernet) network, or is part of a router. APs can cover a range of areas with a wireless
signal, depending on the power of the device and the type of antenna. There are also
some APs that are weatherproof, designed to be mounted outdoors.
3. Ad-Hoc Node (Mesh)
Some wireless devices (laptops, smart phones, or wireless routers) support a mode called
Ad-Hoc. This allows those devices to connect together directly, without an Access Point
in-between controlling the connection. This forms a different type of network - in Ad-
Hoc mode, all devices are responsible for sending and receiving messages to the other
devices - without anything else in between. In an Ad-Hoc network, every device must be
in this role, and using the same configuration to participate.
3.4 Network Topologies
A Network Topology is the arrangement with which computer systems or network
devices are connected to each other. Topologies may define both physical and logical
aspect of the network. Both logical and physical topologies could be same or different in
a same network.
Point-to-Point
Point-to-point networks contains exactly two hosts such as computer, switches or
routers, servers connected back-to-back using a single piece of cable. Figure 3.13 shows
a Point-to-point network. Often, the receiving end of one host is connected to sending
end of the other and vice-versa.

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 Fig. 3.13 Point-to-point Networks
If the hosts are connected point-to-point logically, then may have multiple intermediate
devices. But the end hosts are unaware of underlying network and see each other as if
they are connected directly.
Bus Topology
In case of Bus topology, all devices share single communication line or cable. Bus
topology may have problem while multiple hosts sending data at the same time. It is one
of the simple forms of networking where a failure of a device does not affect the other
devices. But failure of the shared communication line can make all other devices stop
functioning.

Fig. 3.14 Bus Topology

Both ends of the shared channel have line terminator as shown in Figure 3.14. The data
is sent in only one direction and as soon as it reaches the extreme end, the terminator
removes the data from the line.
Star Topology
All hosts in Star topology are connected to a central device, known as hub device, using
a point-to-point connection. That is, there exists a point-to-point connection between
hosts and hub. The hub device can be any of the following:

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  Layer-1 device such as hub or repeater
 Layer-2 device such as switch or bridge
 Layer-3 device such as router or gateway

Fig. 3.15 Star Topology

As in Bus topology, hub acts as single point of failure. If hub fails, connectivity of all
hosts to all other hosts fails. Every communication between hosts, takes place through
only the hub. Star topology is not expensive as to connect one more host, only one cable
is required and configuration is simple.
Ring Topology
In ring topology, each host machine connects to exactly two other machines, creating a
circular network structure. When one host tries to communicate or send message to a
host which is not adjacent to it, the data travels through all intermediate hosts. To
connect one more host in the existing structure, the administrator may need only one
more extra cable. Ring topology is shown in Figure 3.16.

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 Fig. 3.16 Ring Topology

Failure of any host results in failure of the whole ring. Thus, every connection in the ring
is a point of failure. There are methods which employ one more backup ring.
Mesh Topology
In this type of topology, a host is connected to one or multiple hosts. This topology has
hosts in point-to-point connection with every other host or may also have hosts which are
in point-to-point connection to few hosts only.

Fig. 3.17 Mesh Topology

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Active Network Components vs Passive Network Components
Active Networking Hardware comprises all parts of a computer network which in some
way actively work with the signals in the network (amplify them, modify them, evaluate
them, etc.). Active Networking Hardware are usually specific devices located in the hubs
of the network. Active networking hardware includes:

 Switch
 Repeater
 Hub
 Bridge
 Router
 Print Server
 Access point (AP)
Passive Networking Hardware are those parts of computer network that are involved
in data transmission in the network, but they don’t change or affect the data. The passive
network hardware includes:

 Cables (fiber optic cable, coaxial cables)

 Connectors
 Switchboards
3.5 Configuring a Router
Network configuration is the process of setting a network's controls, flow and operation
to support the network communication of an organization and/or network owner. This
broad term incorporates multiple configuration and setup processes on network hardware,
software and other supporting devices and components.
Before configuring, connect a computer to TP-Link router by cable or through wireless
network as shown in Figure 3.18. It is recommended to configure it by a wired
connection.

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 Fig. 3.18 Setting up a Router

Log into the router’s web-based utility and follow the following steps:
Step 1
Select Wireless->Wireless Settings on the left side menu to open the wireless setting
page as shown in Figure 3.19.
Wireless Network Name (also called SSID for some models): Create a new name for
your wireless network. If you want to use the default TP-Link_****** wireless name,
you can also leave it here as default value.
Region: Select your current location.
"Enable Wireless Router Radio" and "Enable SSID Broadcast" should be both
ticked.
Please do not change other settings on this page if not necessary.

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 Fig. 3.19 Wireless Settings of a Router

Step 2
Select Wireless->Wireless Security on the left side menu as shown in Figure 3.20. It’s
recommended to use WPA/WPA2 Personal (Recommended), some models will name
that as WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK instead.

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 Fig. 3.20 Wireless Security Settings of a Router

Encryption: AES
Wireless Password (also called PSK Password): make up your Wi-Fi password, also
called Wireless Network Key.
Setting IPv6
Step 1: Log in to the router’s web-based management page.
Step 2: Go to IPv6 Support at the left-hand side men as shown in Figure 3.21. In the
drop-down menu of IPv6 Support, please choose IPv6 Setup.
Step 3: Please make sure that Enable IPv6 has been checked. To Configure WAN
Connection Type, if you are not sure what the connection type is, please contact your
IPv6 provider. Here, take PPPoEv6 as an example. After the PPPoEv6 is selected,
please input the User name and Password provided by the IPv6 Provider. For the Get
IPv6 Address Way, please choose Get IPv6 prefix delegation. For the IPV6 Address
Assign Type, please choose SLAAC.

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 Fig. 3.21 IPv6 Settings of a Router

IP settings of a Network
If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please select Dynamic IP (as shown in Figure
3.22), and the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP.

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 Fig. 3.22 IPv6 Settings of a Router

Static IP
If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS
setting, please select Static IP in Figure 3.22 and fill the following fields:
•IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
•Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
Normally 255.255.255.0 is used as the subnet mask.
•Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your
ISP.
•Primary/Secondary DNS Server - (Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in
dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
•MTU (Bytes) - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most
Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default
MTU size unless required by your ISP.
•Enable IGMP Proxy - IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is used to manage
multicasting on TCP/IP networks. Some ISPs use IGMP to perform remote

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 configuration for client devices, such as the modem router. The default value is enabled,
and if you are not sure, please contact your ISP or just leave it.
3.6 OSI Model
A typical OSI layered model is shown in Figure 3.23. We’ll describe OSI layers “top
down” from the application layer that directly serves the end user, down to the physical
layer.

Fig. 3.23 OSI Layered Model

Application Layer: The application layer is used by end-user software such as web
browsers and email clients. It provides protocols that allow software to send and
receive information and present meaningful data to users. A few examples of application
layer protocols are the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), Post Office Protocol (POP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and Domain
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Presentation Layer: The presentation layer prepares data for the application layer. It
defines how two devices should encode, encrypt, and compress data so it is received
correctly on the other end. The presentation layer takes any data transmitted by the
application layer and prepares it for transmission over the session layer.
Session Layer: The session layer creates communication channels, called sessions,
between devices. It is responsible for opening sessions, ensuring they remain open and
functional while data is being transferred, and closing them when communication ends.
The session layer can also set checkpoints during a data transfer—if the session is
interrupted, devices can resume data transfer from the last checkpoint.
Transport Layer: The transport layer takes data transferred in the session layer and
breaks it into “segments” on the transmitting end. It is responsible for reassembling the
segments on the receiving end, turning it back into data that can be used by the session
layer. The transport layer carries out flow control, sending data at a rate that matches the
connection speed of the receiving device, and error control, checking if data was received
incorrectly and if not, requesting it again.
Network Layer: The network layer has two main functions. One is breaking up segments
into network packets, and reassembling the packets on the receiving end. The other is
routing packets by discovering the best path across a physical network. The network layer
uses network addresses (typically Internet Protocol addresses) to route packets to a
destination node.
Data Link Layer: The data link layer establishes and terminates a connection between
two physically-connected nodes on a network. It breaks up packets into frames and sends
them from source to destination. This layer is composed of two parts—Logical Link
Control (LLC), which identifies network protocols, performs error checking and
synchronizes frames, and Media Access Control (MAC) which uses MAC addresses to
connect devices and define permissions to transmit and receive data.
Physical Layer: The physical layer is responsible for the physical cable or wireless
connection between network nodes. It defines the connector, the electrical cable or

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wireless technology connecting the devices, and is responsible for transmission of the
raw data, which is simply a series of 0s and 1s, while taking care of bit rate control.

TCP/IP model
The TCP/IP model was developed prior to the OSI model. The TCP/IP model is not
exactly similar to the OSI model.
o The TCP/IP model consists of five layers: the application layer, transport layer,
network layer, data link layer and physical layer.
o The first four layers provide physical standards, network interface,
internetworking, and transport functions that correspond to the first four layers of
the OSI model and these four layers are represented in TCP/IP model by a single
layer called the application layer.
o TCP/IP is a hierarchical protocol made up of interactive modules, and each of
them provides specific functionality.
Here, hierarchical means that each upper-layer protocol is supported by two or more
lower-level protocols.
OSI vs. TCP/IP Model
The Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is older than the OSI model
and was created by the US Department of Defence (DoD). A key difference between the
models is that TCP/IP is simpler, collapsing several OSI layers into one:

 OSI layers 5, 6, 7 are combined into one Application Layer in TCP/IP as shown in
Figure 3.24.
 OSI layers 1, 2 are combined into one Network Access Layer in TCP/IP –
however TCP/IP does not take responsibility for sequencing and
acknowledgement functions, leaving these to the underlying transport layer.

 TCP/IP is a functional model designed to solve specific communication problems,

and which is based on specific, standard protocols. OSI is a generic, protocol-
independent model intended to describe all forms of network communication.

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  In TCP/IP, most applications use all the layers, while in OSI simple applications
do not use all seven layers. Only layers 1, 2 and 3 are mandatory to enable any
data communication.

Fig. 3.24 OSI vs TCP/IP Model

What is IP?
An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a numerical label assigned to each device
connected to a computer network that uses the IP protocol for communication. An IP
address acts as an identifier for a specific device on a particular network. The IP address
is also called an IP number or Internet address. IP address specifies the technical format
of the addressing and packets scheme. Most networks combine IP with a TCP
(Transmission Control Protocol). It also allows developing a virtual connection between a
destination and a source.

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IPv4
IPv4 is an IP version widely used to identify devices on a network using an addressing
system. It was the first version of IP deployed for production in the ARPANET in 1983.
It uses a 32-bit address scheme to store 2^32 addresses which is more than 4 billion
addresses. It is considered the primary Internet Protocol and carries 94% of Internet
traffic. Beginners Introduction to Linux Operating System

IPv6
IPv6 is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol. This new IP address version is
being deployed to fulfill the need for more Internet addresses. It was aimed to resolve
issues that are associated with IPv4. With 128-bit address space, it allows 340 undecillion
unique address space.
Static IP address:
A static IP address is simply an address that doesn't change. Once your device is assigned
a static IP address, that number typically stays the same until the device is
decommissioned or your network architecture changes. Static IP addresses generally are
used by servers or other important equipment.Static IP addresses are assigned by Internet
Service Providers (ISPs). Your ISP may or may not allocate you a static IP address
depending on the nature of your service agreement.
Dynamic IP address
As the name suggests, dynamic IP addresses are subject to change, sometimes at a
moment's notice. Dynamic addresses are assigned, as needed, by Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers.We use dynamic addresses because IPv4 doesn't
provide enough static IP addresses to go around. So, for example, a hotel probably has a
static IP address, but each individual device within its rooms would have a dynamic IP
address.On the internet, your home or office may be assigned a dynamic IP address by
your ISP's DHCP server.

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MAC Address
The MAC address is a unique value associated with a network adapter. MAC addresses
are also known as hardware addresses or physical addresses. They uniquely identify an
adapter on a LAN. MAC addresses are 12-digit hexadecimal numbers (48 bits in length).
By convention, MAC addresses are usually written in one of the following formats:
MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS

MMMM-MMSS-SSSS

Subnet mask:
A 32-bit combination used to describe which portion of an address refers to the subnet
and which part refers to the host.
Classes of IP addresses
TCP/IP defines five classes of IP addresses: class A, B, C, D, and E. Each class has a
range of valid IP addresses. The value of the first octet determines the class. IP addresses
from the first three classes (A, B and C) can be used for host addresses. The other two
classes are used for other purposes – class D for multicast and class E for experimental
purposes.
3.7 Testing a Network
The basic ping test is one of the easiest things you can do to verify connectivity between
your computer and a remote host. This test is easy to run from the command line.
Using ping test on Microsoft Windows
To use the ping program on Microsoft Windows, follow these steps:
1. Open a DOS command window. To do this, click Start, click Run, type cmd,
and then press Enter.
2. At the command prompt, type the following command.
Replace example.com with the domain that you want to test:
Ping example.com
3. Interpret the output from ping:

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 1. If the remote host is active and configured to respond to ping requests,
responses appear. For example, the following output shows ping responses from
an A2 Hosting server:

C:\Documents and Settings\user>ping a2s78.a2hosting.com

o Pinging a2s78.a2hosting.com [216.119.143.98] with 32 bytes of data:

o Reply from 216.119.143.98: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=54

o Reply from 216.119.143.98: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=54

o Reply from 216.119.143.98: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=54

o Ping statistics for 216.119.143.98:

o Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

o Approximate round-trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 45ms, Maximum = 47ms, Average = 46ms

Alternatively, if the remote host is down, or not configured to respond to ping requests,
you do not see any responses.
Using Router Interface
To check internet connectivity using router interface, follow the steps given below:
1. Open Router configuration page.
2. Click System Tools and Diagnostic.
3. Select one of the diagnostic tools: Ping.
Note: Ping troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host
or gateway.
4. Type the IP Address/Domain name of the PC/server you want to ping the IP Address/
Domain Name, as shown in Figure 3.25.

