MLSU 1061 - COMPUTER SCIENCE-I (NEW SCHEME W.E.F. 2018) Syllabus : Mohanlal Sukhadia University

FIRST YEAR B.SC. COMPUTER SCIENCE
Paper-I : Introduction to Information Technology

UNIT- I
Computer Basics : Introduction , Evolution of Computers, Generations of Computers
,Classification of Computers. The Computer system : Components of a Computer system
,Communication among various Units. Applications of computers.


UNIT- II
Computer Memory : Memory Hierarchy, Different Types of RAM & ROM.
System software : Introduction to system software, Distinction between systems software and
Application software. Introductory ideas of loaders and linkers Computer language,
Assemblers, Compilers and Interpreters.


UNIT- III
Operating systems : Evolution, introduction to OS , functions and facilities, single tasking
and multitasking OS , single user and multi-user OS, characteristics of MS-DOS and Unix
operating systems , DOS and UNIX commands for file and process management.


UNIT- IV
Text editors: overview of editing process
Graphical User Interfaces: Introduction to Windows, Word processing software packages and
features, spread sheet packages and features,Working with Presentation packages.


UNIT- V
Computer Communications: Computer to computer communication through networking,
Introduction to computer networks and networking software, Types of Networks, Internet and
Intranet , Electronic mail. World Wide Web, URL ,Web browsers ,Search engine ,
Multimedia and Virtual reality. E-Commerce , Global Positioning System. Specifications of
a typical desktop computer system, Recent Developments in ICT


Recommended books:
1. Satish Jain : Information Technology
2. Alexis Leon : Fundamentals Of Information Technology
3. V.Rajaraman : Fundamentals of Computers

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