Computer studies 4
3 hours per week * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisite: EDN2265
A further extension of the concepts introduced in EDN2265, leading to their application in the design, development and implementation of a modular, menu-driven file handling program. File handling: creation, saving retrieving. Record manipulation: sorting, searching, display, insertion, deletion, editing. The processes of compilation and interpretation: relative merits and machine implications. Computer arithmetic and notational systems for numeric expressions: infix notation; postfix notation; prefix notation; conversion and evaluation of expressions.
Assessment
Examinations: 65% * Practical exercises: 35%