COMPUTER SCIENCE
Course unit partition: PARMA

Academic year 2015/16
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Roberto GOLDONI
Academic discipline
Informatica (INF/01)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Altro
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Course unit partition: COMPUTER SCIENCE

Learning objectives

Give the students a theoretical knowledge of basic information systems of the nowadays available technologies.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Brief history of the evolutions from the first inventions from 1600 to these days.
Introduction to information systems and use of personal computers.
General Concepts of the working systems.
Functional analysis of data processor structure.

Hardware: CPU Memories, I/O devices
Binary system and Boolean operators.
Information (text, numbers, images, sounds...) and its digital representation.
Software
Basic software and operating systems
Application software
Brief mention of programs and algorithms
Computer networks
Local networks and geographic networks
Internet and its applications
Functional classification of applications programs
Presentation of text elaboration application programs, presentations, spreadsheets, programs

Full programme

Brief history of the evolutions from the first inventions from 1600 to these days.
Introduction to information systems and use of personal computers.
General Concepts of the working systems.

Functional analysis of data processor structure.

Hardware: CPU Memories, I/O devices
Binary system and Boolean operators.

Information (text, numbers, images, sounds...) and its digital representation.

Software

Basic software and operating systems

Application software

Brief mention of programs and algorithms

Computer networks

Local networks and geographic networks

Internet and its applications
Functional classification of applications programs
Presentation of text elaboration application programs, presentations, spreadsheets, programs
Use of the Internet network (surfing, electronic mail)
General Concepts on the relationship Information systems and Medicine.
Introduction to information systems security, in accordance to laws and general concepts. Brief mention to digital signature.
Parts that make up the PC with its connectors

Access to the network and to an authentication system

Work with windows and recognize the various parts of a window on the desktop

Check the basic characteristics of the computer

Structure of folders/directories and file organization

Drawing tools and word processor

Use of the Intranet network (Printer and File server)

Components and types of printer and solving of printing problems

Use of the Internet network, navigating the Web

Collecting data from a URL address: Save, Copy, Download

Bookmarks and History

Search engines (search with Boolean operators or advanced search) and problems

The database directory and the image database in search engines

Bibliography

Introduzione ai sistemi informatici (Introduction to Information Systems)
D. Sciuto, G. Buonanno, W. Fornaciari, L. Mari,
Mc Graw Hill,

Teaching methods

Class lessons and laboratory

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral or written tests and practical test

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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