Fundamentals of Computer and Information Technology

DETAILED SYLLABUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

No. Title of the Subject Duration/Hrs

1. Fundamentals of Computer and Information Technology 10

2. Operating system(Windows and Linux) 10

3. Internet Applications 10

4. Personal computer software tools (MS Word,MS Excel and Power Point) 30

5. Basics of Visual Basics 30

6. Software Lab 30

Total 120

CIT -1 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

1. INTRODUCTION What is a Computer?, Purpose of using a computer, Why it is used (characteristics of computer), Instruction, Program

2. TYPES OF COMPUTER Analog, Digital, and Hybrid type, Hardware, Software, System software, Application software, Firm ware, Human ware, Stored Program Concept, Evolution of computers, Generation of computer. 3. NUMBER SYSTEMS Decimal system, Binary system, Use of binary system in digital computers, Conversion of binary to decimal and decimal to binary, Hexadecimal system and its interconversion, Alpha numeric codes-ASCII & EBCDIC

4. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Machine language, Assembly language, High level language,

5. ORGANISATION OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER Input unit, Output unit, Central Processing unit, Memory

6. DATA PROCESSING Data collection, Classification, Sorting and Merging, Processing, Summarising, Storing

7. DATA ORGANISATION Organisation Data, Character, Field, Record, File, Database, Sequential Access, Random Access, Indexed Sequential Access

8. PROGRAMMING PROCESS Problem Definition, Algorithm, Flowchart and coding, Testing and debugging, Implementation, Documentation, Structured Programming

9. DATA COMMUNICATION Local Area Network, Wide Area Network, Satellite Communication, Internet

10. OPERATING SYSTEM Introduction, Different Operating Systems, Loading and Quitting the Operating Systems, Important DOS Commands

3 BSS CIT-2 OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS (WINDOWS AND LINUX)

1. INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEM Definition and Necessity, Evolution and types, Concepts, Processor, Computing Environments, Structure, Hardware Organization and Architecture, Design Trends and Implementations

2. PROCESSOR AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT Process and States, Context Switching, Scheduling and Synchronization, Inter process Communication, Concurrent Processes, Threads, Critical Regions, Recover Prevention and Solutions of Dead locks, Inter Process Communication for Multi-Threaded and Multiple CPU Systems, Memory System, Types and Organizations, Cache Memory, Allocation Techniques, Partitioning, Static, Dynamic and Augmentation Paging, Swapping, Virtual Memory

3. INPUT /OUTPUT AND FILE SYSTEMS Input/Out put devices, Controllers and Channels, BUS structures, Input /Output techniques, Programmed Interrupt driven and DMA, Input /Output Subsystem layers, Graphic Support Devices, Multi Media Systems, File Systems concepts, General Hierarchical Models of file system, File and Directories, Allocation and storage issues, Connectivity, Access control and Security

4. PROCESSOR SYSTEMS Single CPU and Multiple CPU systems, Types and Needs of multi processing systems, RISC Approach, Pipelining, Client Server concepts, Distributed systems, Networking and Services, Reliability Issues, Fault Tolerant Systems

5. LOCAL AREA NETWORK Introduction to Network, Advantages, Network Technology, Ethernet, Arcnet, IBM Token Ring, Cabling Method, Connectors, Terminators, Hub (Active & Passive), Inter Networking, Bridges & gate ways, Real world networking

LAN Software, LAN commands, User Commands, Supervisor commands, Console commands, use of system utilities, printer queue, SPOOL, local/shared printing, Priority printing, user rights, Workstation Generation, Creation of AUTOEXEC.BAT file, MAKEUSER, user Rights, SYSCON: System configuration, FILER : Directories & Files, FCONSOLE : Menu Utility, File Server, Communication server, File server protocol, Hardware requirements, Hard disk, Memory, Types of workstation & Operating systems, Network bridges, Method of combining various types of topologies together, Setting-up of hardware for LAN installations

WINDOWS

1. WINDOWS INTRODUCTION Operating System

2. DESK TOP ICONS My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet Explorer, Network Neighborhood, My Documents 4 BSS

3. WORKING WITH WINDOWS How to create a Folder, Copying and cutting files, Renaming

4. START ICON Programs, Favorites, Documents, Settings, Find, Run, Shut down

5. APPLICATION ICONS

LINUX 1. HISTORY 1. DISTRIBUTIONS 2. DEVICES AND DRIVES IN LINUX 3. FILE SYSTEM HIERARCHY 4. COMPONENTS: KERNEL, DISTRIBUTION, SAWFISH, GNOME.

