Computer Science & Engineering
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Computer Fundamentals and Its Application SyllabusChapter – 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
GENERATIONS OF COMPUTER -First, Second, Third and Fourth generation. CLASSIFICATION & APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTERS -Micro, Mini, Mainframes and Super-Computers. -Applications of computers. Chapter – 2 MICROCOMPUTER STRUCTURE & WORKING OF MICRO COMPUTERS -Central Processing Unit. -Memory Unit. -Input & Output devices. EVOLUTION OF MICRO-COMPUTERS -Comparative study w.r.t. Micro-processor, clock speed, data bus, Register size, storage capacity, peripheral interface of PC to Pentium-IV computer systems. Chapter – 3 DATA REPRESENTATION DATA REPRESENTATION -Bit, byte, Nibble, Word, Double word Codes: ASCII, Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) EBCDIC, GREY and EXCESS 3 code. Chapter – 4 NUMBER SYSTEMS NUMBER SYSTEMS -Types of number systems-Binary, Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal CONVERSIONS OF NUMBER SYSTEMS AND ITS OPERATIONS -Binary addition, subtraction. -BCD addition, subtraction. -1's complement and 2's complement methods of subtraction Floating point arithmetic. Chapter – 5 COMPUTER LANGUAGES CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGES -Machine language. -Assembly language. -High level language. HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE COMPUTER HARDWARE CLASSIFICATION OF SOFTWARE Chapter – 6 INTRODUCTION TO DOS OPERATING SYSTEMS MICRO-SOFT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (MS-DOS) -System files: BIOS, COMMAND.COM, CONFIG.SYS, Autoexec.bat file. MS-DOS COMMANDS -Internal Commands – dir, cd, md, rd, del, ren, date, time, vol. And copy External commands – attrib, format, edit, find, diskcopy, backup & restore Chapter – 7 INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM -Concept of Windows-Arranging, Moving, Resizing, Opening, and Closing of windows. -Folder/File Management-Search, copy, delete and rename files and folders Windows Accessories: Notepad, Word Pad, Pad. Chapter – 8 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE -MS-WORD DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE -MS-EXCEL Introduction to electronic spreadsheet PRESENTATION SOFTWARE -MS-POWER POINT Chapter – 9 INTERNET APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET DIFFERENT SERVICES OF INTERNET -www -Chat (textual/voice) -Bulletin Boards -Video conferencing -FTP (uploading and downloading files) WEB-SITE ACCESS AND INFORMATION SEARCH -Browsers and search engines Chapter – 10 INTERNET CONNECTIVITY INTERNET CONNECTIVITY -Internet Service Provider (ISP) -Internet accounts : Shell account, TCP/IP ISDN and Leased Line -Account and its features HARDWARE REQUIRED -MODEM and Terminal Adapters. -System software: O.S. Loader, Linker, Interpreter, Compiler and Assembler Application Software. |