Administration | Articles relating to this site and the course |
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Site Administration Site Administration
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Course Administration and Discussion Course Administration and Discussion, including heads-up and casual conversation
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Fundamentals | Fundamentals of computer systems |
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Computer Systems Fundamentals of computer systems
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Hardware | Computing hardware |
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The Central Processing Unit The purpose, function and characteristics of the CPU |
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Binary Logic The Whys, Hows and Wherefores of Binary Logic
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Memory ROM, RAM, Virtual, cache, flash and so forth |
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Input and Output Devices Why do we need I/O and which device is right for the job |
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Secondary Storage Why use Secondary Storage, and what are its characteristics |
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Software | Software |
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Application Software Types of application software and its selection |
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Representation | Representation of data in computer systems |
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Units Take a big byte |
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Number There is no such word as denary.
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Character Character building |
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Images A picture is worth a thousand words, or maybe a megabyte. |
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Sound Here's a sample |
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Instructions When is an instruction not an instruction? |
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Databases | Databases |
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Database Concepts What is it and why do we need it? |
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Relational Databases Entities and Tables |
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Object Oriented Databases Tables? What Tables? |
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Communications | Computer communications and networking |
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Networks What is a network and what does it do? |
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The Internet What is an internet? |
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Programming | Programming |
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Practical Excercises Practical stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere
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Algorithms What is one and how do we write them? |
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Programming Languages What are they and how do they work? |
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Control Flow How to control flow in an imperative language |
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Handling Data Constants aren't; variable wont. |
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Testing No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or corrupttit#d dat@. |
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