CIT- 3 INTERNET APPLICATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET Understanding Networks, Getting to know web browsers, Getting to know the Internet Explorer Window

2. APPLICATIONS Internet Electronic Mail, Setting up E-mail, Creating Mail Messages, Editing Mail Messages, Attaching a file to a Mail message, Sending and receiving mail messages, Creating and using an Address Book

3. SEARCHING AND BROWSING ON THE INTERNET Internet Searching, Tools for Specialized Searches, Finding Specific Topics

4. BROWSING THE EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE SITES

CIT- 4 PERSONAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE TOOLS ( WORD , EXCEL & POWER POINT)

MS WORD

1. AN INTRODUCTION TO WORD The Word workspace, Starting and quitting Word, Creating and Manipulating Various documents, Editing of proofing files, Merging documents and macros

5 BSS 2. HOW TO USE MOUSE AND MENU Working with dialog box

3. PRIMARY COMMANDS IN FILE MENU The Open Commands, The File name commands, The New commands, The Save, Save As, and Save all commands, The Close command, The page setup, The Print command, The Exit command

4. EDIT MENU COMMANDS The Cut, Copy, and Paste commands, The Undo and Repeat commands

5. FORMAT COMMANDS Font commands, Paragraph commands

6. OTHER MENU The view menu, The Insert menu, The tool menu, The table menu, The Window menu

MS EXCEL

1. BUILDING A SIMPLE WORKSHEET Entering Text, Entering Values, Entering Dates and Times, Moving Around, Selecting Ranges, Using Menu, Using Tool Bar, Using Shortcut Menus, Changing entries, Copying entries, Moving Entries, Inserting and Deleting cells

2. FORMATTING BASICS Changing Character Style, Changing Alignment, Changing Column Width

3. WORKING WITH MULTIPLE WORKSHEET Copying entries between work books, Moving sheets between work books, Deleting sheets, Quitting Excel

4. OPENING EXISTING WORKBOOKS Simple calculations, Doing Arithmetic, Totaling column of values, Naming cells and Ranges

5. FORMATTING TEXT Displaying dollars and cents, Formatting decimal places, Formatting dates, Copying style and formats

6. FORMULAS THAT MAKE DECISIONS Using the IF function, Using the nested IF function, Copying formulas

7. Checking Spelling, Printing Worksheets, Preview Worksheets, Setting up the pages,

8. Sorting data, Keeping Leading in View, Finding records, Adding and deleting Records, Filtering Records

POWER POINT 1. POWER POINT Main Features of Power Point

2. MAKING THE PRESENTATION Creating Template with the Auto Content Wizard. Creating a Presentation with a Template. Creating a presentation from Scratch

3 DIFFERENT VIEWS Normal Slide, Outline, Slide Sorter, Slide Show, Notes, Slide Master

4 ANIMATION, ART AND SOUND Controlling Transitions between slides. Animating Different Parts of a slide. Inserting a Motion Clip. Including Sounds in slides.

5. INCLUDING GRAPHS, CHARTS, TABLES AND COLUMNS Organization Chart Slide, Creating a table Slide. Creating two column Slide, Module 1: Showing A Presentation, Rehearsing/ Timing a Presentation, Designation some slides as “Hidden”, Viewing Slides Anywhere in a Slide Show.

6. Techniques for Making a Show Livelier

7. OFFICE CONNECTIONS Presenting with the help of other Office Programs Importing the text from a World Document.

8. PRINTING A PRESENTATION

CIT- 5 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING USING VISUAL BASIC

1. INTRODUCTION Beginner’s Introduction, Visual Basic Development Cycle, A user Interface- common parts, drawing objects, Property settings, Writing the Basic code, Using the Debug Window, Starting & Running a Visual Basic Program, Visual Basic –Difference with other languages, Demerits

2. DESIGNING THE USER -INTERFACE Selecting & Drawing Objects, Changing the settings, Deleting & Copying objects, Various mouse pointers, Tab index, property, Dimming & invisibling of objects

3 MAKING CHOICES WITH BOX& BUTTONS Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, List Boxes, Combo Boxes, Multiple column List Box, Sorting & Removing items, Text Boxes, Lables, Scroll Bars, Various tool box objects Graphic images using Picture Box, Image Boxes, Geometric Figures

7 BSS 4. USING ON LINE HELP Visual Basic help facilities

5. MAKING MENUS Creating Menus, Dimming Menu items, Submenus, Popup Menus, Growing Menus, Adding Control Arrays

6. DIALOG BOXES Input Boxes, Creating a dialog box, Open dialog box- how to create & open, Save as dialog box, Color dialog box, Font dialog box, Print dialog box

7. WRITTEN CODE Event, Creating event- procedures, Using variables, Retrieving data with different objects, Mathematical operators, String manipulation & related tools, Declaration & Scope of constants, Using comments, Error handling capabilities

8. MAKING DECISIONS Conditional Statements, Select case & control structures, Loops & quick exits, Drawing in a window (using line command, step),

9. SUB PROGRAMS General Procedures, Array Variables, Calling functions, File Management, DOS commands in Visual Basic , OOP concept

10. FILE INPUT/OUTPUT/L/O Working with disk files, Creating , Reading, Writing & Closing files

11. DATABASE PROGRAMS About Database files, Connect a DBF, Using Data Manager, Displaying record, Changing data, Printing

12. ADVANCED FEATURES Visual Basic only techniques, Custom controls, DLLs & window functions, C &Visual Basic

CIT- 6 SOFTWARE - LAB