CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Course Syllabus

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• Computer:

• Definition, History, Generation, Characteristics, Types & Applications.

• Overview of a computer system:

• Hardware:

• Definition of Hardware

• Input Unit: Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner etc

• CPU: Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), Control Unit (CU), Memory Unit (MU)

• Output Unit: Monitor, Printer etc

• Storage Devices: Primary & Auxulary Memory (Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, Compact Disk, DVD, Flash Disk etc)

• Others: Network Card, Modem, Sound Card etc.

• Software

• Definition & types of Software

• Programming Language

• Liveware

• Firmware and Cache Memory

• Setting & Protection of Computer Room and Computer

• Concept of Computer related threats (virus, worms, Trojan, phishing etc) remedies and protection

• Concept of Multimedia

• File Management basics:

• Physical structure of disk

• Concept of E-mail / Internet / Extranet, World Wide Web (WWW)

• Familiarity with internet browsers (eg. Inernet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome etc.)

• Introduction of IP address, submet mask and default gateway

• Introduction to Network Media, topology and protocol.

• Setting up Microsoft Network

• Dial-Up Networking

• Number System:

• Introduction to binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal number system

• Introduction to ASCII and Unicode standards

• Introduction to Microsoft Office