Computer technology
Dr Syed Rahman
6 points * First semester: 4 hours per week * Gippsland/Distance
Binary, decimal, and hexadecimal representations; the ASCII and EBCDIC codes; truth tables and Boolean algebra; the CPU, memory, and peripheral devices; role of the operating system; multiprogramming, timesharing, and multiprocessing; machine language, assembly language, and third and fourth generation languages; compilers and interpreters; DOS structure, DOS commands; UNIX structure, C shell commands; file organisation and storage; data communications protocols and networks; applications and the role of computer technology today. Access to the university's computer systems via modem is compulsory for distance education students, in order to maintain effective communication with staff and other students, and also for the submission of assignments and the provision of supplementary study material.
Assessment
Assignments: 40% * Examination: 60%
Prescribed texts
Sobell M G A practical guide to UNIX system V 2nd edn, Benjamin-Cummings, 1990
Szymanski R A and others Introduction to computers and information systems 2nd edn, Macmillan, 1991
Wood C A Computer fundamentals: PC-DOS and MS-DOS, Addison-Wesley, 1990