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1 FUNDAMENTALS
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Elementary
material on number systems (e.g. binary, octal,
hexadecimal), two's complement arithmetic, floating
point number representation (range and precision)
elementary floating-point operations,
binary/decimal conversion
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Gates (AND,
OR, NAND, NOR, inverter)
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Sequential
logic (D flip-flops, RS flip-flops, JK flip-flops)
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Simple
circuits (Full adder, multiplexer, shift register, counter)
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Boolean
algebra, logic diagrams, expressions, truth tables
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Sets, logical
operations
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MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE
Stored
program, CPU, ALU, block diagram of processor and
essential functions
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The
processor: simple RISC-like instruction set and functions;
CISC processors
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Assemblers
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Storage/Memory: RAM, ROM, cache, backing store
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Disc units,
measures of capacity and performance
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Optical
devices (CD and DVD)
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Peripheral
devices and characteristics
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Bit-mapped
graphics display (VDU); printer (different types,
speeds, costs); keyboard, mouse, joystick, modem,
barcode reader
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Relation
between peripheral and its controller; interface to
CPU
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Memory-mapped
registers and interrupt line
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3 FUNCTIONS OF
OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Interrupts,
concurrency, scheduling, memory management,
resource allocation
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Input/output
subsystems
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4 SYSTEMS
SOFTWARE
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Compilers,
interpreters, filestore managers:
characteristics, available facilities, resource requirements
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Electronic
mail, file transfer
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The Internet:
accessing procedures, World Wide Web (WWW),
available information, browsing
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5 NETWORKS
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Communication
principles; characteristics of transmission
media and network topologies
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Modems: brief
principles and characteristics, errors and error
detection
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Networks
(LANs and WANs); Ethernet, media access control,
frame formats, repeaters, bridges and routers; brief
coverage of datagrams and virtual circuits;
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addressing,
switching and routing
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6 CAPACITY
PLANNING, PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY
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Definitions,
measurement, benchmarks
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Critical
factors in hardware and software performance, historical
and future trends
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- FUNDAMENTALS
- Binary arithmetic
- Gates
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- COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
- CPU
- Assembly language
- Memory
- Input/Output
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- NETWORKS
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- OPERATING SYSTEMS
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