Course Code: 103

Course Title: Fundamentals of Computers

Course Code 103

Course Title Fundamentals of Computers and Data
Credits 4
Course Category Minor Course
Level of Course 100-199 ( Foundation / Introductory )
Teaching per Week 4 Hours/Week
Minimum weeks per 15 (Including class work, examination, preparation etc.)
Semester
Review / Revision -
Implementation Year: A.Y. 2024-2025
Purpose of Course - Concepts and types of computer and various hardware technologies relevant to
computer as well as some important peripherals will be covered.
- Introduction of computer internal memories, number systems and conversions
from decimal to binary.
- Exposure of various input and output devices as well as concepts of Internet
and relevant gadgets and their application
- Understand the Concepts of Data and purpose of storing and managing data.
Course Objective To provide knowledge of functional units, number System, Devices and memory
& its storage, Data, concepts of data science and .
Pre-requisite Fundamental Knowledge of Computers
Course Outcomes CO1: Students will be able to develop interest in using computers for
professional work.
CO2: Students will be able to learn functional units of computers, how
they process information with other computing systems and devices.
CO3: Students will be able to understand basic computer hardware
components.
CO4: Students will be able to express the major concepts of
Application software and System Software.
CO5: Student will be able to learn how the computer represents and
stores information using binary number system, and will be able to
convert between binary and decimal number system.
CO6: Students will be able to understand the functions of input output
devices, know the different types of I/O Devices, and assess new
technology used for I/O devices.
CO7: Students will be able to understand types of data, processing and
effective storage of data.
Mapping between PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5 PSO6 PSO7 PSO8
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Course Outcome On completion of this course, students will get knowledge about functional units,
number System, devices and memory and storage and fundamentals of Data and
data storage.
Course Content UNIT-1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction of Computer
1.2 Applications of Computer
1.3 Types of Computers – Super Computers, Mainframes, Mini Computers,
Micro computers(Desktop, Laptop, Notebook, Tablet, Smart Phones)
1.4 Block Diagram and functional units of computer
1.5 Concepts of Address Bus and Data Bus
1.6 Concept of virtual memory and cache memory
1.7. Hardware Components
1.7.1. Motherboard
1.7.2. Types of Processor (CPU and GPU)
1.7.3. Memory: RAM(SRAM,DRAM, SDRAM), ROM, EPROM, EEPROM
1.8. Introduction to Software
1.8.1. Purpose and significance of Operating System
1.8.2. Concept of System Software and Application Software

UNIT-2: Number System

2.1. Introduction of Decimal, Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal number Systems.
2.2 Conversion of Decimal to Binary and Binary to Decimal
2.3 Binary addition & subtraction
2.4 ASCII and ANSI character code

Unit-3: Concepts of Internet

3.1. Concepts of Internet and WWW
3.1.1 Types of Internet Services
3.1.2 Hardware – Modem, Router, Blue tooth, Fire-Stick
3.1.3 Internet connections using Hotspot, WiFi, cable
3.2 Introduction of Cloud
3.2.1 Concepts of cloud
3.2.2 Purpose and application of Cloud ( Example of GoogleDoc)
3.2.3 Concepts of Online Data Backup
3.3 Introduction of Web Browser and relevant terminologies :
3.3.1 URL, Address bar, Domain, Links, Navigation Buttons
3.3.2 Tabbed browsing, Bookmarks, History

Unit-4: Concepts of Data

4.1 Concepts of Data and information
4.2 Types of Data (Quantitative and Qualitative )
4.3 Difference between structured and un structured data
4.3 Storage and processing concepts of data
4.3.1 Introduction of Data warehouse
4.3.2 Introduction of Data lake
4.3 Concepts of Data Science
4.3.1 Evolution of Data Science
4.3.2 Roles of Data Science
4.4 Applications of Data Science in various fields

UNIT-5: Understanding Data Collection and Data Pre-Processing

5.1 Introduction of Data and Datasets
5.2 Samples of Data and Datasets
5.3 Data Pre-Processing Overview
5.4 Concepts and need of data pre-process
5.5 Concepts of Data Cleaning
Reference Books 1. How computer work: Ron White – Tech media
2. Introduction to computers: 4th Edition – Peter Norton
3. Fundamentals of Computers: V. Rajaraman
4. Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha (BPB)
5. Introduction to Networking RechardMcMohan Tata McGraw Hill Publication
6. HTML Black Book – Steven Holzner – Dreamtech Press
7. Computer Network Fundamentals and application – R S Rajesh Vikas
Publication
8. HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition, with XHTML and CSS-
Peachpit Press
9. "Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python" by Joel Grus,
ISBN: 978-1492041139, Publisher: O'Reilly Media.
10. "Data Science for Business" by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, ISBN:
978-1449361327, Publisher: O'Reilly Media
11. "Python for Data Analysis" by Wes McKinney, ISBN: 978-1491957660,
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
12. "The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and
Prediction" by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, and Jerome Friedman, ISBN:
978-0387848, 570, Publisher: Springer

Teaching Methodology Class Work, Discussion, Self-Study, Seminars and/or Assignments

Evaluation Method 50% Internal assessment.

50% External assessment.