Computer Fundamentals

¶. Computer:
√Definition, History, Generation, Characteristics, Types & Applications.
√Overview of a computer system:

¶. Hardware:
√Definition of Hardware
√Input Unit: Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner etc
√CPU: Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), Control Unit (CU), Memory Unit (MU)
√Output Unit: Monitor, Printer etc
√Storage Devices: Primary & Auxulary Memory (Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, √Compact Disk, DVD, Flash Disk etc)

)Others: Network Card, Modem, Sound Card etc.

¶. Software
)Definition & types of Software

)Programming Language

)Liveware

)Firmware and Cache Memory

Setting & Protection of Computer Room and Computer

Concept of Computer related threats (virus, worms, Trojan, phishing etc) remedies and protection

) Concept of Multimedia

¶. File Management basics:

)Physical structure of disk

¶. Concept of E-mail / Internet / Extranet, World Wide Web (WWW)

)Familiarity with internet browsers (eg. Inernet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome etc.)

)Introduction of IP address, submet mask and default gateway

)Introduction to Network Media, topology and protocol.

)Setting up Microsoft Network

)Dial-Up Networking

¶.Number System:

)Introduction to binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal number system

)Introduction to ASCII and Unicode standards
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