Introduction to computing and the Internet Dr. Lahcen Ouarbya Email: lahcen@doc.gold.ac.uk Tel: 020 7717 2263 Surgery hour: Thursday (4-5 pm) 21/05/2019 cis110

Chapter 1Course Organisation Based on the University of London study guide: Introduction to Computing and the Internet, published by Francis Lin (2004). 1st semester is given by Dr. L. Ouarbya 2nd semester is given by Dr. R. Kibble 21/05/2019 cis110

First Semester (1) 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? 21/05/2019 cis110

First Semester (2) To answer the previous questions: We will need to look at various components of the hardware and software: Memory, hard disks, floppy disks, The central processing unit (CPU), The system bus, Two’s complement representation, floating point, ASCII, Unicode Operating Systems 21/05/2019 cis110

Organising your studies(2) Study guide on its own is not enough Additional reading 3-5 Hours per week Recommended reference books Doing exercises 21/05/2019 cis110

Useful Textbooks William Stallings, (2003). Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. http://williamstallings.com/COA5e.html J. Glenn Brookshear, Computer Science (an overview), Sixth edition. Addison-Wesley, 2000. Barry Wilkinson, Computer architecture (design and performance). Second Edition. Prentice Hall, 1996. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Structure Computer Organization. Third Edition. Prentice Hall, 1990 White, R. (2002). How Computers Work. 6th Edition. (Indianapolis, Indiana:: QUE, 2002) edition [ISBN 0789725495] 21/05/2019 cis110

Other useful books Martin Bryan, “ SGML and HTML explained ’’.Addison-Wesley William Davis, “ Operating Systems ’’. Addison-Wesley Gary Nutt, “ Operating Systems a modern perspective’’. Addison-Wesley. 21/05/2019 cis110

Assignments and Exam Two assignments in total Assignments and exam 1st assignment (L. Ouarbya), 2nd assignment (R. Kibble). Late submissions are not accepted Assignments and exam Assignments (20 %) Exam (80%). Exam (2 parts) Part A (1st semester) (3 questions – choose 2) Part B (2nd semester) (3 questions – choose 2) 21/05/2019 cis110

Labs Introduction to HTML Lab exercises: Lab test ? http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas01lo/teaching/cis110/labs/labs.html Lab test ? 21/05/2019 cis110

Lecture Slides http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas01lo/teaching/cis110/lectures_2006.html 21/05/2019 cis110