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5. Start Diagnose and analyze the results.

Fig. 3.25 Router Interface: Checking Internet

Connection

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 Key Points
 A computer network is a group of computers linked to each other that enables the
computer to communicate with another computer and share their resources, data,
and applications.
 Local Area Network is a group of computers connected to each other (as shown in
Figure 3.2) in a small area such as building, office.
 Personal Area Network is a network arranged within an individual person,
typically within a range of 10 meters.
 A metropolitan area network is a network that covers a larger geographic area by
interconnecting a different LAN to form a larger network.
 A Wide Area Network is a network that extends over a large geographical area
such as states or countries.
 Hub is a device that splits a network connection into multiple computers.
 Switch uses physical device addresses in each incoming messages so that it can
deliver the message to the right destination or port.
 The device used to connect a LAN with an internet connection is called Router.
 An Ethernet cable is a network cable used for high-speed wired network
connections between two devices.
 The speed of the data is expressed in bits per second (bits/s or bps).
 Baud rate refers to the number of signal or symbol changes that occur per second.
 Attenuation in computer networking is the loss of communication signal strength
that is measured in decibels (dB).
 When you are accessing a wireless hotspot, or the router in your home or office,
your device is the client.
 Access points are devices that host and control the wireless connection for laptops,
tablets, or smart phones.
 Mac Address is the physical address of device.

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 Exercise

Select the most appropriate option

1. Which of the following is the hardware/physical address of a computer?
a. IP Address b. MAC Address c. Static IP d. Subnet Mask
2. Speed of data is expressed in:
a. Hz/s b. words/s c. bits/s d. bits/min
3. Which of the following is not an active network component?
a. Cable b. Router c. Hub d. Switch
4. Ping is used to
a. Assign IP b. Login c. Test a network d. search files
5. There are ____ classes of IP addresses.
a. 4 b. 3 c. 5 d. None of these

Write short answer of the following.

1. Define Computer Networks.
2. Differentiate between wired and wireless networks.
3. What is the difference between accesspoint and stations?
4. Define Router.
5. Define Switch.

Answer the following question in detail.

1. Differentiate between LAN and PAN.
2. Differentiate between IP address and MAC address.
3. Differentiate between IPv6 and IPv4.
4. Describe network topologies.
5. Describe DHCP mode.

Practical Tasks
1. Assign static IP addresses to the computers in the computer lab.
2. Perform Ping test to check the Internet connectivity of your computer.

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 Chapter 4
Basics of Programming Language

After Studying this chapter, you will be able to

 describe computer languages.
 explain types of languages: low level language; high level language.
 use of different languages for different applications.
 define translational software.
 understand types of translational software: Assembler, Interpreter and Compiler.
 understand computer programming cycle: coding, translation, execution and
debugging.
 explain IDE.
 define flow chart.
 understand symbols of flow chart.
 design flow diagram for a simple problem (addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division, and condition (if else)).

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4.1 PROGRAMMING
Programming is talking to computer. It is a language to communicate with your
computer. The main unit of a computer is microprocessor. Each microprocessor is
designed to execute a certain set of instructions. Through programming, we pass these
instructions to computer and computer executes these instructions in given order.
A Computer language is defined as a code or a syntax which is used to write programs or
any specific applications. Computer language is used to communicate with computers.
Broadly, it can be classified into three categories assembly language, machine language,
and high-level language. The machine language is considered as oldest computer
language among all three. In machine language, the input is directly given as binary input
which is processed by the machine. Binary inputs mean one and zero form. For computer
language processing the system needs compiler and interpreter to convert the language in
computer language so that it can be processed by a machine.
What is inside a Microprocessor?
A microprocessor contains millions of transistors and capacitive elements. All these
components operate after providing voltages. Presence of voltage means a signal 1 and
absence of voltage means signal 0. So, a computer is only able to understand presence
and absence of voltages.
Machine Language to C
Computer only understands machine language also called binary language. A machine
language instruction consists of only 0s and 1s. For example, to add two numbers,
machine language instruction can be 00011001. It is very difficult to remember and
understand these machine language instructions for programmers.
To make the instructions understandable to the programmer, assembly language was
formed. Assembly language consists of some simple statements i.e., sum a, b. This
instruction is supposed to add a and b. Each processor has its own assembly language
instruction set. So, it can only execute instructions from its instruction set. Whenever an
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language instruction (consisting of 0s and 1s).
Although assembly language is easier to understand for the programmers, there is still
missing information in assembly language instructions, for example, sum a, b is
equivalent to a = a + b, but it cannot be inferred from the instruction that result will be
assigned to a. To facilitate the programmers further, another language was designed
named “C Language”. This language was implemented to write programs in
mathematical language. In C language, if we have to sum a and b and store the result in a,
the instruction will be: a = a + b. There is no hidden information in this statement.
What is Programming?
When a C program is executed, it is first translated into equivalent assembly language
code, which is further translated into equivalent machine language code. The computer
finally executes machine language instructions being translated from C program. Hence a
C program is “a set of sequence of commands being sent to microprocessor for
execution.”
Programming is not only writing instructions to the computer but it is instructions in the
right sequence to form a required logic (i.e., to sum a and b etc.).
Integrated Development Environment for C
An IDE, or Integrated Development Environment, enables programmers to consolidate
the different aspects of writing a computer program. IDEs increase programmer
productivity by combining common activities of writing software into a single
application: editing source code, building executables, and debugging.
Compilation of a C program converts C code to machine language instructions. There are
many softwares available for compiling and running C programs. Some famous IDEs are
Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual C++ and Eclipse etc. Online compilers can also be
explored. In this chapter, we will only learn to use Microsoft Visual Studio.

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 Do you know? Point to Ponder
There is a step wise debugger  What is the difference between C and
available in many IDEs which helps C++ languages?
you to troubleshoot your program.

4.2 Different Types of Computer Languages:

Below are the top 3 types of computer language:
1. Machine Language
The machine language is sometimes referred to as machine code or object code which is
a set of binary digits: 0 and 1. These binary digits are understood and read by a computer
system and it interprets it easily. It is considered a native language as it can be directly
understood by a central processing unit (CPU). The machine language is not so easy to
understand, as the language uses the binary system in which the commands are written in
1 and 0 form which is not easy to interpret. There is only one language which is
understood by computer language which is machine language. The operating system of
the computer system is used to identify the exact machine language used for that
particular system.
The operating system defines how the program should be written so that it can be
converted to machine language and the system takes appropriate action. The computer
programs and scripts can also be written in other programming languages like C, C++,
and JAVA. However, these languages cannot be directly understood by a computer
system so there is a need for a program that can convert these computer programs to
machine language. The compiler is used to convert the programs to machine language
which can be easily understood by computer systems. The compiler generates the binary
file and executable file.
Example of machine language for the text “Hello World”.
01001000 0110101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100000 01010111 01101111
01110010 01101100 01100100.

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2. Assembly Language
The assembly language is considered a low-level language for microprocessors and many
other programmable devices. The assembly language is also considered as second-
generation language. The first-generation language is machine language. The assembly
language is mostly famous for writing an operating system and also in writing different
desktop applications. The operations carried out by programmers using assembly
language are memory management, registry access, and clock cycle operations. The
drawback of assembly language is that the code cannot be reused and the language is not
so easy to understand. The assembly language is considered a group of other languages. It
is used to implement the symbolic representation of machine code which is used to
program CPU architecture. The other name of assembly language is assembly code. For
any processor, the most used programming language is assembly language.
In assembly language, the programmer does the operation which can be directly executed
on a central processing unit (CPU). The language has certain drawbacks as it does not
contain any variables or functions in programs and also the program is not portable on
different processors. The assembly language uses the same structure and commands
which machine language does use but it uses names in place of numbers. The operations
performed using the assembly language is very fast. The operations are much faster when
it is compared to high-level language.

Activity
 Find sum command for different microcontrollers from their datasheets.

Do you know
 Every microprocessor has its own assembly language instructions.

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3. High-Level Languages
The code written in low-level language for one machine cannot be transferred to other
machines. Thus, it led to the development of high-level language. The high-level
language is easy to understand as the programs written are user-friendly. The other
advantage of code written in a high-level language is that the code is independent of a
computer system which means the code can be transferred to other machines. The high-
level of language uses the concept of abstraction and also focus on programming
language rather than focusing on computer hardware components like register utilization
or memory utilization.
Higher-level languageswere created to write a human-readable program that can be easily
understood by any user. The only requirement in a high-level language is the need of
compiler. The program written in a high-level language is not directly understood by the
computer. It needs to be converted to machine level language before the execution of
high-level programs,. The examples of high-level language are C++, C, JAVA,
FORTRAN and Python etc.
When you are programming to control the behavior of hardware components, then low
level programming languages are used. For Instance, C is used to interface sensors with
microcontrollers. Whereas, Python is used for Artificial Intelligence.
4.3 Language Translators
A translator is a programming language processor that converts a computer program from
one language to another. It takes a program written in source code and converts it into
machine code. It discovers and identifies the error during translation.
Purpose of Translator
It translates high-level language program into a machine language program that the
central processing unit (CPU) can understand. It also detects errors in the program.

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Roles of translator are
• Translating the high-level language program input into an equivalent machine
language program.

• Providing diagnostic messages wherever the programmer violates specification of the

high-level language program.

Different Types of Translators

There are 3 different types of translators as follows:
Compiler
A compiler is a translator used to convert high-level programming language to low-level
programming language. It converts the whole program in one session and reports errors
detected after the conversion. Compiler takes time to do its work as it translates high-
level code to lower-level code all at once and then saves it to memory.
A compiler is processor-dependent and platform-dependent. This dependence has been
addressed by a special compiler, a cross-compiler (which compiles a program for another
different microprocessor) and a source-to-source compiler. Before choosing a compiler,
user has to identify first the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), the operating system (OS)
and the programming language that will be used to ensure that it will be compatible.
Interpreter
Just like a compiler, interpreter is a translatorused to convert high-level programming
language to low-level programming language. It converts the program one at a time and
reports errors detected at once, while doing the conversion. With this, it is easier to
detect errors than in a compiler. An interpreter is faster than a compiler as it immediately
executes the code upon reading the code.
It is often used as a debugging tool for software development as it can execute a single
line of code at a time. An interpreter is also more portable than a compiler as it is not
processor-dependent, you can work between hardware architectures.

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Assembler
An assembler is a translator used to translate assembly language to machine language. It
is like a compiler for the assembly language but interactive like an interpreter. Assembly
language is difficult to understand as it is a low-level programming language. An
assembler translates a low-level language, an assembly language to an even lower-level
language, which is the machine code. The machine code can be directly understood by
the CPU.
4.4 Program Development Life Cycle
When we develop a program using any programming language, we follow a sequence of
steps. These steps are called phases in program development. The program development
life cycle is a set of steps or phases that are used to develop a program in any
programming language.
Generally, the program development life cycle contains 6 phases as shown in Figure 4.1,
they are as follows:

 Problem Definition
 Problem Analysis
 Algorithm Development
 Coding & Documentation
 Testing & Debugging
 Maintenance

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 Fig. 4.1 Program Development Life Cycle
1. Problem Definition
In this phase, we define the problem statement and we decide the boundaries of the
problem. In this phase we need to understand the problem statement, what is our
requirement, what should be the output of the problem solution. These are defined in this
first phase of the program development life cycle.
2. Problem Analysis
In phase 2, we determine the requirements like variables, functions, etc. to solve the
problem. That means we gather the required resources to solve the problem defined in the
problem definition phase. We also determine the bounds of the solution.

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3. Algorithm Development
During this phase, we develop a step-by-step procedure to solve the problem using the
specification given in the previous phase. This phase is very important for program
development.
4. Coding & Documentation
This phase uses a programming language to write or implement the actual programming
instructions for the steps defined in the previous phase. In this phase, we construct the
actual program. That means we write the program to solve the given problem using
programming languages like C, C++, Java, etc.,
5. Testing & Debugging
During this phase, we check whether the code written in the previous step is solving the
specified problem or not.We also test whether it is providing the desired output or not.
6. Maintenance
During this phase, the program is actively used by the users. If the user encounters any
problem or wants any enhancement, then we need to repeat all the phases from the
starting, so that the encountered problem is solved or enhancement is added.

4.5 Flow Charts

A flowchart is simply a graphical representation of steps. It shows steps in sequential
order and is widely used in presenting the flow of algorithms, workflow or processes.
Typically, a flowchart shows the order of steps by connecting them with arrows. Figure
4.2 shows an example flowchart.

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 Fig. 4.2 Flow Chart Example

A flowchart is a graphical representation of steps. It was originated from computer

science as a tool for representing algorithms and programming logic but had extended
to use in all other kinds of processes. Nowadays, flowcharts play an extremely
important role in displaying information and assisting reasoning. They help us visualize
complex processes, or make explicit the structure of problems and tasks. A flowchart
can also be used to define a process or project to be implemented.
4.5.1 Flow chart Symbols
Different flowchart shapes have different conventional meanings. The meanings of
some of the more common shapes are as follows:
Terminator
The terminator symbol represents the starting or ending point of the system.

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Process
A box indicates some particular operation.

Document
This represents a printout, such as a document or a report.

Decision
A diamond represents a decision or branching point. Lines coming out from the
diamond indicates different possible situations, leading to different sub-processes.

Data
It represents information entering or leaving the system. An input might be an order
from a customer. Output can be a product to be delivered.

On-Page Reference
This symbol would contain a letter inside. It indicates that the flow continues on a
matching symbol containing the same letter somewhere else on the same page.

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Off-Page Reference
This symbol would contain a letter inside. It indicates that the flow continues on a
matching symbol containing the same letter somewhere else on a different page.

Delay
Identifies a delay.

Flow
Lines represent the flow of the sequence and direction of a process.

