Computer technology
J Carpenter
6 points * 4 hours per week * First semester * Caulfield
Equipment: the major components of computer hardware including the CPU, secondary storage devices, input and output units, number system and code sets. Operating systems: historical development of operating systems; the need for, and function of, a typical modern, multiuser operating system; input-output handling; protection and security; memory management; resource scheduling; range of utilities. Using operating systems: features of standard terminals, command language, single commands and macros, text editors, language processors. Data communications: remote I/O devices and networks, codes, hardware, telephone networks, packet-switched networks, digital data networks, local area networks, protocols, open systems interconnection, Australian telecommunications facilities.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 70% * Practical work: 30%
Prescribed texts
Silberschatz A and others Operating system concepts 4th edn, Addison-Wesley, 1994