Course Code: ET-121 Credit Hours: 3+1 Year/Semester: 1st/2nd Session: 2016-20

Class Schedule: 08:30am (Mon, Tue & Wed) Class Venue: Room-1 (Electrical Technology)

Course Outline:

Introduction to Computer & its applications, The System Unit (CPU and Memory): CPU components, memory unit, CPU-memory-I/O architectures, I/O modules and computer peripherals, Data storage in various types of memory, Introduction to Microsoft Windows, File management in Windows, Operating system (Windows) administration, Exploring the Internet and Web: Internet applications, E-Mail, Internet services, browsers, Microsoft Word: Creating and saving documents, tables, pictures and printing, Microsoft Excel: Setting up a worksheet, formulas and calculations, Presentations Software Microsoft PowerPoint): Creating presentations, work with presentations, templates, transition effects and animations, Introduction to Networks, Types of Networks, Network Architecture, Design Topologies, Communication Channels and Devices, Programming languages: Low-level, High-level, Procedural, Object Oriented Programming.

Recommended Books:

• Discovering Computers-Fundamentals by Gary B. Shelly & Misty E. Vermaat