1. Processors : Definition, Diff. types, their clock speeds and differences . Intel, AMD, Cyrix, Motorola, Celeron, Pentium, Core Duo, Core 2, Duo, K6, Athl on, Centrino Technology. 2. Memory Definition, Primary, Secondary, Measuring memory KB, MB, GB, TB. Types such as SIMM, DIMM, SDRAM, DDRAM, DDR-I, DDR2. Concept of Cache Memory. 3. Bus Types : Data bus, Address bus, Types ISA, PCI, AGP, USB, SCSI, IEEE 1394 (firew ire). 4. Ports : Serial, Parallel, USB, SCSI, MIDI, Advantage of USB ports, USB 1.0, USB 2.0. 5. Secondary storage : Magnetic Storage media, diskette, Hard Disk (Fixed, Removable), Cartrid ge, Tapes. Optical Storage Media, CDROM, DVDROM, CD-R, DVD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, BLU -RAY. How data is stored on Magnetic and Optical media, their capacities, speeds and cost. 6. Solid state storage devices : Flash Memory, Smart cards, Pendrives, RFID chips. 7. Printers : Dotmatrix, Inkjet Laser, Photo printers, plotters. Comparison on parame ters such as Quality, speed, initial costs, operational costs. 8. Screens : CRT, Flat Panel, LCD, Features such as size, resolution. Refresh rate, Dot pitch, Video Cards, TFT screens. 9. Input Devices : Mechanical Mouse, Optical Mouse, Wireless Keyboards, Mouse, Pens, Touch Screens, Game controllers. Optical input devices Bar Code readers, Image Scanne rs, OCR. Audio input-speech recognition. Video input-Webcam, Digital cameras. B. Software 1. System Software 1. Operating Systems, Definition, Functions. Types - Single user, M ulti-user. User Interface - GUI and Command Line interface. How OS manages hardw are through interrupts, device drivers. Basic differences between DOS, Windows, UNIX, LINUS, MAC OS X. Diff between Windows 9X, WIN NT, XP Home, Prof, Sever). E mbedded OS - Windows CE, NET, Palm OS, PC OS, Symbian. 2. creen savers. Supporting Utilities : Back up, Anti virus, Firewall, Spyware, S
2. Application Software : Acquiring Software Licenses (Diff. Types Single user, Multiple user, Mu ltiple users. Passport license. Campus Licence Pirated Software. Commercial SW Stand Alone, Software Suites. Freeware, Public Domain SW, Open Source. Word Pro cessing SW, Spreadsheets, Presentation SW, Database Management SW, PIM (Personal Information Managers such as Outlook). Unit No. II. (No. of Lectures - 12) Networks A. Basic and Infrastructure 1. Definition, Advantages Types (LANS, WANS) Hybrid Networks (CAN, MAN, HAN) 2. Intranets and Extranets 3. Networks Structures - Server Based, Client server, Peer to Peer, 4. Topologies - Star, Bus, Ring.
5. ic and Wireless 6. 7. 8.
Network Media, Wired - Wired - Twisted pair, Co-axial, Fibre Opt - Radio and infrared. Network Hardware : NIC s, Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routes. Cables - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet. Network Protocols - TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NETbios/NetBUI.