Benefits of Flowcharts
Using a flowchart has a variety of benefits:
 It helps to clarify complex processes.
 It identifies steps that do not add value to the internal or external customer,
including delays; needless storage and transportation; unnecessary work,
duplication, and added expense; breakdowns in communication.
 It helps team members gain a shared understanding of the process and use this
knowledge to collect data, identify problems, focus discussions, and identify
resources.
 It serves as a basis for designing new processes.

4.5.2 Flowchart Examples

In this section, we present some flowchart examples.

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Medical Service
This is a hospital flowchart example that shows how clinical cases shall be processed.
This flowchart (Figure 4.3) uses decision shapes intensively in representing alternative
flows.

End

Fig. 4.3 Flow Chart Example: Medical

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Simple Algorithms
A flowchart can also be used in visualizing algorithms, regardless of its complexity.
Here is an example (Figure 4.4) that shows how flowchart can be used in showing a
simple summation process.

Fig. 4.4 Flow Chart Example: Sum

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Calculate Profit and Loss
The flowchart example below (Figure 4.5) shows how profit and loss can be calculated.

Fig. 4.4 Flow Chart Example: Profit and Loss Calculation

Note for Teachers.

 Give examples of recursive flow charts.

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 Key Points
 The computer language is defined as code or syntax which is used to write
programs or any specific applications.
 The main unit of a computer is microprocessor. Each microprocessor is designed
to execute a certain set of instructions.
 Presence of voltage means a signal 1 and absence of voltage means signal 0. So,
a computer is only able to understand presence and absence of voltages.
 Computer only understands machine language also called binary language.
 Assemble language consists of some simple statements i.e., sum a, b.
 C language was implemented to write programs in mathematical language.
 Hence a C program is “a set of sequence of commands being sent to
microprocessor for execution.”
 An IDE, or Integrated Development Environment, enables programmers to
consolidate the different aspects of writing a computer program.
 There is a step wise debugger available in many IDEs which helps you to
troubleshoot your program.
 The other advantage of code written in a high-level language is the code is
independent of a computer system which means the code can be transferred to
other machines.
 A translator is a programming language processor that converts a computer
program from one language to another.
 An assembler is a translator used to translate assembly language to machine
language

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 Exercise
Select the most appropriate option

1. Assembly is a
a. High level language b. Low level language c. Machine Language d. Both a
and b
2. Which of the following language is different for all microcontrollers.

a. Assembly Language b. Machine Language c. C Language d. Both a and

3. ______ converts the assembly language code to machine language.

a. Compiler b. Assembler c. Linker d. None of these

4. Which of the following language supports mathematical expressions.

a. C b. Assembly c. Machine Language d. none of these

5. ____ are used to understand flow of a computer algorithm.

a. Flow charts b. Line graphs c. Bar charts d. none of these

write short answer of the following.

1. What is programming?
2. What is the difference between high level and low level programming languages?
3. Define program development cycle.
4. What is the difference between a debugger and a compiler.

Answer the following question in detail.

1. Explain program translation steps?
2. What are flow chart and why are they used?
3. Differentiate between Interpreter and Compiler.

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 Chapter no. 5
Introductions to C
1. Draw a flow chart to solve quadratic equations.

After Studying this chapter, you will be able to

 understand structure and life cycle of C program.
 define integrated development environment (IDE).
 install C Compiler and IDE.
 develop a program of printing hello world in Programming language C/C++.
 understand input and output statements.
 understand of format specifier for print and scan statement.
 understand data types and variable.
 understand mathematical operators available in C.
 understand precedence of operators.
 implement arithmetic expression in C.
 describe and implement conditional statements and its types.
 understand nested decision statements.
 define concept of loop.
 understand handling control variables for a loop.
 understand breaking a loop.
 implement loops in a program in C.
 understand nested loop.
 describe functions and its types.
 understand return types and input parameters.
 describe data types of arrays and its declaration.
 understand “string”.

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5.1 C Programming
C is a general-purpose, procedural computer programming language supporting
structured programming, and recursion, with a static type system. C is the most widely
used computer language. It keeps fluctuating at number one scale of popularity along
with Java programming language and Python scripting.

Interesting Information:

C programming is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative computer programming

language developed in 1972 by Dennis M. Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories
to develop the UNIX operating system.

Why to Learn C Programming?

C programming language is a must for students and working professionals to become a
software engineer especially when they are working in software development domain.
Some key advantages of learning C Programming are:
 Easy to learn.
 Structured language.
 It produces efficient programs.
 It can handle low-level activities.
 It can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms.
Facts about C
 C was invented to write an operating system called UNIX.
 C is a successor of B language which was introduced around the early 1970s.
 The language was formalized in 1988 by the American National Standard Institute
(ANSI).
 The UNIX OS was totally written in C.
 Today C is the most widely used and popular System Programming Language.
 Most of the state-of-the-art software have been implemented using C.

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5.2 Structure of a C Program

Hello World Example

A C program basically consists of the following parts:

 Preprocessor Commands
 Statements & Expressions
 Main Function
As an example, see the following program to print “Hello World”:
#include<stdio.h> // Preprocessor Commands

int main(){ // Main Function

/* my first program in C */
printf("Hello, World! \n"); // Statements

return0;
}

 The first line of the program #include <stdio.h> is a preprocessor command,

which tells a C compiler to include stdio.h file before going to actual compilation.
 The next line int main() is the main function where the program execution begins.
 The next line /*...*/ will be ignored by the compiler and it has been put to add
additional comments in the program. Such lines are called comments in the
program.
 The next line printf(...) is another function available in C which causes the
message "Hello, World!" to be displayed on the screen.
 The next line return 0; terminates the main() function and returns the value 0.

5.3 Life Cycle of a C Program

A C program goes through the following stages before execution:
 Preprocessing - Using a Preprocessor program to convert C source code in
expanded source code. "#includes" and "#defines" statements will be processed
and replaced with the source codes in this step.

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  Compilation - Using a Compiler program to convert C expanded source to
assembly source code.

 Assembly - Using an Assembler program to convert assembly source code to

object code.

 Linking - Using a Linker program to convert object code to executable code.

Multiple units of object codes are linked together in this step.

 Loading - Using a Loader program to load the executable code into CPU for
execution.
5.4 Setting up Programming Environment
There are plenty of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) available for C
language. We will only focus of Microsoft Visual Studio in this book.
Getting Started with Microsoft Visual Studio
1. Download the setup from official visual studio website.
2. Install visual studio on your computer.
3. Open the application
4. Click new project
5. Select Empty Project and name the project as shown in Figure 5.1.

Fig. 5.1 Creating a new project in visual studio

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6. Click on add new source (as shown in Figure 5.2).

Fig. 5.2 Creating a new Resource File in Visual Studio

7. Select C++ file and name this file (see Figure 5.3).

Fig. 5.3 Selecting File Type in Visual Studio

8. Write this code (Figure 5.4) in your source file.

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 Fig. 5.4 C Program to print Hello World
9. Compile/build the code following the procedure shown in Figure 5.5.

Fig. 5.5 Compiling a C Program in Visual Studio

10. Debug the Program following the procedure in Figure 5.6.

Fig. 5.6 Debugging a C Program in Visual Studio

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 11. See the output as depicted in Figure 5.7.

Fig. 5.7 Output of Hello World C Program

Step-in debugging in Microsoft Visual Studio
One very useful feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the step wise debugging of code.
You can run your code line by line to find out the reason for errors rather than running
the code at once. Follow Figure 5.8 to perform step-wise debugging.

Fig. 5.7 Step-wise Debugging in Visual Studio

5.5 Input/Output Streams in C

Input means feeding some data into a program. An input can be given in the form of a
file or from the command line. C programming provides a set of built-in functions to
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Output means displaying some data on screen, printer, or in any file. C programming
provides a set of built-in functions to output the data on the computer screen as well as
to save it in text or binary files.
Scanf() and Printf() Functions
The int scanf(const char *format, ...) function reads the input from the standard input
stream stdin and scans that input according to the format provided.
The int printf(const char *format, ...) function writes the output to the standard output
stream stdout and produces the output according to the format provided.
The format can be a simple constant string, but you can specify %s, %d, %c, %f, etc., to
print or read strings, integer, character or float respectively. There are many other
formatting options available which can be used based on requirements. We provide a
simple example below to understand the concepts better:
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){

char str[100];
int i;

printf("Enter a value :");

scanf("%s %d", str,&i);

printf("\nYou entered: %s %d ", str, i);

return0;
}
When the above code is compiled and executed, it waits for the user to input some text.
When the user enters a text and presses enter, then the program proceeds and reads the
input and displays it as follows:
Enter a value: seven 7
You entered: seven 7
Here, it should be noted that scanf() expects input in the same format as you provided %s
and %d, which means you have to provide valid inputs like "string integer". If you
provide "string string" or "integer integer", then it will be assumed as wrong input.

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Secondly, while reading a string, scanf() stops reading as soon as it encounters a space,
so "this is test" are three strings for scanf().
Format Specifiers
Format specifiers are used in C for input and output purposes. Using this concept, the
compiler can understand that what type of data is in a variable during taking input using
the scanf() function and printing using printf() function. Here is a list of format specifiers.

Format Specifier Type

%c Character

%d Signed integer

%f Float values

%hi Signed integer (short)

%hu Unsigned Integer (short)

%i Unsigned integer

%l or %ld or %li Long

%lf Double

%Lf Long double

%lu Unsigned int or unsigned long

%lli or %lld Long long

%llu Unsigned long long

%o Octal representation

%p Pointer

%s String

%u Unsigned int

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Format Specifier Type

%x or %X Hexadecimal representation
These are the basic format specifiers. We can add some other parts with the format
specifiers:
 A minus symbol (-) sign tells left alignment
 A number after % specifies the minimum field width. If string is less than the
width, it will be filled with spaces
 A period (.) is used to separate field width and precision
Example:

#include<stdio.h>

int main(){

char ch ='B';

printf("%c\n", ch);//printing character data

//print decimal or integer data with d and i

int x =45, y =90;

printf("%d\n", x);

printf("%i\n", y);

float f =12.67;

printf("%f\n", f);//print float value

printf("%e\n", f);//print in scientific notation

int a =67;

printf("%o\n", a);//print in octal format

printf("%x\n", a);//print in hex format

char str[]="Hello World";

printf("%s\n", str);

printf("%20s\n", str);//shift to the right 20 characters

including the string

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 printf("%-20s\n", str);//left align

printf("%20.5s\n", str);//shift to the right 20 characters

including the string, and print string up to 5 character

printf("%-20.5s\n", str);//left align and print string up to 5

character

Output
B
45
90
12.670000
1.267000e+001
103
43
Hello World
Hello World
Hello World
Hello
Hello

We can use these format specifiers for the scanf() function in the same manner.

5.5.1 Data Types

Data types in C refer to an extensive system used for declaring variables or functions of
different types. The type of a variable determines how much space it occupies in storage
and how the bit pattern stored is interpreted.

Integer Types
The following table provides the details of standard integer types with their storage sizes
and value ranges:

Type Storage size Value range

char 1 byte -128 to 127 or 0 to 255

unsigned char 1 byte 0 to 255

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 signed char 1 byte -128 to 127

int 2 or 4 bytes -32,768 to 32,767 or -2,147,483,648

to 2,147,483,647
unsigned int 2 or 4 bytes 0 to 65,535 or 0 to 4,294,967,295

short 2 bytes -32,768 to 32,767

unsigned short 2 bytes 0 to 65,535

long 8 bytes or (4bytes for 32-bit -9223372036854775808 to

OS) 9223372036854775807

unsigned long 8 bytes 0 to 18446744073709551615

To get the exact size of a type or a variable on a particular platform, you can use
the sizeof operator. The expressions sizeof(type) yields the storage size of the object or
type in bytes. Given below is an example to get the size of various type on a machine
using different constant defined in limits.h header file:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<limits.h>
#include<float.h>
int main(int argc,char** argv){
printf("CHAR_BIT : %d\n", CHAR_BIT);
printf("CHAR_MAX : %d\n", CHAR_MAX);
printf("CHAR_MIN : %d\n", CHAR_MIN);
printf("INT_MAX : %d\n", INT_MAX);
printf("INT_MIN : %d\n", INT_MIN);
printf("LONG_MAX : %ld\n",(long) LONG_MAX);
printf("LONG_MIN : %ld\n",(long) LONG_MIN);
printf("SCHAR_MAX : %d\n", SCHAR_MAX);
printf("SCHAR_MIN : %d\n", SCHAR_MIN);
printf("SHRT_MAX : %d\n", SHRT_MAX);
printf("SHRT_MIN : %d\n", SHRT_MIN);
printf("UCHAR_MAX : %d\n", UCHAR_MAX);
printf("UINT_MAX : %u\n",(unsignedint) UINT_MAX);
printf("ULONG_MAX : %lu\n",(unsignedlong) ULONG_MAX);
printf("USHRT_MAX : %d\n",(unsignedshort) USHRT_MAX);
return0;
}
When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result
(specifically for Linux):

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CHAR_BIT : 8
CHAR_MAX : 127
CHAR_MIN : -128
INT_MAX : 2147483647
INT_MIN : -2147483648
LONG_MAX : 9223372036854775807
LONG_MIN : -9223372036854775808
SCHAR_MAX : 127
SCHAR_MIN : -128
SHRT_MAX : 32767
SHRT_MIN : -32768
UCHAR_MAX : 255
UINT_MAX : 4294967295
ULONG_MAX : 18446744073709551615
USHRT_MAX : 65535

Floating-Point Types
The following table provides the details of standard floating-point types with storage
sizes and value ranges and their precision:

