Bcom Syllabus – Foundations of Computers

1.1 Foundations of Computers

First Year          Part III Group A                   First Semester                             Subject Code :    

Unit-1

 INTRODUCTION: Basics of Information technology – Classification of Information Technology systems - Role of software in IT - Need for Information system user friendliness/user interface.                                                                                         

Unit-2

COMPUTER SYSTEMS: Introduction to computers – Classification of Digital computer systems – Anatomy of Digital computer – Computer architecture – Number system – memory units – Architecture Storage Devices Input devices – Output devices – Computer Software – Operating systems – Programming languages – overview.           

Unit-3

DATA COMMUNICATIONS:  Characteristics of communication channel –Frequency and wave length – Bandwidth and channel capacity – Analog modulation (AM & FM) – FSK modulation and demodulation -  Advantages  of  Digital communication  over  Analog communication. 

           

Unit-4

DBMS: Overview, File System versus a DBMS, Describing and storing data in DBMS MULTIMEDIA AND VIRTUAL REALITY: Introduction to multimedia – Multimedia tools.                                                                                                                                    

Unit-5

INTERNET & INTRANET: WWW- Web Browsers -Web Servers - Internet access -  Protocols – Addressing Internet Tools and Services – Intranets                                   

TEXT BOOKS:

1.         Alexis Leon, Mathews Leon, “Fundamentals of Information Technology”, Leon Press, 1999.

2.         Dennis P. Curtin, “Information Technology”, Tata McGraw Hill Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 1999.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.         Raghu Ramakrishnan, “Database Management Systems” (Chapter 1 & 2), McGraw Hill 1998.

2.         William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, PHI, New Delhi, 1998.

3.         Schweber W. L , “Data Communications”, McGraw Hill, 1998.

4.         Computers Today – Suresh K Basandra – Galgotia Publishers – 1997.