"Introduction To Computing": Lecture # 1
"Introduction To Computing": Lecture # 1
Lecture # 1
Course Objectives:
This course is an introduction to a broad class of
computer issues. It is designed for students who are
not CS majors and who have had little or no previous
experience with computers.
Course Outline - I
Introduction to computers and computing
Classification of computers
Elements of computers
Basic Computer Architecture
Control Unit
Arithmetic & Logical Unit (ALU operations)
Main Memory (ROM, RAM, Cache)
CPU Operations
The Registers
Input & Output Devices
Storage Media
Course Outline - II
Data Representation
Software Concepts; System Software
Operating Systems
Basic Input Output Systems (BIOS)
Disk Operating System; Windows
95/98/XP/2000/2007/2008/2010
Application Software; User Designed
Application Software.
Data Base Management Systems
Communication Systems
Security Issues; Threats to computers &
communication systems; Computer Networks;
Internet; E-Commerce; Artificial Intelligence
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Recommended Books
Textbook: P. Norton, Peter Norton's Introduction to
Computers, 6th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006.
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Marks Distribution of course
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McGraw-Hill Technology Education
Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Book Contents At a glance I
Chapter 1: Introducing Computer Systems
Lesson 1A: Exploring Computers and Their Uses
Lesson 1B: Looking Inside the Computer System
Chapter 2: Interacting with Your Computer
Lesson 2A: Using the Keyboard and Mouse
Lesson 2B: Inputting Data in Other Ways
Chapter 3: Seeing, Hearing, and Printing Data
Lesson 3A: Video and Sound
Lesson 3B: Printing
Chapter 4: Processing Data
Lesson 4A: Transforming Data into Information
Lesson 4B: Modern CPUs
Chapter 5: Storing Data
Lesson 5A: Types of Storage Devices
Lesson 5B: Measuring and Improving Drive Performance
Book Contents At a glance II
Chapter 6: Using Operating Systems
Lesson 6A: Operating System Basics
Lesson 6B: Survey of PC and Network Operating Systems
Chapter 7: Networks
Lesson 7A: Networking Basics
Lesson 7B: Data Communications
Chapter 8: Presenting the Internet
Lesson 8A: The Internet and the World
Lesson 8B: E-Mail and Other Internet Services
Chapter 9: Working in the Online World
Lesson 9A: Connecting to the Internet
Lesson 9B: Doing Business in the Online World
Chapter 10: Working with Application Software
Lesson 10A: Productivity Software
Lesson 10B: Graphics and Multimedia
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Book Contents At a glance III
Chapter 11: Database Management
Lesson 11A: Database Management Systems
Lesson 11B: Survey of Database Systems
Chapter 12: Software Programming and Development
Lesson 12A: Creating Computer Programs
Lesson 12B: Programming Languages and the Programming Process
Chapter 13: Protecting Your Privacy, Your Computer, and
Your Data
Lesson 13A: Understanding the Need for Security Measures
Lesson 13B: Taking Protective Measures
Appendices
Appendix A: Creating Your own Web Page
Appendix B: Buying Your first Computers
Appendix C: Computer Viruses
Appendix D: History of Microcomputers
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Accompanying Web Site
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072978902/
Glossary
Online Topics
Appendix A (pdf files)
Appendix B Answers to Self Check Exercises
For each Chapter
Multiple Choice Questions
Power Point Presentations
Internet Exercises