Computer equipment
R Gedge
6 points * 4 hours per week * First semester * Caulfield * Prohibitions: CFR1120, CFR1130, CFR1201
This subject aims to provide students with a knowledge of the workings of computer systems together with an introduction to the methods of data representation and data communication. Topics include CPU and memory, input and output devices, secondary storage, data representation, introduction to communications, transmission media and hardware, introduction to computer networks and the OSI model, Telecom services, simple network analysis and design, network utilities and services.
Assessment
Examination (3 hours): 70% * Practical work: 30%
Prescribed texts
Gedge R Course notes for COT1130 Dept of Computer Technology, Monash U, 1995
Recommended texts
Stamper D A Business data communications 3rd edn, Benjamin-Cummings, 1992