Teacher: Prof.G.F. Rossi
Overall
organization of computer systems: hardware, system software, application
programs - Computer architecture: information representation, main hardware
components, machine language, instruction execution cycle - Operating systems:
main features and overall organization, processor management (processes),
memory management (paging, virtual memory), file system, operations on files,
user interface (textual vs. graphical); case studies: Windows, MacOS, Linux -
Computer networks: phisical organization, protocols (ISO/OSI hierarchy), local
area networks, Internet, WWW, electronic mail. - Text processing: editing,
formatting, case studies (WORD, html) - Spreadsheets: motivations, basic
features, case study (EXCEL). - Main
and secondary memory. Data bases: motivations, the relational model,
data description and manipulation language (SQL).
Literature/Course material:
Ceri S., Mandrioli D., Sbattella L.: Informatica arte e mestiere, McGraw-Hill, 1999. (2nd Edition),McGRAW-HILL, 1999.
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