Type Storage size Value range Precision

float 4 byte 1.2E-38 to 3.4E+38 6 decimal places

double 8 byte 2.3E-308 to 1.7E+308 15 decimal places

The header file float.h defines macros that allow you to use these values and other
details about the binary representation of real numbers in your programs. The following
example prints the storage space taken by a float type and its range values:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<limits.h>
#include<float.h>

int main(int argc,char** argv){

printf("Storage size for float : %d \n",sizeof(float));

printf("FLT_MAX : %g\n",(float) FLT_MAX);
printf("FLT_MIN : %g\n",(float) FLT_MIN);
printf("-FLT_MAX : %g\n",(float)-FLT_MAX);
printf("-FLT_MIN : %g\n",(float)-FLT_MIN);
printf("DBL_MAX : %g\n",(double) DBL_MAX);
printf("DBL_MIN : %g\n",(double) DBL_MIN);
printf("-DBL_MAX : %g\n",(double)-DBL_MAX);
printf("Precision value: %d\n", FLT_DIG );

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return0;
}
When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result on
Linux:
Storage size for float : 4
FLT_MAX : 3.40282e+38
FLT_MIN : 1.17549e-38
-FLT_MAX : -3.40282e+38
-FLT_MIN : -1.17549e-38
DBL_MAX : 1.79769e+308
DBL_MIN : 2.22507e-308
-DBL_MAX : -1.79769e+308
Precision value: 6
Void Type
The void type specifies that no value is available. It is used in the following kinds of
situations:

Sr.No. Types & Description

1
Function returns as void
There are various functions in C which do not return any value or you can say they
return void. A function with no return value has the return type as void. For
example, void exit (int status);

2
Function arguments as void
There are various functions in C which do not accept any parameter. A function with
no parameter can accept a void. For example, int rand(void);

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5.6 Arithmatic Operators in C
An operator is a symbol that tells the compiler to perform specific mathematical or
logical functions. C language is rich in built-in operators and provides the following
types of operators −
 Arithmetic Operators
 Relational Operators
 Logical Operators
 Bitwise Operators
 Assignment Operators
 Miscellaneous Operators
Arithmetic Operators
The following table shows all the arithmetic operators supported by the C language.
Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then:

Operator Description Example

+ Adds two operands. A + B = 30

− Subtracts second operand from the first. A − B = -10

* Multiplies both operands. A * B = 200

/ Divides numerator by de-numerator. B/A=2

% Modulus Operator and remainder of after an integer B%A=0

division.

++ Increment operator increases the integer value by A++ = 11

one.

-- Decrement operator decreases the integer value by A-- = 9

one.

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Example
See the following example to understand all the arithmetic operators available in C:
#include<stdio.h>

main(){

int a =21;
int b =10;
int c ;

c = a + b;
printf("Line 1 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a - b;
printf("Line 2 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a * b;
printf("Line 3 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a / b;
printf("Line 4 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a % b;
printf("Line 5 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a++;
printf("Line 6 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a--;
printf("Line 7 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
}

When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result −
Line 1 - Value of c is 31
Line 2 - Value of c is 11
Line 3 - Value of c is 210
Line 4 - Value of c is 2
Line 5 - Value of c is 1
Line 6 - Value of c is 21
Line 7 - Value of c is 22

Relational Operators
The following table shows all the relational operators supported by C. Assume
variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then:

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Operator Description Example

== Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not. If yes, then the (A == B)
condition becomes true. is not
true.
!= Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not. If the values are (A != B)
not equal, then the condition becomes true. is true.

> Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right (A > B) is
operand. If yes, then the condition becomes true. not true.

< Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right (A < B) is
operand. If yes, then the condition becomes true. true.

>= Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value (A >= B)
of right operand. If yes, then the condition becomes true. is not
true.

<= Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of (A <= B)
right operand. If yes, then the condition becomes true. is true.

Example
See the following example to understand all the relational operators available in C:
#include<stdio.h>

main(){

int a =21;
int b =10;
int c ;

if( a == b ){
printf("Line 1 - a is equal to b\n");
}else{
printf("Line 1 - a is not equal to b\n");
}

if( a < b ){
printf("Line 2 - a is less than b\n");
}else{
printf("Line 2 - a is not less than b\n");
}

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if( a > b ){
printf("Line 3 - a is greater than b\n");
}else{
printf("Line 3 - a is not greater than b\n");
}

/* Lets change value of a and b */

a =5;
b =20;

if( a <= b ){
printf("Line 4 - a is either less than or equal to b\n");
}

if( b >= a ){
printf("Line 5 - b is either greater than or equal to b\n");
}
}

When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following
result:
Line 1 - a is not equal to b
Line 2 - a is not less than b
Line 3 - a is greater than b
Line 4 - a is either less than or equal to b
Line 5 - b is either greater than or equal to b

Logical Operators
The Following table shows all the logical operators supported by C language. Assume
variable A holds 1 and variable B holds 0, then:

Operator Description Example

&& Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are non-zero, (A && B) is
then the condition becomes true. false.

|| Called Logical OR Operator. If any of the two operands is non- (A || B) is true.

zero, then the condition becomes true.

! Called Logical NOT Operator. It is used to reverse the logical !(A && B) is
state of its operand. If a condition is true, then Logical NOT true.
operator will make it false.

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Example
See the following example to understand all the logical operators available in C:
#include<stdio.h>

main(){

int a =5;
int b =20;
int c ;

if( a && b ){
printf("Line 1 - Condition is true\n");
}

if( a || b ){
printf("Line 2 - Condition is true\n");
}

/* lets change the value of a and b */

a =0;
b =10;

if( a && b ){
printf("Line 3 - Condition is true\n");
}else{
printf("Line 3 - Condition is not true\n");
}

if(!(a && b)){

printf("Line 4 - Condition is true\n");
}

When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result:
Line 1 - Condition is true
Line 2 - Condition is true
Line 3 - Condition is not true
Line 4 - Condition is true

Bitwise Operators
Bitwise operator works on bits and perform bit-by-bit operation. The truth tables for &,
|, and ^ is as follows:

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 p Q p&q p|q p^q

0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1 1

1 1 1 1 0

1 0 0 1 1

Assume A = 60 and B = 13 in binary format, they will be as follows:

A = 0011 1100
B = 0000 1101
-----------------
A&B = 0000 1100
A|B = 0011 1101
A^B = 0011 0001
~A = 1100 0011
The following table lists the bitwise operators supported by C. Assume variable 'A'
holds 60 and variable 'B' holds 13, then:

Operator Description Example

& Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both (A & B) = 12,
operands. i.e., 0000
1100

| Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in either operand. (A | B) = 61,

i.e., 0011
1101

^ Binary XOR Operator copies the bit if it is set in one operand but (A ^ B) = 49,
not both. i.e., 0011
0001

~ Binary One's Complement Operator is unary and has the effect of (~A ) = ~(60),
'flipping' bits. i.e,. -0111101

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 << Binary Left Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved left A << 2 = 240
by the number of bits specified by the right operand. i.e., 1111
0000

>> Binary Right Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved right A >> 2 = 15
by the number of bits specified by the right operand. i.e., 0000
1111

Example
See the following example to understand all the bitwise operators available in C:
#include<stdio.h>

main(){

unsignedint a =60; /* 60 = 0011 1100 */

unsignedint b =13; /* 13 = 0000 1101 */
int c =0;

c = a & b;/* 12 = 0000 1100 */

printf("Line 1 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a | b;/* 61 = 0011 1101 */

printf("Line 2 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a ^ b;/* 49 = 0011 0001 */

printf("Line 3 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c =~a;/*-61 = 1100 0011 */

printf("Line 4 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a <<2;/* 240 = 1111 0000 */

printf("Line 5 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a >>2;/* 15 = 0000 1111 */

printf("Line 6 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
}

When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result:
Line 1 - Value of c is 12
Line 2 - Value of c is 61
Line 3 - Value of c is 49
Line 4 - Value of c is -61
Line 5 - Value of c is 240
Line 6 - Value of c is 15

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Assignment Operators
The following table lists the assignment operators supported by the C language:

Operator Description Example

= Simple assignment operator. Assigns values from right C = A + B will assign

side operands to left side operand the value of A + B to C

+= Add AND assignment operator. It adds the right operand

C += A is equivalent to
to the left operand and assign the result to the left
C=C+A
operand.

-= Subtract AND assignment operator. It subtracts the right

C -= A is equivalent to
operand from the left operand and assigns the result to the
C=C-A
left operand.

*= Multiply AND assignment operator. It multiplies the right

C *= A is equivalent to
operand with the left operand and assigns the result to the
C=C*A
left operand.

/= Divide AND assignment operator. It divides the left

C /= A is equivalent to
operand with the right operand and assigns the result to
C=C/A
the left operand.

%= Modulus AND assignment operator. It takes modulus

C %= A is equivalent to
using two operands and assigns the result to the left
C=C%A
operand.

<<= Left shift AND assignment operator. C <<= 2 is same as C =

C << 2

>>= Right shift AND assignment operator. C >>= 2 is same as C =

C >> 2

&= Bitwise AND assignment operator. C &= 2 is same as C =

C&2

^= Bitwise exclusive OR and assignment operator. C ^= 2 is same as C = C

^2

|= Bitwise inclusive OR and assignment operator. C |= 2 is same as C = C

|2

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Example
Try the following example to understand all the assignment operators available in C:
#include<stdio.h>

main(){

int a =21;
int c ;

c = a;
printf("Line 1 - = Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c += a;
printf("Line 2 - += Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c -= a;
printf("Line 3 - -= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c *= a;
printf("Line 4 - *= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c /= a;
printf("Line 5 - /= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c =200;
c %= a;
printf("Line 6 - %= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c <<=2;
printf("Line 7 - <<= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c >>=2;
printf("Line 8 - >>= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c &=2;
printf("Line 9 - &= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c ^=2;
printf("Line 10 - ^= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );

c |=2;
printf("Line 11 - |= Operator Example, Value of c = %d\n", c );
}

When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result:

Line 1 - = Operator Example, Value of c = 21

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Line 2 - += Operator Example, Value of c = 42
Line 3 - -= Operator Example, Value of c = 21
Line 4 - *= Operator Example, Value of c = 441
Line 5 - /= Operator Example, Value of c = 21
Line 6 - %= Operator Example, Value of c = 11
Line 7 - <<= Operator Example, Value of c = 44
Line 8 - >>= Operator Example, Value of c = 11
Line 9 - &= Operator Example, Value of c = 2
Line 10 - ^= Operator Example, Value of c = 0
Line 11 - |= Operator Example, Value of c = 2

Operators Precedence in C
Operator precedence determines the grouping of terms in an expression and decides how
an expression is evaluated. Certain operators have higher precedence than others; for
example, the multiplication operator has a higher precedence than the addition operator.
For example, x = 7 + 3 * 2; here, x is assigned 13, not 20 because operator * has a higher
precedence than +, so it first gets multiplied with 3*2 and then adds into 7.
Here, operators with the highest precedence appear at the top of the table, those with the
lowest appear at the bottom. Within an expression, higher precedence operators will be
evaluated first.

Category Operator Associativity

Postfix () [] -> . ++ - - Left to right

Unary + - ! ~ ++ - - (type)* & sizeof Right to left

Multiplicative */% Left to right

Additive +- Left to right

Shift <<>> Left to right

Relational <<= >>= Left to right

Equality == != Left to right

Bitwise AND & Left to right

Bitwise XOR ^ Left to right

Bitwise OR | Left to right

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 Logical AND && Left to right

Logical OR || Left to right

Conditional ?: Right to left

Assignment = += -= *= /= %=>>= <<= &= ^= |= Right to left

Comma , Left to right

Example
Understand the following example to understand operator precedence in C:
#include<stdio.h>

main(){

int a =20;
int b =10;
int c =15;
int d =5;
int e;

e =(a + b)* c / d;// ( 30 * 15 ) / 5

printf("Value of (a + b) * c / d is : %d\n", e );

e =((a + b)* c)/ d;// (30 * 15 ) / 5

printf("Value of ((a + b) * c) / d is : %d\n", e );

e =(a + b)*(c / d);// (30) * (15/5)

printf("Value of (a + b) * (c / d) is : %d\n", e );

e = a +(b * c)/ d;// 20 + (150/5)

printf("Value of a + (b * c) / d is : %d\n", e );

return0;
}

When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result:
Value of (a + b) * c / d is : 90
Value of ((a + b) * c) / d is : 90
Value of (a + b) * (c / d) is : 90
Value of a + (b * c) / d is : 50

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5.7 Decision Making
Decision making structures require that the programmer specifies one or more
conditions to be evaluated or tested by the program, along with a statement or statements
to be executed. If the condition is determined to be true, some specific statements are
executed and if false, then other set of statements are executed.
Shown below is the general form of a typical decision-making structure found in most of
the programming languages:

Fig. 5.8 Flowchart of Decision Making in C

C programming language assumes any non-zero and non-null values as true, and if it is
either zero or null, then it is assumed as false value. C programming language provides
the following types of decision-making statements:

Sr.No. Statement & Description

1 if statement
An if statement consists of a boolean expression followed by one or more statements.

2 if...else statement
An if statement can be followed by an optional else statement, which executes when
the Boolean expression is false.

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 3 nested if statements
You can use one if or else if statement inside another if or else if statement(s).

4 switch statement
A switch statement allows a variable to be tested for equality against a list of values.

5 nested switch statements

You can use one switch statement inside another switch statement(s).

If-else Statement
An if statement can be followed by an optional else statement, which executes when the
Boolean expression is false.

Syntax
The syntax of an if...else statement in C programming language is:
if(boolean_expression) {
/* statement(s) will execute if the boolean expression is true
*/
} else {
/* statement(s) will execute if the boolean expression is false
*/
}

If the Boolean expression evaluates to true, then the if block will be executed,
otherwise, the else block will be executed.
C programming language assumes any non-zero and non-null values as true, and if it is
either zero or null, then it is assumed as false value.

Example
#include<stdio.h>

int main (){

/* local variable definition */

int a =100;

/* check the boolean condition */

if( a <20){
/* if condition is true then print the following */

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 printf("a is less than 20\n");
}else{
/* if condition is false then print the following */
printf("a is not less than 20\n");
}

printf("value of a is : %d\n", a);

return0;
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
a is not less than 20;
value of a is : 100

Nested If Statements
It is always legal in C programming to nest if-else statements, which means you can use
one if or else if statement inside another if or else if statement(s).

