Introduction to Computing - Teoria (2006/2007)

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Course code
4S00007
Name of lecturer
Barbara Oliboni
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Other available courses
Academic sector
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Zero period (only for 1st year of 3-year degree courses) dal Sep 18, 2006 al Oct 9, 2006.

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Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

This course provides the foundations of computer science along with the terminology and basic notations. The course is strictly linked with the laboratory, that introduces to the use of the computer and the basics of networking.

Syllabus

Introduction

Information processing
- Problems and algorithms
- Flow diagrams
- Programs
--- Programming languages
--- Instructions
--- Data
--- Sub-programs

Computer architecture and its abstractions
- Von Neumann machine
--- The executor
--- Memory
--- Storage memory devices
--- Input/Output interfaces
--- Peripherals
- Register machine
- Turing machine

Information encoding
- Binary, octal, hexadecimal encoding
- Base conversions
- Binary encoding of integers and their sum and subtraction
- Binary encoding of signed integers and their sum
- Character encoding

Boolean algebra and logical ports

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
Sciuto D., Buonanno G., Mari L. Introduzione ai Sistemi Informatici (Edizione 3) McGraw-Hill 2005 883866269X

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test with exercises and questions.

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