Proceedings of the 20th Meeting of the Academic Council of VIT held on 26.3.
2010
ITA 101 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION LTPC 3003
TECHNOLOGY Course Prerequisites: Objective: To provide information about the various computer tools available and to enable the students understand the role of information technology in various fields.. Expected Outcome: Students will gain fundamental knowledge about database management systems, spreadsheets, word processing, Networking and Multimedia.
Unit I INTRODUCTION Number of hours (per Unit) : 9
IT an Introduction – Information Systems – Software and Data – IT in Business, Industry, Home, at Play, Education, Training, Entertainment, Arts, Science, Engineering and Maths – Computers in Hiding – Global Positioning System (GPS). Unit II TECHNOLOGY Number of hours (per Unit) : 9 Types of Computers – Anatomy of a Computer – Foundations of Modern Information Technology – The Central Processing Unit – How Microprocessors and Memory Chips are Made – Memory – Buses for Input and Output – Communication With Peripherals. Unit III DEVICES Number of hours (per Unit) : 9 I/O Devices – Inputting Text and Graphics – State of the Art – Input and Output – Pointing Devices – Foundations of Modern Output – Display Screens – Printers – Foundations of Modern Storage – Storage Media – Increasing Data Storage Capacity – Backing up your Data – The Smart Card. Unit IV INTERFACES Number of hours (per Unit) ; 9 Software – User Interfaces – Application Programs – Operating Systems – Document – Centric Computing – Major Software Issues – Network Computing – Word Processing and Desktop Publishing – Spreadsheet and Database Applications. Unit V NETWORKS Number of hours (per Unit) ; 9 Network Applications – Foundation of Modem Networks – Local Area Networks – Wide Area Networks – Links Between Networks – Networks: Dial–up Access – High Bandwidth Personal Connections – Multimedia – Tools of Multimedia – Delivering Multimedia – Multimedia on Web. Text Books 1. D.P. Curtin, K. Foley, K. Sen and C. Morin, Information Technology – The Breaking Wave, TMH Edition – 1999. References 1. Sawyer, Williams and Hutchinson, Using Information Technology – Brief Version, McGraw Hill International Edition – 2003. 2. Fundamentals of Information Technology, Alexis Leon & Mathews Leon–Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. – 1999. Mode of Assignments/Quizzes/Seminars/CAT/Term-end Evaluation Recommended by the Board of Studies on Date of Approval by the Academic Council