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COMPUTING
Sadia Maryam
Course Goals
Fundamental concepts of Computer
Science.
Parts of computers, Processor, I/O
devices, Memory Storage.
Types of Software, Basic File Management,
Databases, Data communication and
Networks, Internet, Computer Security
and Ethics.
Enterprise computing
Course Book
Gary B. Shelly and Misty E.Vermaat,
Discovering Computers 2011,Selly Cashman
Series, 2011
Grading
Theory
Quizzes --------------------------15%
Assignments-------------------- 10%
1st Sessional -------------- 10%
2nd Sessional ------------- -- 15%
Final----------------------------------------------- 50%
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Quiz / Assignment 25%
◦ There will be surprise quizzes. It can be taken
at any time during Lecture/Lab, written or
computer based.
◦ Assignments will be announced with a specific
deadline. Instructions will be provided along
with the assignment statement.
Late Policy: Assignments will not be
accepted later than the deadline.
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Plagiarism Policy
Any assignment found 30% or more copied
from the internet will be marked 0 (ZERO).
Any assignment copied from the class mate will
also be marked 0 (ZERO).
◦ Both for the source and the copied one.
No consideration will be made regarding
plagiarized assignments.
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Attendance Policy
Any student late in class by 15 min shall
be marked absent.
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Contact
Office:
◦ CS Dept, 1st floor
◦ Academic Block II
Email:
sadiamaryam@comsats.edu.pk
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Why we study Computers
More impact than any other invention
◦ Changed work and leisure activities
◦ Used by all demographic groups
Computers are important because:
◦ Provide information to users
◦ Information is critical to our society
◦ Managing information is difficult
Computers and Mathematics
Computer in other fields & in
Society
Education
Multimedia presentations in class rooms
Online learning
Video lectures
Documentaries
Sometimes computer is used as an instructor
(Robots)
Medicine
Analysis of X-rays, brain MRI, ultrasound
images
Detecting fractures in bones, stones in kidneys
and tumors in abdomen.
Advanced computer systems also help doctors
in diagnosing complicated diseases i.e. cancer,
tuberculosis, AIDS, etc…
More advanced and complex computer
systems such as robots perform surgeries as
well.
Scheduling of patients has improved
Medicine
Medicine
Organizations
Computer instead of a typewriter
Computer replaces peons, posts and fax
machines
e-mails, scanners and printers
Computer in place of manual files
easy searching and maintenance of files
Computer instead of a telephone
audio and video computer conversations
Organizations
Assignment
Entertainment
Security
Defense
Libraries
Transportation
Communication
Shops
Airport
Concluding remarks
Computers are everywhere. Computers
made our life easy and comfortable. It helps
us in performing our routine tasks as well as
complex ones.
Information
Processed data
Meaningful
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan.
Components of computer
All types of computers consist of two basic parts:
Hardware Software
How computer works
IPO Cycle (input-processing-output)
In IPO cycle, data and instructions are entered.
They are processed, stored and finally the result
is given out.
Instructions and commands given to the
computer are called Inputs or data.
A computer accepts, examines and calculates
the result. This is called processing.
The result given by the computer after
processing is called output.
IPO in daily life
IPO in daily life
IPO in computer
How computer takes input ?
How computer displays output to
humans?
How computer processes the input?
The answer is …
Input devices
Storage devices
Processing devices
Output devices
The Components of a Computer
A computer contains many electric, electronic, and
mechanical components known as hardware
Input • Allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer
Device
Output • Hardware component that conveys information to one or more
Device people
System • Case that contains the electronic components of the computer that
Unit are used to process data