B. Data Communication 1. Using Standard Telephone Lines, Modems. 2. Digital Data connection Broadband connections, DSL/ADSL/HDSL/ISDN/VDSL. 3. Cable Modem connections Wireless networks - Wireless 802. 11., Wireless Access Point, Wireless Adapter. C. Internet 1. Definition, Types of connections, Sharing internet connection, H ot Spots. 2. Services on net-WWW, Email-paid and Free, News, FTP, Chat IM, On line Services, Peer to Peer services Blogs, Communities. 3. IP addresses, Domain names, URLs. Hyper Text, HTML, Websites, Br owsers - Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Tabbed browsing 4. Searching Directories, search engines, Boolean search (AND, OR, NOT), Advanced search, Meta Search engines. 5. Email-Configuring, POP/SMTP accounts in Email clients such as ou tlook, Diff. parts of an Email address. Creating, receiving, forwarding, blockin g organizing emails with rules. Receiving and sending emails with attachments by scanning attachments for viruses. Email etiquettes, SPAM. Understanding Smileys /Emoticons. 6. Cyber crime, Cyber Law, Hacking - Sniffing, Spoofing, Social eng ineering. Office Productivity Software (No. of Lectures - 26) Word Processing Introduction to Toolbars, Menus File Menu : New Open, Close, Save, Save As, Page, Setup, Print Preview, Pr int, Exit Edit Menu : Undo, Repeat, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Find, Replace, GoTo View Menu : Normal, Outline, Web Layout, Page Layout, Full Screen, Toolbars, Ruler, Header and Footer, Zoom. Insert Menu : Break, page Number, Date & Time, Symbol, File, Picture, Object Format Menu : Font, Bullets & Numbering, Borders and Shading, Auto Format, Sty le & Formatting. Tools Menu : Spelling & Grammar, Language, Speech, Letters & mailings. Table Menu : Insert/Delete (Table, Columns, Rows, Cells) Convert table to Tex t, Text to Table. Window Menu : New Window, Arrange All, Split. Help Menu : Microsoft Word Help, What s this. B. Spreadsheet File Menu : New, Open, Close, Save, Save as, Print Preview, Print, Exit Edit Menu : Undo, Repeat, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Delete, Move or copy shee t, find, Replace.
View Menu : Normal, Page Break Review, Toolbars, Formula Bar, Status Bar, He ader and footer, Full Screen, Zoom. Insert Menu : Cells, Rows, Columns, Worksheet, Chart, Symbol, Page Break, Func tion, Name, Comment, Picture, Diagram, Object, Hyperlink. Format Menu : Cells, Row, Column, Sheet, Auto Format, Style. Tools Menu : Spelling, Error Checking, Speech, Customize, Options. Data Menu : Sort, Filter View Menu : Normal, Pagebreak Review, Toolbars, Formula Bar, Status Bar, Header and Footer, Full Screen, Zoom. Window Menu : New Window, Arrange, Hide. Split, Freeze Panes. Help Menu : Microsoft Excel Help. What s this. Toolbars Menu : Standard, Formatting C. Presentation Software Slide Master Creating, interesting, deleting slides. Using different views. Adding, Editing and Formatting text. Drawing arcs. Lines Rotating Objects. Adding speaker notes. Inserting image, sound, video. Slide transitions. Creating a complete package for presentation at another site. D. Personal Information Manager 1. Creating contacts database appointments, to do lists, tasks usin g a PIM such as Outlook. Reference Books No. 1 l 2 dia 3 4 02 5 Title Author Publisher Introduction to Computers Peter Norton Sixth Edition McGraw Hil Prentice Hall In
Introduction to Information Technology V. Rajaraman Computers and Commonsense
Hunt J. Shelley Prentice Hall of India Vikas 20
Fundamentals of Information Technology A and Leon M, Leon A first Course in Computers
Saxena, Sanjay Vikas Publishing 1998 Excel Bo
6 Fundamentals of Information Technology Bharioke, Deepak ok, 2000 .
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2. Application Software : Acquiring Software Licenses (Diff. Types Single user, Multiple user, Mu ltiple users. Passport license. Campus Licence Pirated Software. Commercial SW Stand Alone, Software Suites. Freeware, Public Domain SW, Open Source. Word Pro cessing SW, Spreadsheets, Presentation SW, Database Management SW, PIM (Personal Information Managers such as Outlook). Unit No. II. (No. of Lectures - 12) Networks A. Basic and Infrastructure 1. Definition, Advantages Types (LANS, WANS) Hybrid Networks (CAN, MAN, HAN) 2. Intranets and Extranets 3. Networks Structures - Server Based, Client server, Peer to Peer, 4. Topologies - Star, Bus, Ring.
5. ic and Wireless 6. 7. 8.
Network Media, Wired - Wired - Twisted pair, Co-axial, Fibre Opt - Radio and infrared. Network Hardware : NIC s, Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routes. Cables - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet. Network Protocols - TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NETbios/NetBUI.
