Introduction to computing and the Internet Dr Lahcen
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Introduction to computing and the Internet Dr. Lahcen Ouarbya 29 St-James, Room 6 Email: l. ouarbya@doc. gold. ac. uk Tel: 020 7717 2263 Surgery hour: Friday ? 3/9/2021 cis 110 1
Course Organisation l Based on the University of London study guide: Introduction to Computing and the Internet, published by Francis Lin (2004). 3/9/2021 cis 110 2
Course Organisation (Cont) l The aim: • How computers work? • How is information stored in a computer? • How is information processed in a computer? • How is information represented in a computer? • How are computing operations co-ordinated and managed? 3/9/2021 cis 110 3
Course Organisation (Cont) l l l l History of Computers Binary systems Data representation Computer Architecture • Data storage • Data processing Operating systems Web languages: • HTML , XHTML AND XML Introduction to relational database Introduction to shell scripts (if time allows) 3/9/2021 cis 110 4
Course delivery l l Lecture (2 hours ) Lab or workshop (1 hour per group ) 3/9/2021 cis 110 5
Assessment l l Two assignments: • Assignment 1, given week before reading week. (10%) • Assignment 2 given week before Xmas holiday (10%) Exam on May, (80%) 3/9/2021 cis 110 6
Organising your studies(2) l Study guide on its own is not enough • Additional reading • 3 -5 Hours per week • Recommended reference books • Doing exercises 3/9/2021 cis 110 7
Useful Textbooks l William Stallings, (2003). Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance. Upper Saddle River, N. J. : Prentice-Hall. http: //williamstallings. com/COA 5 e. html l J. Glenn Brookshear, Computer Science (an overview), Sixth edition. Addison-Wesley, 2000. l Barry Wilkinson, Computer architecture (design and performance). Second Edition. Prentice Hall, 1996. l Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Structure Computer Organization. Third Edition. Prentice Hall, 1990 l White, R. (2002). How Computers Work. 6 th Edition. (Indianapolis, Indiana: : QUE, 2002) edition [ISBN 0789725495] 3/9/2021 cis 110 8
Other useful books l Martin Bryan, “ SGML and HTML explained ’’. Addison-Wesley l William Davis, “ Operating Systems ’’. Addison-Wesley l Gary Nutt, “ Operating Systems a modern perspective’’. Addison-Wesley. 3/9/2021 cis 110 9
Labs l l Introduction to HTML Lab exercises: • http: //www. doc. gold. ac. uk/~mas 01 lo/teaching/cis 110/labs. html 3/9/2021 cis 110 10
Lecture Slides l http: //www. doc. gold. ac. uk/~mas 01 lo/teaching_07/cis 110/2007 -08/lectures. html 3/9/2021 cis 110 11
