Introduction to Computing - Teoria (2006/2007)

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Course code
4S00007
Name of lecturer
Federico Fontana
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
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 the 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

1. Introduction.

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

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

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

5. Boolean algebra and logical ports.

6. Computabily (basics)
- Universality and equivalence between computing machines
- Programming levels.

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
Sciuto D., Buonanno G., Mari L. Introduzione ai Sistemi Informatici (Edizione 3) McGraw-Hill 2005 883866269X
Vincenzo Manca Metodi Informazionali (Edizione 1) Bollati Boringhieri 2003 8833957152

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test with exercises and questions.

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