Syntax
The syntax for a nested if statement is as follows:
if( boolean_expression 1) {

/* Executes when the boolean expression 1 is true */

if(boolean_expression 2) {
/* Executes when the boolean expression 2 is true */
}
}
You can nested else if...else in the similar way as you have nested if statements.

Example

#include<stdio.h>

int main (){

/* local variable definition */

int a =100;
int b =200;

/* check the boolean condition */

if( a ==100){

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/* if condition is true then check the following */
if( b ==200){
/* if condition is true then print the following */
printf("Value of a is 100 and b is 200\n");
}
}

printf("Exact value of a is : %d\n", a );

printf("Exact value of b is : %d\n", b );

return0;
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
Value of a is 100 and b is 200
Exact value of a is : 100
Exact value of b is : 200

Switch Statements
A switch statement allows a variable to be tested for equality against a list of values.
Each value is called a case, and the variable being switched on is checked for
each switch case.

Syntax
The syntax for a switch statement in C programming language is as follows:
switch(expression){

case constant-expression :
statement(s);
break;/* optional */

case constant-expression :
statement(s);
break;/* optional */

/* you can have any number of case statements */

default:/* Optional */
statement(s);
}

The following rules apply to a switch statement:

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  The expression used in a switch statement must have an integral or enumerated
type, or be of a class type in which the class has a single conversion function to
an integral or enumerated type.

 You can have any number of case statements within a switch. Each case is
followed by the value to be compared to and a colon.

 The constant-expression for a case must be the same data type as the variable in
the switch, and it must be a constant or a literal.

 When the variable being switched on is equal to a case, the statements following
that case will execute until a break statement is reached.

 When a break statement is reached, the switch terminates, and the flow of control
jumps to the next line following the switch statement.

 Not every case needs to contain a break. If no break appears, the flow of control
will fall through to subsequent cases until a break is reached.

 A switch statement can have an optional default case, which must appear at the
end of the switch. The default case can be used for performing a task when none
of the cases is true. No break is needed in the default case.

Example
#include<stdio.h>

int main (){

/* local variable definition */

char grade ='B';

switch(grade){
case'A':
printf("Excellent!\n");
break;
case'B':
case'C':
printf("Well done\n");

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break;
case'D':
printf("You passed\n");
break;
case'F':
printf("Better try again\n");
break;
default:
printf("Invalid grade\n");
}

printf("Your grade is %c\n", grade );

return0;
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
Well done
Your grade is B
5.8 Loops in C
Loops are used when a block of code needs to be executed several times. In general,
statements are executed sequentially: The first statement in a function is executed first,
followed by the second, and so on. Programming languages provide various control
structures that allow for more complicated execution paths.
C programming language provides the following types of loops to handle looping
requirements.

Loop Type & Description

while loop
Repeats a statement or group of statements while a given condition is true. It tests the condition
before executing the loop body.

for loop
Executes a sequence of statements multiple times and abbreviates the code that manages the
loop variable.

do...while loop
It is more like a while statement, except that it tests the condition at the end of the loop body.

nested loops
You can use one or more loops inside any other while, for, or do..while loop.

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While Loop
A while loop in C programming repeatedly executes a target statement as long as a given
condition is true.
Syntax
The syntax of a while loop in C programming language is:
while(condition) {
statement(s); }
Here, statement(s) may be a single statement or a block of statements.
The condition may be any expression, and true is any nonzero value. The loop iterates
while the condition is true.
When the condition becomes false, the program control passes to the line immediately
following the loop.
Example
#include<stdio.h>

int main (){

/* local variable definition */

int a =10;

/* while loop execution */

while( a <20){
printf("value of a: %d\n", a);
a++;
}

return0;
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
value of a: 10
value of a: 11
value of a: 12
value of a: 13
value of a: 14
value of a: 15
value of a: 16
value of a: 17
value of a: 18
value of a: 19

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For Loop
A for loop is a repetition control structure that allows you to efficiently write a loop that
needs to execute a specific number of times.
Syntax
The syntax of a for loop in C programming language is:
for ( init; condition; increment ) {
statement(s);
}
Below is the flow of control in a 'for' loop −
 The init step is executed first, and only once. This step allows you to declare and
initialize any loop control variables. You are not required to put a statement here,
as long as a semicolon appears.
 Next, the condition is evaluated. If it is true, the body of the loop is executed. If it
is false, the body of the loop does not execute and the flow of control jumps to
the next statement just after the 'for' loop.
 After the body of the 'for' loop executes, the flow of control jumps back up to
the increment statement. This statement allows you to update any loop control
variables. This statement can be left blank, as long as a semicolon appears after
the condition.
 The condition is now evaluated again. If it is true, the loop executes and the
process repeats itself (body of loop, then increment step, and then again
condition). After the condition becomes false, the 'for' loop terminates.

Example
#include<stdio.h>

int main (){

int a;

/* for loop execution */

for( a =10; a <20; a = a +1){

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 printf("value of a: %d\n", a);
}

return0;
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
value of a: 10
value of a: 11
value of a: 12
value of a: 13
value of a: 14
value of a: 15
value of a: 16
value of a: 17
value of a: 18
value of a: 19

Loop Control Statements

Loop control statements change execution from its normal sequence. When execution
leaves a scope, all automatic objects that were created in that scope are destroyed. C
supports the following control statements.

Control Statement & Description

break statement
Terminates the loop or switch statement and transfers execution to the statement
immediately following the loop or switch.

continue statement
Causes the loop to skip the remainder of its body and immediately retest its condition
prior to reiterating.

goto statement
Transfers control to the labeled statement.
The break statement in C programming has the following two usages −
 When a break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately
terminated and the program control resumes at the next statement following the
loop.
 It can be used to terminate a case in the switch statement (covered in the next
chapter).

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If you are using nested loops, the break statement will stop the execution of the
innermost loop and start executing the next line of code after the block.
Syntax
The syntax for a break statement in C is as follows:
break;

5.9 Functions in C
A function is a group of statements that together perform a task. Every C program has at
least one function, which is main(), and all the most trivial programs can define
additional functions. You can divide up your code into separate functions. How you
divide up your code among different functions is up to you, but logically the division is
such that each function performs a specific task.
A function declaration tells the compiler about a function's name, return type, and
parameters. A function definition provides the actual body of the function.
The C standard library provides numerous built-in functions that your program can call.
For example, strcat() to concatenate two strings, memcpy() to copy one memory
location to another location, and many more functions.
A function can also be referred as a method or a sub-routine or a procedure, etc.
Defining a Function
The general form of a function definition in C programming language is as follows:
return_type function_name( parameter list ){
body of the function
}
The following are the parts of a function −
 Return Type − A function may return a value. The return_type is the data type
of the value the function returns. Some functions perform the desired operations
without returning a value. In this case, the return_type is the keyword void.
 Function Name − This is the actual name of the function. The function name and
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  Parameters − A parameter is like a placeholder. When a function is invoked, you
pass a value to the parameter. This value is referred to as actual parameter or
argument. The parameter list refers to the type, order, and number of the
parameters of a function. Parameters are optional; that is, a function may contain
no parameters.
 Function Body − The function body contains a collection of statements that
define what the function does.
Example
Given below is the source code for a function called max(). This function takes two
parameters num1 and num2 and returns the maximum value between the two.
/* function returning the max between two numbers */
int max(int num1,int num2){

/* local variable declaration */

int result;

if(num1 > num2)

result = num1;
else
result = num2;

return result;
}
Function Declarations
A function declaration tells the compiler about a function name and how to call the
function. The actual body of the function can be defined separately. A function
declaration has the following parts:
return_type function_name( parameter list );
For the above defined function max(), the function declaration is as follows −
int max(int num1, int num2);
Parameter names are not important in function declaration only their type is required, so
the following is also a valid declaration:
int max(int, int);

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Function declaration is required when you define a function in one source file and you
call that function in another file. In such case, you should declare the function at the top
of the file calling the function.
Calling a Function
To use a function, you will have to call that function to perform the defined task. When a
program calls a function, the program control is transferred to the called function. A
called function performs a defined task and when its return statement is executed or
when its function-ending closing brace is reached, it returns the program control back to
the main program.
To call a function, you simply need to pass the required parameters along with the
function name, and if the function returns a value, then you can store the returned value.
For example:
#include<stdio.h>

/* function declaration */
int max(int num1,int num2);

int main (){

/* local variable definition */

int a =100;
int b =200;
int ret;

/* calling a function to get max value */

ret = max(a, b);

printf("Max value is : %d\n", ret );

return0;
}

/* function returning the max between two numbers */

int max(int num1,int num2){

/* local variable declaration */

int result;

if(num1 > num2)

result = num1;

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else
result = num2;

return result;
}
We have kept max() along with main() and compiled the source code. While running the
final executable, it would produce the following result:
Max value is : 200

5.10 Arrays in C
Arrays a kind of data structure that can store a fixed-size sequential collection of
elements of the same type. An array is used to store a collection of data, but it is often
more useful to think of an array as a collection of variables of the same type. Instead of
declaring individual variables, such as number0, number1, ..., and number99, you
declare one array variable such as numbers and use numbers[0], numbers[1], and ...,
numbers[99] to represent individual variables. A specific element in an array is accessed
by an index.
All arrays consist of contiguous memory locations. The lowest address corresponds to
the first element and the highest address to the last element.

Declaring Arrays
To declare an array in C, a programmer specifies the type of the elements and the
number of elements required by an array as follows:
type arrayName [ arraySize ];
This is called a single-dimensional array. The arraySize must be an integer constant
greater than zero and type can be any valid C data type. For example, to declare a 10-
element array called balance of type double, use this statement:
double balance[10];
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Initializing Arrays
You can initialize an array in C either one by one or using a single statement as follows:
double balance[5] = {1000.0, 2.0, 3.4, 7.0, 50.0};
The number of values between braces { } cannot be larger than the number of elements
that we declare for the array between square brackets [ ].
If you omit the size of the array, an array just big enough to hold the initialization is
created. Therefore, if you write:
double balance[] = {1000.0, 2.0, 3.4, 7.0, 50.0};
You will create exactly the same array as you did in the previous example. Following is
an example to assign a single element of the array:
balance[4] = 50.0;
The above statement assigns the 5th element in the array with a value of 50.0. All arrays
have 0 as the index of their first element which is also called the base index and the last
index of an array will be total size of the array minus 1. Shown below is the pictorial
representation of the array we discussed above:

Accessing Array Elements

An element is accessed by indexing the array name. This is done by placing the index of
the element within square brackets after the name of the array. For example:
double salary = balance[9];
The above statement will take the 10th element from the array and assign the value to
salary variable. The following example Shows how to use all the three above mentioned
concepts viz. declaration, assignment, and accessing arrays:
#include<stdio.h>

int main (){

int n[10];/* n is an array of 10 integers */

int i,j;

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/* initialize elements of array n to 0 */
for( i =0; i <10; i++){
n[ i ]= i +100;/* set element at location i to i + 100 */
}

/* output each array element's value */

for(j =0; j <10; j++){
printf("Element[%d] = %d\n", j, n[j]);
}

return0;
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
Element[0] = 100
Element[1] = 101
Element[2] = 102
Element[3] = 103
Element[4] = 104
Element[5] = 105
Element[6] = 106
Element[7] = 107
Element[8] = 108
Element[9] = 109

5.11 Strings in C
Strings are actually one-dimensional array of characters terminated by a null character
'\0'. Thus, a null-terminated string contains the characters that comprise the string
followed by a null.
The following declaration and initialization create a string consisting of the word
"Hello". To hold the null character at the end of the array, the size of the character array
containing the string is one more than the number of characters in the word "Hello."
char greeting[6] = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', '\0'};
If you follow the rule of array initialization then you can write the above statement as
follows:
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 There is no need to place the null character at the end of a string constant. The C
compiler automatically places the '\0' at the end of the string when it initializes the array.
Let us try to print the above mentioned string:
#include<stdio.h>

int main (){

char greeting[6]={'H','e','l','l','o','\0'};
printf("Greeting message: %s\n", greeting );
return0;
}
When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
Greeting message: Hello

Teacher Notes:
 Inbuilt string handling functions can also be taught i.e., strcpy and strtok etc.

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Mult Exercise
Select the most appropriate option.

1. Which of the following characters are used to comment in C.

a. \\b. /* */ c. % d. Both a and b

2. Which one of the following is a format specifier of char.

a. %db.&l c. %c d. Both a and b

3. Which of the following functions is used to take inputs from users.

a. sprintf() b. printf() c. scanf() d. None of these

4. Which one of the following is a format specifier of string.

a. %s b. &l c. %c d. Both a and b

5. Which one of the following is a format specifier of int.

a. %d b. &l c. %c d. Both a and b

Answer the following question.

1. Write a program to take input of name, rollno and marks obtained by a student in 5
subjects.Each subject have 100 full marks.Display the name, roll no with
percentage score secured.
2. Write a program to add two numbers (5&7) and display its sum.
3. Write a program to input marks of 5 subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Math, English
& Biology) for a student. Display the rank of each subjects and also the result of
total marks and percentage obtained with his/her rank in the class. The rank is
categorized as fail (marks < 40%), pass & third division (marks between 40 to

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 55%), second (marks between 55 to 65%), first (marks between 65 to 80%),
Distinction (marks between 80 to 95%), extra ordinary (marks above 95 to 100%).
4. Write a program to input two integer numbers and display the sum of even
numbers between these two input numbers.
5. Write a program to add, subtract, multiply and divide two integers using user
defined type function with return type.
6. Write a program to find separately the sum of the positive and negative integer
elements of an array of size 10. Define a function called sortarray(int[]), pass the
array to this function and display the array elements into ascending order.
7. Write a program to read a sentence and count the number of characters &words in
that sentence.