B. Data Communication 1. Using Standard Telephone Lines, Modems. 2. Digital Data connection Broadband connections, DSL/ADSL/HDSL/ISDN/VDSL. 3. Cable Modem connections Wireless networks - Wireless 802. 11., Wireless Access Point, Wireless Adapter. C. Internet 1. Definition, Types of connections, Sharing internet connection, H ot Spots. 2. Services on net-WWW, Email-paid and Free, News, FTP, Chat IM, On line Services, Peer to Peer services Blogs, Communities. 3. IP addresses, Domain names, URLs. Hyper Text, HTML, Websites, Br owsers - Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Tabbed browsing 4. Searching Directories, search engines, Boolean search (AND, OR, NOT), Advanced search, Meta Search engines. 5. Email-Configuring, POP/SMTP accounts in Email clients such as ou tlook, Diff. parts of an Email address. Creating, receiving, forwarding, blockin g organizing emails with rules. Receiving and sending emails with attachments by scanning attachments for viruses. Email etiquettes, SPAM. Understanding Smileys /Emoticons. 6. Cyber crime, Cyber Law, Hacking - Sniffing, Spoofing, Social eng ineering. Office Productivity Software (No. of Lectures - 26) Word Processing Introduction to Toolbars, Menus File Menu : New Open, Close, Save, Save As, Page, Setup, Print Preview, Pr int, Exit Edit Menu : Undo, Repeat, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Find, Replace, GoTo View Menu : Normal, Outline, Web Layout, Page Layout, Full Screen, Toolbars, Ruler, Header and Footer, Zoom. Insert Menu : Break, page Number, Date & Time, Symbol, File, Picture, Object Format Menu : Font, Bullets & Numbering, Borders and Shading, Auto Format, Sty le & Formatting. Tools Menu : Spelling & Grammar, Language, Speech, Letters & mailings. Table Menu : Insert/Delete (Table, Columns, Rows, Cells) Convert table to Tex t, Text to Table. Window Menu : New Window, Arrange All, Split. Help Menu : Microsoft Word Help, What s this. B. Spreadsheet File Menu : New, Open, Close, Save, Save as, Print Preview, Print, Exit Edit Menu : Undo, Repeat, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Delete, Move or copy shee t, find, Replace.
View Menu : Normal, Page Break Review, Toolbars, Formula Bar, Status Bar, He ader and footer, Full Screen, Zoom. Insert Menu : Cells, Rows, Columns, Worksheet, Chart, Symbol, Page Break, Func tion, Name, Comment, Picture, Diagram, Object, Hyperlink. Format Menu : Cells, Row, Column, Sheet, Auto Format, Style. Tools Menu : Spelling, Error Checking, Speech, Customize, Options. Data Menu : Sort, Filter View Menu : Normal, Pagebreak Review, Toolbars, Formula Bar, Status Bar, Header and Footer, Full Screen, Zoom. Window Menu : New Window, Arrange, Hide. Split, Freeze Panes. Help Menu : Microsoft Excel Help. What s this. Toolbars Menu : Standard, Formatting C. Presentation Software Slide Master Creating, interesting, deleting slides. Using different views. Adding, Editing and Formatting text. Drawing arcs. Lines Rotating Objects. Adding speaker notes. Inserting image, sound, video. Slide transitions. Creating a complete package for presentation at another site. D. Personal Information Manager 1. Creating contacts database appointments, to do lists, tasks usin g a PIM such as Outlook. Reference Books No. 1 l 2 dia 3 4 02 5 Title Author Publisher Introduction to Computers Peter Norton Sixth Edition McGraw Hil Prentice Hall In
Introduction to Information Technology V. Rajaraman Computers and Commonsense
Hunt J. Shelley Prentice Hall of India Vikas 20
Fundamentals of Information Technology A and Leon M, Leon A first Course in Computers
Saxena, Sanjay Vikas Publishing 1998 Excel Bo
6 Fundamentals of Information Technology Bharioke, Deepak ok, 2000 .
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