COMPUTER SCIENCE
Course unit partition: BORGO VAL DI TARO/FIDENZA

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course -
Professor
Academic discipline
Informatica (INF/01)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Base
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: BORGO VAL DI TARO/FIDENZA
course unit
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Course unit partition: COMPUTER SCIENCE

Learning objectives

<br />Provide the student with a theoretical knowledge of basic computer science on the technologies available today.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br /><br /> <br />Short account of historical evolution from the first inventions in the 1600s to the present <br />Introduction to computer science and the use of computers <br />General concepts on the operating principles <br />Functional analysis of the structure of a processor <br />Hardware: CPU Memory I/O devices <br />Binary system and Boolean operators <br />Information (text, numbers, images, sounds) and its digital representation <br />Software <br />Basic software and operating systems <br />Application software <br />Notes on programs and algorithms <br />Computer networks <br />Local networks and geographical networks <br />Internet and its applications <br />Functional classification of application programs <br />Presentation of application programs for processing texts, presentations, spreadsheets, programs <br />Use of the Internet network (navigation, electronic mail) <br />General concepts on the relationship between computer science and medicine<br />Introduction to computer security, legal references and general concepts, and a mention of the digital signature

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br /> <br />Introduzione ai sistemi informatici <br />D. Sciuto, G. Buonanno, W. Fornaciari, L. Mari, <br />Mc Graw Hill, 2004 <br />Lecture notes

Teaching methods

Assessment is by written examination, or oral examination if necessary.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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