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 Chapter 6
Computer Security

After Studying this chapter, you will be able to

 differentiate computer security and cyber security.
 understand information system and information system assets.
 understand threats to information system assets.
 describe attack vector, understand malware and its type.
 understand the basic of: confidentiality, integrity, authentication, availability, and accountability.
 understand basic techniques used for confidentiality, integrity and availability.
 understand protection and various tools to protect information system from intruders and hacker.
 download and install anti malware software online and from DVD/CD.
 update anti malware database/repository and perform complete malware scan on any system.
 delete / quarantine all the malware successfully which are detected as a result of scan.
 know well-known firewalls and knowledge of: users account, privileges setting, IP, zones etc.
 describe process of configuring a firewall for: deletion of default account, renaming an account.
 ensuring password protection and applying privileges setting.
 setting inbound and outbound setting and its importance, access control list.
 knowledge of logging services in firewall, reports and logs and explain its importance.
 know about encryption and decryption, encryption tools used in windows.
 perform encryption of drive data using encryption tool.
 understand backup and restore and know importance of schedule backup.
 describe tools used in windows for backup and restore.
 perform backup a data and perform restoring a data.

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6.1 Computer Security and Cyber Security
Computer security means dealing with the security of a computer’s software and
hardware. One of the most important aspects of computer security is keeping stand-alone
machines updated and properly patched.
Cyber security, on the other hand, involves the security of individual computers plus the
network they belong to and the intercommunication between all the computers in an
organization. It can be easy to remember the difference by knowing that the meaning of
the word ‘cyber’ is a ‘culture of computers.’ It encompasses everything that is connected.
Common Security Threats
There is always an ever-evolving list of security threats and dangers. Some of the most
common cyber threats are:
Virusesare malicious programs that get loaded onto victims’ computers without their
knowledge or permission. Typically, they replicate and infect files and programs installed
on the computer.
Worms are software programs that will copy themselves from one computer to another,
automatically. They use up disk space and can quickly replicate with larger volumes and
speed.
Keylogger or a keystroke logger tracks the real-time activity of someone using their
computer. It records every keystroke made on a keyboard and is a powerful threat as it
can steal individuals’ usernames, passwords and login credentials.
Botnet are when a group of computers connected online have all been compromised by a
hacker using a virus. The victims’ computers are typically then used for malicious
activities and bigger attacks such as denial-of-service attacks.
Phishing is when criminal disguises themselves as a business or individual to steal
sensitive data or personal information, typically via fraudulent emails and malicious
links. Phishing is so dangerous because it is easy to execute and hackers are getting more
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6.2 Information Systems
Information systems incorporate computers to help manage data and achieve business
objectives, they do not necessarily have to include computers. There are different types of
information systems that can serve a variety of purposes depending on an organization’s
needs. Examples include:
 Data warehouses: Data warehouses are data management systems that support
analytics and other business intelligence activities. They consolidate and analyze
data from a large variety of sources. Data warehouses can provide insight into
businesses to help improve decision-making.
 Enterprise systems: Enterprise systems, also known as enterprise resource
planning (ERP) systems, are integrated systems that combine all the hardware and
software a business uses for different functions in its operations. These
organization-wide systems help information flow between departments and allow
processes from different parts of the business to be integrated across a company.
 Expert systems: Expert systems use artificial intelligence to mimic human
decision-making. The software uses human knowledge to solve problems that
would typically require a person’s expertise. Expert systems can be applied in
areas such as medical diagnoses, accounting and coding.
 Geographic information systems: Geographic information systems (GIS) are
tools that gather, organize, map and analyze data with a spatial component. GIS
can improve analysis and decision-making by allowing users to visualize data on a
map. Global information systems are a type of GIS that synthesize worldwide
data.
 Office automation systems: Office automation systems combine communication
technology, people and computers to help perform office activities, such as
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6.2.1 Components of Information Systems
Every information system includes several key components: hardware, software,
telecommunications, people and data.
 Hardware refers to the physical pieces of the information system
 Software is the programming that controls the information system
 Telecommunication transmits information through the system
 Humans manage and interact with the information system
 Data is information stored within and processed by the system.
Hardware
The hardware component of an information system comprises the physical elements of
the system. People can touch and feel pieces of hardware. These mechanisms, equipment
and wiring allow systems like computers, smartphones and tablets to function.
Input and output devices are essential pieces of technology that allow humans to interact
with computers and other information systems. Keyboards, mice, microphones and
scanners are all examples of input devices.
Output devices might include printers, monitors, speakers and sound and video cards.
Pieces of hardware including microprocessors, hard drives, electric power supply units,
and removable storage also allow computers to store and process data.
Software
Software are the intangible programs that manage information system functions,
including input, output, processing and storage. System software – such as the MacOS or
Microsoft Windows operating systems – provides a base for application software to
run.Application software operates programs for particular uses in information systems.
For instance, word processing applications are used to create and edit text
documents. Graphical user interface (GUI) software is among the most common
application software.It presents the information stored in computers and allows users to
interact with computers through digital graphics – such as icons, buttons and scroll bars –
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Software can be either open source or closed source. Open-source software coding is
publicly available for users and programmers to manipulate, whereas closed source
software is proprietary.
Telecommunications
Telecommunications systems connect computer networks and allow information to be
transmitted through them. Telecommunications networks also allow computers and
storage services to access information from the cloud.
There are a number of methods telecommunications networks use to convey information.
Coaxial cables and fiber optic cables are used by telephone, internet and cable providers
to transmit data, video and audio messages.
Local-area networks (LANs) connect computers to create computer networks in a
designated space, like a school or home. Wide-area networks (WANs) are collections of
LANs that facilitate data-sharing across large areas. A virtual private network (VPN)
allows a user to protect their online privacy by encrypting data on public
networks. Microwaves and radio waves can also be used to transmit information in
telecommunications networks.
Data
Data are intangible, raw facts that are stored, transmitted, analysed and processed by
other components of information systems. Data are often stored as numerical facts, and
they represent quantitative or qualitative information. Data can be stored in a database or
data warehouse, in a form that best suits the organization using it.
Databases contain collections of data that can be queried or retrieved for specific
purposes. Databases allow users to perform fundamental operations, such as storage and
retrieval. Data warehouses, on the other hand, store data from multiple sources for
analytical purposes. They allow users to assess an organization or its operations.
Human Resources
Human resources are a crucial part of information systems. The human component of
information systems encompasses the qualified people who influence and manipulate the
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include business analysts, information security analysts or system analysts.Business
analysts work to elevate an organization’s operations and processes. They often focus on
improving efficiency and productivity or streamlining distribution. Information security
analysts work to prevent data breaches and cybersecurity attacks.
6.3 Importance of Computer Security
Computer Security is, basically the preservation of computing systems and the
information that they save and / or retrieve. Computer Security is important as it enables
people to perform their work and study. It helps in the execution of essential business
processes, and safeguards confidential and sensitive information.
Attack Vector
An attack vector is a path or means by which an attacker or hacker can gain access to a
computer or network server in order to deliver a payload or malicious outcome. Attack
vectors enable hackers to exploit system vulnerabilities, including the human
element.Common cyber attack vectors include viruses and malware (intrusive software),
email attachments, webpages, pop-up windows, instant messages (IMs), chatrooms and
deception. Deception is when a human operator is fooled into removing or weakening
system defences.Firewalls and antivirus software can block attack vectors. But no
protection method is totally attack-proof.
6.4 Losses in case of Security Attacks
Productivity Loss
Losses that result from an organization's inability to deliver its products or services.
Response Loss
Losses that are associated with managing the event itself. This form of loss will be the
most common across your analyses.
Replacement Loss
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Fines and Judgments
Penalties levied against an organization through civil, criminal or contractual actions,
usually the result of a Confidentiality related scenario.
Reputation Damage
Losses associated with an external actor's perception of your organization whereby its
main value proposition is diminished.
6.5 Difference between hacker and a Cracker
There are a lot of dissimilarities between hackers and crackers, and one should not use
them interchangeably. The main difference between hackers and crackers can be
observed through the following points:
 Hackers are people who use their knowledge for a good purpose and do not
damage the data, whereas a cracker is someone who breaks into the system with a
malicious purpose and damages data intentionally.
 Hackers possess advanced knowledge of computer systems and programming
languages, while crackers might not necessarily be so skilled and well-versed with
computing knowledge.
 The hackers work for an organization to improvise their network and solve any
issues. Crackers are someone from whom the hacker protects the organization.
Crackers work just because a system might be challenging or to get illegal gains.
 Hacking is ethical, while cracking is illegal and unethical.
 Hackers have ethical certificates, while the Crackers do not possess any
certificates.
 Hackers continuously work towards making new tools rather than using the
existing ones. The crackers, on the other hand, have inadequate computing
knowledge to make new tools and use tools already used by other crackers.
Do you know
 In common language, the word hacker is mostly used instead of cracker. In this book, the
word hacker is used throughout instead of cracker. While, Section 6.5 describes their
differences.

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Risk vs. threat vs. vulnerability
Risk is any possibility for loss, damage or destruction of assets or data caused by a
cyber threat. Threat is a process that magnifies the likelihood of a negative event, such
as the exploit of a vulnerability. A vulnerability is a weakness in your infrastructure,
networks or applications that potentially exposes you to threats. When a threat targets a
vulnerability that exists in your IT infrastructure, network or applications, it can result
in risk to your assets, data or business.
Risk: An organization’s risk profile fluctuates depending on internal and external
environmental factors. It incorporates not just the potential or probability of a negative
event, but the impact that event may have on your infrastructure. And though risk can
never be 100% eliminated—cybersecurity is a persistently moving target, after all—it
can be managed to a level that satisfies your organization’s tolerance for risk.
Threat: Today’s cybersecurity landscape roils with an endless stream of potential
threats—from malware that plants dangerous executables in your software and
ransomware that locks up your systems to specially targeted hacker attacks. All of these
threats look for a way in, a vulnerability in your environment that they can exploit.
Some threats, however, hold more potential for exploitation than others.
Vulnerability: Vulnerabilities are weak spots within your environment and your
assets—weaknesses that open you up to potential threats and increased risk. And
unfortunately, an organization can have thousands, often millions of vulnerabilities.
6.6 Features of a Secure System
Cybersecurity is the responsibility of every employee who has or accesses a computer
that belongs to the company. Standardized rules are essential so that everyone knows
what is expected of them. Here are some critical features of a sound cybersecurity policy:
Confidentiality
Confidentiality means protecting the information from being exposed to an unauthorized
party due to a data breach or insider threat. Nobody wants to deal with the fallout of a
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establish security controls for sensitive files, and establish clear information security
policies regarding devices. Confidentiality covers a spectrum of access controls and
measures that protect your information from getting misused by any unauthorized access.
The ideal way to keep your data confidential and prevent a data breach is to implement
safeguards.
A failure to maintain confidentiality means that someone who shouldn’t have access has
managed to get access to private information. Through intentional behaviour or by
accident. A failure in confidentiality can cause some serious devastation.
Some information security basics to keep your data confidential are:

1. Encryption
2. Password
3. Two-factor authentication
4. Biometric verification

Integrity
Integrity refers to the accuracy and completeness of data. Security controls focused on
integrity are designed to prevent data from being modified or misused by an unauthorized
party. Integrity involves maintaining the consistency and trustworthiness of data over its
entire life cycle. Data must not be changed in transit, and precautionary steps must be
taken to ensure that data cannot be altered by unauthorized people. For example, in a data
breach that compromises integrity, a hacker may seize data and modify it before sending
it on to the intended recipient. Some security controls designed to maintain the integrity
of information include:

1. Encryption
2. User access controls
3. Version control
4. Backup and recovery procedures
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Availability
Data availability means that information is accessible to authorized users. It provides an
assurance that your system and data can be accessed by authenticated users whenever
they’re needed. Similar to confidentiality and integrity, availability also holds great value.
Availability is typically associated with reliability and system uptime, which can be
impacted by non-malicious issues like hardware failures, unscheduled software
downtime, and human error, or malicious issues like cyberattacks and insider threats. If
the network goes down unexpectedly, users will not be able to access essential data and
applications.
Making regular off-site backups can limit the damage caused to hard drives by natural
disasters or server failure. Information only has value if the right people can access it at
the right time. Information security measures for mitigating threats to data availability
include:
1. Off-site backups
2. Disaster recovery
3. Redundancy
4. Failover
5. Proper monitoring
6. Environmental controls
7. Virtualization
8. Server clustering

Authentication
Authentication is the process of identifying users that request access to a system,
network, or device. Access control determines user identity according to credentials like
username and password. Other authentication technologies like biometrics and
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Non-repudiation
Non-repudiation is the assurance that someone cannot deny the validity of something.
Non-repudiation is a legal concept that is widely used in information security and refers
to a service, which provides proof of the origin of data and the integrity of the data.
Digital signatures (combined with other measures) can offer non-repudiation when it
comes to online transactions, where it is crucial to ensure that a party to a contract or a
communication can't deny the authenticity of their signature on a document or sending
the communication in the first place. In this context, non-repudiation refers to the ability
to ensure that a party to a contract or a communication must accept the authenticity of
their signature on a document or the sending of a message.
Accountability
Accountability is an essential part of an information security plan. The phrase means
that every individual who works with an information system should have specific
responsibilities for information assurance. One example would be a policy statement that
all employees must avoid installing outside software on a company-owned information
infrastructure.
6.7 Computer Protection
Computer protection or security is the process of protecting your computer against
unauthorized intrusions. This unauthorized intrusion includes installation of malicious
software on your computer without your consent and hackers taking over your
computer’s control so that it can be used as a botnet.

