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General Informatics
Below is a list of main topics covered by the course General Informatics together with useful links to downloadable documents containing lecture notes (and/or handouts) and references. New links will be added as I realize the handouts or lecture notes for remaining topics or to detail the existing ones. Informatics - system of disciplines for representing (coding), processing, storing and retrieving data and information [ chp-1-handouts-pdf];
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Vasile Avram, Gheorghe Dodescu: Informatics: Computer Hardware and Programming in Visual Basic, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2003 (Chp. 1)

Boolean algebra, numbering systems and digital data representation [ handouts-pdf];

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Vasile Avram, Gheorghe Dodescu: Informatics: Computer Hardware and Programming in Visual Basic, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2003 (Chapter 2; Chapter 4) Conversions - Theory and implementation examples of conversion algorithms.

The representation of processing algorithms (pseudocode in Visual Basic, C++, Java, Pascal; commented samples in Visual Basic)[ chp-3-handouts-pdf]

[ Visual Basic Code Examples]You can see here a series of examples, documented by comments, realized in VB6 and included in the same project. If you want an archive containing the source code together with all required files and/or databases use the contact form in this site to request that and I send you. Vasile Avram, Gheorghe Dodescu: Informatics: Computer Hardware and Programming in Visual Basic, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2003 (Chp. 3; Chp. 4 pages 177-197 VB file processing samples; pages 152-177 pseudo-code samples)You can see here an excerpt of examples taken in that chapter [html] -Commented Samples in Visual Basic and flowcharts.

Examples of algorithms representation in pseudocode and/or flowchart and implementations in Visual Basic or VBA.

The Architecture and functionality of Personal Computers [ chp-4-handouts-1pdf]. Personal Computer networks [ chp-4-handouts-2-pdf]; top

Vasile Avram, Gheorghe Dodescu: Informatics: Computer Hardware and Programming in Visual Basic, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2003 (Chp. 6 and 7)

Operating systems for PC's and LAN's (Local Area Network) [ pdf];
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Gheorghe Dodescu, Vasile Avram: Informatics: Operating Systems and Application Software, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2005 (Chp. 3, 4, 9, and 10) chp-6-handouts-pdf];

The steps in computer solving problems process [

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Vasile Avram, Gheorghe Dodescu: Informatics: Computer Hardware and Programming in Visual Basic, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2003 ( Chp. 1 pages 4652; Chp. 3 pages 86-89) Gheorghe Dodescu, Vasile Avram: Informatics: Operating Systems and Application Software, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2005 (Chp. 6 pages 123-128 and139-142; Chp. 7 pages 147-159) chp-7-handouts-part1]

Programming Basics in Visual Basic (VB) [

[ Visual Basic Code Examples]You can see here a series of examples, documented by comments, realized in VB6 and included in the same project. If you want an archive containing the source code together with all required files and/or databases use the contact form in this site to request that and I send you. Vasile Avram, Gheorghe Dodescu: Informatics: Computer Hardware and Programming in Visual Basic, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2003 (Chp. 5; consider also the VB instructions, functions and samples introduced in Chp. 3 and Chp. 4)

2. Internet Technologies for Business [IT4B]

Below is a list of main topics covered by the course Internet Technologies for Businesstogether with useful links to downloadable documents containing lecture notes (and/or handouts) and references. New links will be added as I realize the handouts or lecture notes for remaining topics or to detail the existing ones.

Introduction to computer networks - review [ 04/05/06]

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IT4B-1-handouts-pdf - last revised

Vasile Avram, Gheorghe Dodescu - Informatics: Computer Hardware and Programming in Visual Basic, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2003 (Chp. 6 and 7) Optional Reading: Gheorghe Dodescu, Vasile Avram - Informatics: Operating Systems and Application Software, Ed. Economic, Bucureti, 2005 (Chp. 3, 4, 9, and 10) IT4B-

Internet - architecture, offered services, communication and navigation. [ 2-lecture notes-pdf] [ IT4B-2-handouts 1-pdf] Business categories and models in Internet. [ lecture notes-pdf]
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IT4B-3-handouts] [

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Optional Reading - http://digitalenterprise.org/ models/models.html Professor Michael Rappa, North Carolina State University

Documents and Web sites - structure, description languages. [ notes-pdf]

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IT4B-4-lecture

Introduction to VBScript - theory and examples - and see the full text as HTML document or download the pdf document Introduction to JavaScript - theory and examples - and see the full text as HTML document or download the pdf document The algorithm to compute the Easter date implemented in both javascript and VBScript Reading and Practice for HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, VBScript: http://www.w3schools.com The Specification of XML:http://www.w3.org Standards for HTML, XHTML, CSS,

Development tools of support sites for e-business.

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Reading and Practice for HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, VBScript: http://www.w3schools.com The Specification of XML:http://www.w3.org Standards for HTML, XHTML, CSS,

Techniques for collecting and data analysis in business applications: Web forms, usage of XML for collecting and manipulating data, access to digital datasources. top Integrating of the functionalities of office support application in business applications: creating Web documents with office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), techniques for data syntheses and analyzing (Excel), integrating Office documents in business sites. Ensuring data security and confidentiality for e-business.