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Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
Degree course in
Management engineering
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Industrial engineering systems and Technologies

CORPORATE COMPUTER SCIENCE
cod. 17324

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Sistemi di elaborazione delle informazioni (ING-INF/05)
Field
"altre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro"
Type of training activity
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48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

The purpose of the course is to introduce the fundamentals of computer science, describing how computer works, and illustrating last generation software applications, in particular Internet-oriented ones.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Fundamentals of computer science: information, high-level description of a computer; computer science, models, abstraction layers.

Computing: numeral systems, binary representation of numbers, text, images, sounds; boolean algebra.

Computers: logical layer, RTL layer, cpu; stack, interrupt, Assembly instruction set, CISC vs RISC, memory hierarchies; mass memories, I/O system.

Distributed systems and Internet: Enslow taxonomy, LAN networks, WAN networks, Internet; TCP/IP stack; information systems, fundamentals of databases; Web applications: from search engines to social networks.

Algorithms and data structures: definition of algorithm, pseudocode, flowcharts; data structures; design techniques for algorithms; sorting algorithms.

Programming: programming languages; structured programming; object-oriented programming.

Software engineering: software quality, software lifecycle, UML.

Full programme

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Bibliography

G. M. Schneider, J. L. Gersting, “Informatica”, Ed. Apogeo, 2007.

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam.

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