Computer Protection Basics

Once your PC security has been compromised, hackers can also take over your identity
and use it to their advantage. Like, for example, hackers can pose as ‘you’ to carry out
security attacks, can hide their actual location in case of high profile attacks and use
yours instead, and can also encrypt your computer’s data or crash it altogether. Some
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 1. Install Antivirus Software: Not just any antivirus software but one which can
offer real-time protection. Because real-time protection is crucial if your PC is to
be protected against today’s security threats. Each day a new security threat is
discovered and your antivirus software should keep up with them.
2. Implement Other Security Tools: Unfortunately, antivirus alone is not sufficient
to avoid security threats. The whole package is required – anti-malware, firewall,
and others – to combat today’s sophisticated malware. These bunch of security
tools usually are packaged and sold under the name Internet Security suite. PC
users have to implement these if they need enhanced computer protection.
3. Keep Your Computer Updated: Ensure every software within your computer is
properly patched up and up-to-date. This includes the operating system and the
other third-party software which might be a part of it. Because most of the security
threats exploit your system’s security vulnerabilities and keeping your system up-
to-date can eliminate such threats.
4. Use Complex Passwords: Another aspect which is very important but quite often
ignored are strong and unguessable passwords. Each password you possess (not
just your system password) to various accounts you might be having pose a
serious threat to your PC and your digital identity.
5. Follow Security Best Practices: Finally, follow the security best practices like
not clicking on suspicious mails, not downloading suspicious attachments, not
visiting dangerous websites etc., to keep your computer and digital identity safe.
6.7.1 Antimalware vs Firewall
Firewall and antivirus are mechanisms which provide security to systems. Firewalls help
control network traffic in the system by acting as barriers for incoming traffic.Whereas,
antiviruses protect systems against internal attacks by perceiving or spotting malicious
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Antivirus Software
Antivirus software is a cyber security mechanism. Its primary function is to scan, spot,
and inhibit any distrustful files and software from getting into the system. Additionally,
many traditional antivirus software incorporates detection of susceptibility, additional
scanning of regular antivirus, and control of internet traffic.
Selection of Appropriate Antimalware?
Whether your computer or device runs Android, Mac or Windows, cybercriminals have
sophisticated attacks to target machines across operating systems (OS). Choosing an
antivirus software that's designed for your OS and tailored to your computing behaviours
is important. Not all antivirus software is created equal, so there are following factors to
consider:
1. Does your antivirus software protect you from major threats?
2. Does your program offer real-time prevention and rapid infection removal?
3. Does your software run accurately and efficiently?
4. Is your antivirus software easy to use?
6.7.2 Installing an antivirus program on a computer
To install an antivirus program on your computer, follow the steps below.
1. If you purchased the antivirus program from a retail store, insert
the CD or DVD into the computer's disc drive. The installation process should
start automatically, with a window opening to help guide you through the install
process.
2. If you downloaded the antivirus program on the Internet, find the downloaded file
on your computer. If the downloaded file is a zip file, unzip the file to extract and
access the installation files. Look for a file named setup.exe, install.exe, or
something similar, then double-click that file. The installation process should start,
with a window opening to help guide you through the install process.
3. In the installation process window, follow the steps provided to install the
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 antivirus program will function properly, which in most cases can be accepted as
is.
4. When the install process is complete, close the install window.
The antivirus program is now installed and ready to use. It is recommended to
restart your computer so that any modified settings in the operating system can take effect
correctly.
Updating the antivirus Program
Without the latest definitions, the antivirus program will not know about the most
recently created viruses and spyware, making your computer vulnerable to an infection.
After installing the antivirus program, we highly recommend you update it with the latest
virus and spyware definitions. The updates allow the antivirus program to protect your
computer from all viruses and spyware. In many cases, the antivirus program
automatically checks for and installs the latest updates. If prompted to do so, select Yes
to update the antivirus program. If it does not prompt you to update immediately.
Performing a Scan
Correctly setting up and running an antivirus scan on your computer is one of the best
starting defences for keeping your system free of malicious software. A strong defence
begins with selecting an antivirus solution for your computer and understanding how to
get the most out of it. Learning to properly use a virus scan will keep you much safer:
without regular full scans, your system may be hiding some unpleasant surprises.
Virus scans search through your system to locate and remove any malicious threats on
your device. You’ll find most antivirus software guards against malware.
Follow these steps to run your first scan:
1. Verify that all security updates are downloaded. Updates will include all
heuristic virus definitions and other data needed to scan properly.
2. Execute a full virus scan. This will scan hard drives, removable media, system
memory, email and the like for viruses.
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 4. Read any result reports for further action. Malware will usually be quarantined
to await action from you. You’ll have to decide what to do with the potential
threat. Most antivirus apps give you a recommended action to simplify the
decision for you.
5. Follow prompts to remove or keep potential threats. You’ll want to remove
most quarantined files usually. On occasion, you may find a clean file that has
been miscategorized and given you a false positive. High-quality antivirus
software should rarely label clean files as threats, so be sure you do your research
on detection rates.

Teacher Notes:
 Perform an antivirus scan in class and discuss the results with students.

Fig. 6.1 Performing a Scan

6.8 Firewalls
A firewall is a network security device that monitors incoming and outgoing network
traffic and decides whether to allow or block specific traffic based on a defined set of
security rules. It establishs a barrier between secured and controlled internal networks
that can be trusted and untrusted outside networks, such as the Internet. A firewall can be
hardware, software, or both.

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Top 10 Firewall Software
 FortiGate
 Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
 Sophos XG Firewall
 Huawei Firewall
 Avast
 WatchGuard Network Security
 Palo Alto
 SonicWall
 GlassWire Firewall
 Cisco
Configuring a Firewall
Step 1: Secure your firewall
If an attacker is able to gain administrative access to your firewall it is “game over” for
your network security. Therefore, securing your firewall is the first and most important
step of this process. Never put a firewall into production that is not properly secured by at
least the following configuration actions:
Update your firewall to the latest firmware.
 Delete, disable, or rename any default user accounts and change all default
passwords. Make sure to use only complex and secure passwords.
 If multiple administrators will manage the firewall, create additional administrator
accounts with limited privileges based on responsibilities. Never use shared user
accounts.
 Disable simple network management protocol (SNMP) or configure it to use a
secure community string.
Step 2: Architect your firewall zones and IP addresses
In order to protect the valuable assets on your network, you should first identify what the
assets (for example, payment card data or patient data) are. Then plan out your network
structure so that these assets can be grouped together and placed into networks (or zones)
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provide services over the internet (web servers, email servers, virtual private network
(VPN) servers, etc.) should be placed into a dedicated zone that will allow limited
inbound traffic from the internet (this zone is often called a demilitarized zone or DMZ).
Servers that should not be accessed directly from the internet, such as database servers,
must be placed in internal server zones instead. Likewise, workstations, point of sale
devices, and voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) systems can usually be placed in
internal network zones. Generally speaking, the more zones you create, the more secure
your network. But keep in mind that managing more zones requires additional time and
resources, so you need to be careful when deciding how many network zones you want to
use.
Step 3: Configure access control lists
Now that you have established your network zones and assigned them to interfaces, you
should determine exactly which traffic needs to be able to flow into and out of each zone.
This traffic will be permitted using firewall rules called access control lists (ACLs),
which are applied to each interface or sub interface on the firewall. Make your ACLs
specific to the exact source and/or destination IP addresses and port numbers whenever
possible. At the end of every access control list, make sure there is a “deny all” rule to
filter out all unapproved traffic. Apply both inbound and outbound ACLs to each
interface and sub interface on your firewall so that only approved traffic is allowed into
and out of each zone.
Step 4: Configure your other firewall services and logging
If your firewall is also capable of acting as a dynamic host configuration protocol
(DHCP) server, network time protocol (NTP) server, intrusion prevention system (IPS),
etc., then go ahead and configure the services you wish to use. Disable all the extra
services that you don’t intend to use. Configure your firewall to report to your logging
server, and make sure that enough detailsare included.
Step 5: Test your firewall configuration
In a test environment, verify that your firewall works as intended. Don’t forget to verify
that your firewall is blocking traffic that should be blocked according to your

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configurations. Testing your firewall should include both vulnerability scanning and
penetration testing. Once you have finished testing your firewall, your firewall should be
ready for production.
Logging Services in Firewall
A firewall, at its most basic form, is created to stop connections from suspicious
networks. It inspects the source address (of data packet), destination address, and the
destination port of all connections, and decides if a network can be trusted. For
simplicity, we can aggregate information on the source address, source port, and
destination address and port. The success of any firewall typically relies on the rules used
to configure it. To be most effective, a firewall ruleset must be augmented with a
successful logging feature. The logging feature documents how the firewall deals with
traffic types. These logs offer insights into, for example, source and destination IP
addresses, protocols, and port numbers.
Uses of Firewall
 To see if new firewall rules work well or to debug them if they do not work
properly.
 To discover if any malicious activity is occurring within your network. However,
it doesn’t offer the information you need to isolate the source of the activity.
 If you identify repeated unsuccessful tries to access your firewall from a single IP
address (or from a group of IP addresses), you may wish to create a rule to stop all
connections from that IP.
 Outgoing connections derived from internal servers, for example, web servers,
may show that someone is using your system as a launch pad. They could be
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 Fig. 6.2 Windows Firewall

6.9 Encryption and Decryption

Encryption is the process of translating plain text data (plaintext) into something that
appears to be random and meaningless (ciphertext). Decryption is the process of
converting ciphertext back into plaintext.

Encrypting a file inWindows 10

File encryption helps protect your data by encrypting it. Only someone with the right
encryption key (such as a password) can decrypt it. File encryption is not available in
Windows 10 Home.
1. Right-click (or press and hold) a file or folder and select Properties.
2. Select the Advanced button and select the Encrypt contents to secure
data check box.
3. Select OK to close the Advanced Attributes window, select Apply, and then
select OK.

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6.10 Backup and Restoration
Backup is the process of making a copy of information. The copy is typically transferred
to a backup medium; i.e., either a virtual tape file, which is an allocation of disk space, or
any physical backup device supported by Windows.Making backups of files on backup
media is an important part of protecting data and ensuring the integrity of files. If a file is
subsequently deleted by accident or if its data becomes corrupted, you can restore the
most recent version of the file from backup media. Generally speaking, the system
administrator at each site should establish routine backup procedures for the entire
system. However, application programmers should know enough about these procedures
to understand what is being backed up and with what frequency.
Creating Back up of Windows
There are several ways to back up your PC.
1. Select the Start button, then select Control Panel > System and
Maintenance > Backup and Restore.
2. Do one of the following:
 If you've never used Windows Backup before, or recently upgraded your
version of Windows, select Set up backup, and then follow the steps in the
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  If you've created a backup before, you can wait for your regularly
scheduled backup to occur, or you can manually create a new backup by
selecting Back up now.
 If you’ve created a backup before, but want to make a new, full backup
rather than updating the old one, select Create new, full backup, and then
follow the steps in the wizard.
Restore your files with File History
If you're missing an important file or folder that you've backed up, here's how to get it
back:
1. In the search box on the taskbar, type restore files, and then select Restore your
files with File History.
2. Look for the file you need, then use the arrows to see all its versions.
3. When you find the version you want, select Restore to save it in its original
location. To save it in a different place, right-click Restore, select Restore to, and
then choose a new location.
Find your backups created on previous versions of Windows
If you use Backup and Restore to back up files or create system image backups in
previous versions of Windows, your old backup is still available in Windows 10. In the
search box on the taskbar, type control panel. Then select Control Panel > System and
Security > Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

Fig. 6.3 Backup and Restore (Windows)

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 Key Points
 Computer security means dealing with the security of a standalone computer’s
software and hardware.
 Cyber security involves the security of individual computers plus the network
they belong to and the intercommunication between all the computers in your
organization, mobile devices, printers and more.
 Viruses are malicious programs that get loaded onto victims’ computers
without their knowledge or permission.
 Worms are software programs that will copy themselves from one computer to
another, automatically.
 An attack vector is a path or means by which an attacker or hacker can gain
access to a computer or network server in order to deliver a payload or
malicious outcome.
 Hackers are people who use their knowledge for a good purpose and do not
damage the data, whereas a cracker is someone who breaks into the system
with a malicious purpose and damages data intentionally.
 Risk is the potential for loss, damage or destruction of assets or data caused by
a cyber threat.
 Threat is a process that magnifies the likelihood of a negative event, such as the
exploit of a vulnerability.
 A vulnerability is a weakness in your infrastructure, networks or applications
that potentially exposes you to threats.
 Authentication is the process of identifying users that request access to a
system, network, or device.
 Firewalls help control network traffic in the system by acting as barriers for
incoming traffic.
 Antiviruses protect systems against internal attacks by perceiving or spotting
malicious files and viruses.

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 Exercise
Select the most appropriate option

1. Which of the following is a component of an Information System?

a. Hardware b. Software c. Telecommunication d. All of these

2. _____ are the people who use their knowledge for good purpose.

a. Intruders b. Hackers c. Crackers d. Both a and b

3. _____ is a weakness in your infrastructure.

a. Risk b. Threat c. Vulnerability d. None of these

4. _______ controls network traffic.

a. Antivirus b. Firewall c. Wireshark d. Both a and b

5. ____ is a process of making a copy of information.

a. scanning b. restore c. backup d. Both a and b

Answer the following question.

1. Define Computer Security.
2. Differentiate between Computer Security and Cyber Security.
3. Define threats, attack vectors and vulnerability.
4. What are Information systems?
5. Describe assets of an Information system.
6. Define hacker, cracker and security expert..

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 7. Define confidentiality, integrity and authenticity.
8. Describe Encryption and Decyption.
9. Describe Malware.
10. Differentiate between Firewall and Anti-virus.

Practical Tasks
1. Install antimalware software on Windows.
2. Perform a malware scan on Windows.
3. Install and configure a firewall on Windows.
4. Configure firewall to create log files.
5. Perform a system restore on Windows.

