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CIS110 Course Overview by Dr. Ouarbya

This document outlines the organization of an introductory computing course. The first semester will cover how computers work by examining hardware components like memory and the CPU, as well as software concepts like data representation and operating systems. Students are expected to spend 3-5 hours per week reading the study guide, recommended textbooks, and completing exercises. There will be two assignments worth 10% each and a final exam worth 80%, divided into two parts covering the respective semesters. Labs will include an introduction to HTML and additional exercises available online. Lecture slides can also be accessed online.

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CIS110 Course Overview by Dr. Ouarbya

This document outlines the organization of an introductory computing course. The first semester will cover how computers work by examining hardware components like memory and the CPU, as well as software concepts like data representation and operating systems. Students are expected to spend 3-5 hours per week reading the study guide, recommended textbooks, and completing exercises. There will be two assignments worth 10% each and a final exam worth 80%, divided into two parts covering the respective semesters. Labs will include an introduction to HTML and additional exercises available online. Lecture slides can also be accessed online.

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Introduction to computing and

the Internet
Dr. Lahcen Ouarbya
29 St-James, Room 6
Email: lahcen@[Link]
Tel: 020 7717 2263
Surgery hour: Friday 2 - 3 pm

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Chapter 1Course Organisation

Based on the University of London study guide:


Introduction to Computing and the Internet,

published by Francis Lin (2004).

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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?

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First Semester (2)

To answer the previous questions:

We will need to look at various components of the


hardware and software:
Memories:

hard disks,
floppy disks,
CDROM,

The central processing unit (CPU),


The system bus,
Twos complement representation, floating point,
ASCII, Unicode
Operating Systems
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Organising your studies(2)


Study

guide on its own is not enough

Additional reading

3-5 Hours per week


Recommended reference books
Doing exercises

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Useful Textbooks

William Stallings, (2003). Computer Organization and


Architecture: Designing for Performance. Upper Saddle River,
N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
[Link]

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. 6 th Edition. (Indianapolis,


Indiana:: QUE, 2002) edition [ISBN 0789725495]
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Other useful books

Martin Bryan, SGML and HTML explained .Addison-Wesley

William Davis, Operating Systems . Addison-Wesley

Gary Nutt, Operating Systems a modern perspective. AddisonWesley.

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Assignments and Exam

Two assignments in total


1st assignment (1 0%)
2nd assignment (10%)
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)

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Labs

Introduction to HTML
Lab exercises:

[Link]

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Lecture Slides

[Link]

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