Auther: P.K Sinha Paperback: 404 pages
Publisher: BPB Publications
Date: (November 30, 2004)
ISBN-10: 8176567523
ISBN-13: 978-8176567527
Description Of The Book:
This is the third edition of the widely popular Computer Fundamentals book. It has been thoughtfully structured to introduce the readers to all the important concepts of computers and information technology through a single book. Complete with numerous illustrations and examples, chapter summaries, end-of-chapter questions, and a glossary of important terms, Computer Fundamentals is designed to serve as an ideal textbook for various introductory courses offered in Computer Science, Information Technology, and other related areas.Readers will find sufficient coverage of all major topics in the field, including: Characteristics,Generations,Classification, and Basic Organization of computers.Number systems, Computer codes, Binary arithmetic, Boolean algebra, and Logic circuits.Internal structure and functioning of CPU, Memory, Secondary storage devices, and I/0 devices.Computer Software, its various types with examples, and the commonly used tools and techniques for planning, development, implementation and operation of software systems.Computer languages, Operating Systems, Data Communications & computer networks,and Database technologies.The Internet, Multimedia computing systems and their applications, and many more...
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Basic computer organization
Chapter 3 Number systems
Chapter 4 Computer codes
Chapter 5 Computer arithmetic
Chapter 6 Boolean algebra and logic circuits
Chapter 7 Processor and memory
Chapter 8 Secondary storage devices
Chapter 9 Input-output devices
Chapter 10 Computer software
Chapter 11 Planning the computer program
Chapter 12 Computer languages
Chapter 13 Systems implementation and operation
Chapter 14 Operating systems
Chapter 15 Application software packages
Chapter 16 Business data processing
Chapter 17 Data communication and computer networks
Chapter 18 The Internet
Chapter 19 Multimedia
Chapter 20 Classification of computers
Chapter 21 Introduction to c programming language