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 Chapter 7
Communication Skills

After Studying this chapter, you will be able to

 know about communication process.
 understand types of communication (verbal/ non-verbal).
 understand effective communication skills.
 identify obstacles in communication.
 communicate effectively in a team environment.
 know about barrier of communication (cultural barriers, language barriers,
gender barriers).
 create, access and manage email account.
 learn how to write and respond official email.
 understand the role of social media in marketing and business development.
 know the merits and de-merits of social media.

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7.1 Communication
Communication is simply an act of transferring information from one place, person or
group to another. Every communication involves (at least) one sender, a message and a
recipient. This may sound simple, but communication is actually a very complex subject.
The transmission of the message from sender to recipient can be affected by a huge range
of factors. These include our emotions, the cultural situation, the medium used to
communicate, and even our location.
7.1.1 Categories of Communication
There are various ways in which we communicate. The different categories of
communication include:
 Spoken or Verbal Communication, which includes face-to-face, telephone, radio
or television and other media.
 Non-Verbal Communication, covering body language, gestures, how we dress or
act, where we stand, and even our scent. There are many subtle ways that we
communicate (perhaps even unintentionally) with others. For example, the tone of
voice can give clues to mood or emotional state, whilst hand signals or gestures
can add to a spoken message.
 Written Communication, which includes letters, e-mails, social media, books,
newspapers, magazines, the Internet and other media. Until recent times, a
relatively small number of writers and publishers were very powerful when it
came to communicating the written word. Today, we can all write and publish our
ideas online, which has led to an explosion of information and communication
possibilities.
 Visualizations: graphs and charts, maps, logos and other visualizations can all
communicate messages.

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7.1.2 Principles of Effective Communication
The following are the principles of effective communication:
 Listening: One of the most important aspects of effective communication is being
a good listener.
 Non-Verbal Communication.
 Be clear and be concise.
 Be confident.
 Be empathetic.
 Always have an open mind.
 Convey respect.

7.1.3 Obstacles in Effective Communication

Barriers in communication can be categorized into four main types of
constraints: Physical, psychological, organizational and semantic barriers. Physical
barriers have nothing to do with the communicators themselves. Apart from this, there
are also some cultural, language and gender barriers.
Besides physical and technical barriers, there are six barriers to effective communication:
Dissatisfaction or Disinterest with One’s Job
If you are unhappy or have lost interest in your job, you are far less likely to
communicate effectively. In other words, your heart isn’t in it. This barrier, is perhaps the
most difficult to overcome because it involves changing a mindset, and thus it typically
doesn’t change until the person leaves.
Inability to Listen to Others
Active listening is an important aspect of effective communication. You cannot engage
with someone if you are not listening to them because you will tend to make assumptions
about their needs based on your perceptions versus reality.

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Lack of Transparency & Trust
It is extremely difficult to communicate anything when there is a lack of transparency and
trust. For example, if your staff believes you are holding something back, they will be
anxious, some will speculate, and as a result, it will be more difficult for them to process
any attempt you make to communicate with them.
Communication Styles
Everyone has their own communication style. Some people are very direct while others
prefer a more indirect approach. Some use detailed data, while others rely on generalities,
and so forth. Occasionally, one person is so entrenched in their way of communicating,
they find it difficult to communicate with others who rely on a different style. You might
hear comments such as, “Mary never explains what she wants me to do, she’s never
specific” or “Bill gets so caught up in the weeds, that I lose focus on the bigger picture.”
Conflicts in the Workplace
Conflict can happen for a variety of reasons and when it does, it becomes a barrier to
effective communication. The nature of the conflict is not necessarily important, what is
important is working to resolve the conflict. When conflict is not eradicated, it grows and
then people begin to take sides, which further impedes effective communication.
Cultural Differences & Language
It is important to understand the cultural differences in communication. There can also be
regional differences.For instance, a northerner might not like the term "y’all" or even
understand the more comprehensive version, "all y’all.".
7.1.4 Principles for Effective Team Communication
Principles of effective communication are:
1. Have an open-door policy
2. Use project management software
3. Be open to feedback
4. Be clear about individual task responsibility
5. Do fun stuff to boost morale

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 6. Give purpose to coffee breaks
7. Consider formal communications training
8. Decide what forms of communication work best
9. Identify group leaders
10. Understand diversity issues

7.2 Effective Email Writing

Email is a valuable tool but in the meantime, it creates some challenges for writers.
Miscommunication can easily occur when people have different expectations about the
messages that they send and receive. Email is used for many different purposes, including
contacting friends, communicating with professors and supervisors, requesting
information, and applying for jobs, internships, and scholarships. Depending on your
purposes, the messages you send will differ in their formality, intended audience, and
desired outcomes. The following are some important components of an email:
Subject Lines
Email subject lines are like newspaper headlines. They should convey the main point of
your message or the idea that you want the reader to take away. Therefore, be as specific
as possible. One-word subjects such as “Hi,” “Question,” or “FYI” are not informative
and don’t give the reader an idea of how important your message is. If your message is
time sensitive, you might want to include a date in your subject line, like “Meeting on
Thurs, Dec 2”.

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 Note for teachers.
 Compose an example email in class.

Greetings and Sign-offs

Use some kind of greeting and some kind of sign-off. Don’t just start with your text, and
don’t just stop at the end without a polite signature. If you don’t know the person well,
you may be confused about how to address them (“What do I call my TA/professor?”) or
how to sign off (Best? Sincerely?). Nonetheless, it is always better to make some kind of
effort. When in doubt, address someone more formally to avoid offending them. Some
common ways to address your reader are:
 Dear Professor Smith,
 Hello Ms. McMahon,
 Hi Mary Jane,
If you don’t know the name of the person you are addressing, or if the email addresses a
diverse group, try something generic, yet polite:
 To whom it may concern,
 Dear members of the selection committee,
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Your closing is extremely important because it lets the reader know who is contacting
them. Always sign off with your name at the end of your message. If you don’t know the
reader well, you might also consider including your title and the organization you belong
to; for example:
Mary Watkins
Senior Research Associate
Bain and Company
Joseph Smith
UNC-CH, Class of 2009
For your closing, something brief but friendly, or perhaps just your name, will do for
most correspondence:
 Thank you,
 Best wishes,
 See you tomorrow,
 Regards,
For a very formal message, such as a job application, use the kind of closing that you
might see in a business letter:
 Sincerely,
 Respectfully yours,
Cc: and Bcc: (‘carbon copy’ and ‘blind carbon copy’)
Copying individuals on an email is a good way to send your message to the main
recipient while also sending someone else a copy at the same time. This can be useful if
you want to convey the same exact message to more than one person. In professional
settings, copying someone else on an email can help get things done, especially if the
person receiving the copy is in a supervisory role. For example, copying your boss on an
email to a non-responsive co-worker might prompt the co-worker to respond. Be aware,
however, that when you send a message to more than one address using the Cc: field,
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addresses in the To: and Cc: fields. Each person who receives the message will be able to
see the addresses of everyone else who received it.
Blind copying emails to a group of people can be useful when you don’t want everyone
on the list to have each other’s addresses. The only recipient address that will be visible
to all recipients is the one in the To: field. If you don’t want any of the recipients to see
the email addresses in the list, you can put your own address in the To: field and use Bcc:
exclusively to address your message to others. However, do not assume that blind
copying will always keep recipients from knowing who else was copied—someone who
is blind copied may hit “reply all” and send a reply to everyone, revealing that they were
included in the original message.

7.3 Role of Social Media in Marketing

Marketing is a tool to inform consumers about your products, who you are, and what you
offer. Social media accomplishes all of these goals:

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  You can use social media to define your brand identity and the products or
services that you offer.
 Social media allows you to create relationships with people who might not know
about your products and services or what your company represents.
 Social media can make you "real" to consumers. If you want people to follow you,
don't just talk about the latest product news, but share your personality with them.
 You can use social media to associate yourself with peers that may be serving the
same target market.

Advantages of Social Media

The business benefits of effective social media use include:
 Brand awareness - Compelling and relevant content will grab the attention of
potential customers and increase brand visibility.
 Brand reputation - You can respond instantly to industry developments and be
seen as 'thought leader' or expert in your field. This can improve how your
business is seen by your audience.
 Cost effective - It can be much cheaper than traditional advertising and
promotional activities. The costs of maintaining a social media presence are
minimal. If you choose to invest in paid advertising, you can spend as much or as
little as your budget allows.
 Website traffic - Social content can boost traffic to your website. This can lead to
increased online conversions such as sales and leads.
 Evaluation - It is easy to measure how much website traffic you receive from
social media. You can set up tracking to determine how many sales are generated
by paid social advertising.
 Customer interaction - You can deliver improved customer service and respond
effectively to feedback. Positive feedback is public and can be persuasive to other
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  Target audience - Customers can find you through the social media
platforms they use most. You can choose to maintain a presence on particular
platforms that are in line with your target audience. For example, if you are
targeting young people, you could reach them through Snapchat. If you are
seeking business customers, LinkedIn may be the best channel.
Disadvantages of Social Media
Some of the disadvantages of using social media include:
 Resources: Resources are required to manage presence on social media i.e.,
responding to feedback and producing new content. This can include hiring and
training staff, investing in paid advertising and paying for the costs of creating
video or image content.
 Ineffective use: Social media can be used ineffectively. For example, using social
media to push for sales without engaging with customers, or failing to respond
to negative feedback - may damage your reputation.

Key Points

 Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place, person
or group to another.
 These barriers can be categorized into four main types of constraints to effective
communication: Physical, psychological, organizational, as well as semantic
barriers.
 Email subject lines are like newspaper headlines. They should convey the main point
of your message or the idea that you want the reader to take away.
 Copying individuals on an email is a good way to send your message to the main
recipient while also sending someone else a copy at the same time.
 Blind copying emails to a group of people can be useful when you don’t want
everyone on the list to have each other’s addresses.
 Marketing is a tool we use to inform consumers about our products, who we are,
and what we offer.

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 Exercise
Select the most appropriate option.

1. Which opion hides other recipients from all recipients.

a. CC b. BCC c. Subject Line d. All of these

2. Communication barriers can be categorized into ______ types.

a. 5 b. 3 c. 4 d. Both a and b

3. The following quality of your busness builds relationships.

a. Brand loyalty b. Customer Interaction c. Evaluation d. None of these

4. _______ contains the headlines of your email.

a. Attachment b. Subject line c. Text d. Both a and b

5. ____ is a face to face medium of communication.

a. Spoken b. Verbal c. Non verbal d. Both a and b

Answer the following question.

1. Define Communication Skills.
2. Whats are the different forms of communication?
3. What are the principles for an effective communication?
4. What are the common barriers in communication?
5. What are themain components of an email?
6. What communication skills are required in a team work?
7. Describe advantages and disadvantages of social media.

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 Glossary
ADSL:Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a type of digital subscriber line (DSL)
technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper
telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide.
AI: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with
building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.
Algorithm: A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving
operations, especially by a computer.
ANSI: The American National Standards Institute - ANSI - facilitates and coordinates the U.S.
voluntary standards and conformity assessment system.
Arithmetic: Arithmetic is the branch of mathematics that deals with the study of numbers using
various operations on them
BIOS:BIOS (basic input/output system) is the program a computer's microprocessor uses to start
the computer system after it is powered on.
Cyber: relating to, or involving computers or computer networks (such as the Internet).
Data Warehouse: In computing, a data warehouse (DW or DWH), also known as an enterprise
data warehouse (EDW), is a system used for reporting and data analysis and is considered a core
component of business intelligence.
DNS: The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook of the Internet.
EEPROM: EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) is user-
modifiable read-only memory (ROM) that allow users to erase and reprogram stored data
repeatedly in an application.
Extension: A filename extension, file extension or file type is an identifier specified as a suffix
to the name of a computer file.
Floating Point:In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic using formulaic
representation of real numbers as an approximation to support a trade-off between range and
precision.
FORTRAN: FORTRAN is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that
is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.
Gateway: A gateway is a node (router) in a computer network, a key stopping point for data on
its way to or from other networks.
Geographic: based on or derived from the physical features of an area.

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Hotspot: A hotspot is a physical location where people can access the Internet, typically using
Wi-Fi, via a wireless local area network (WLAN) with a router connected to an Internet service
provider.
Java: Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to
have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
Logistics: the commercial activity of transporting goods to customers.
Machine Learning: Machine learning (ML) is the study of computer algorithms that can
improve automatically through experience and by the use of data.
Network Traffic: Network traffic is the amount of data moving across a computer network at
any given time.
NFC: Near-Field Communication (NFC) is a set of communication protocols for communication
between two electronic devices over a distance of 4 cm.
Off-site:not located or occurring at the site of a particular activity.
Precedence: the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else;
priority in importance, order, or rank.
Python: Python is a powerful general-purpose programming language. It is used in web
development, data science, creating software prototypes, and so on.
ROM: ROM is an acronym for Read-Only Memory. It refers to computer memory chips
containing permanent or semi-permanent data.
Topology:Network topology is the arrangement of the elements (links, nodes, etc.) of a
communication network.
Troubleshoot: Analyse and solve serious problems for a company or other organization.
UEFI: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a publicly available specification
that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware.
Unary: In mathematics, a unary operation is an operation with only one operand, i.e. a single
input.
UNIX: UNIX is an operating system which was first developed in the 1960s, and has been under
constant development ever since.

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 About the Author

Muhammad Umair is a researcher at the Sensors, Cloud and Services (SCS) Lab,
School of Computer Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia. Muhammad
Umairis also a Lecturer at the Department of Electrical, Electronics and
TelecommunicationEngineering, New Campus, UET Lahore. He completed his
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering and M.Sc.Electrical Engineering from University of
Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore in 2014 and 2017,respectively. He has
worked as a Research Officer at Internet of Things (IoT) lab at Al-
KhwarizmiInstitute of Computer Sciences, UET Lahore. He has also worked at
Sultan Qaboos IT Researchlab as a Research Officer. His survey on Social IoT
platforms is the most cited survey for SIoTapplications. He has designed graduate
level courses on IoT.

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