| SL. NO. |   Chapter |   Topics |   
  | 01. |   Introduction |   
Brief history and types of computer, Application areas, Generation of computers, Working principle 
and functional units of a Digital Computer, 
Single and multiuser systems, Computer crime and security system.
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  | 02. |   Hardware |   
Organization and Architecture of a computer, CPU, Motherboard & Microprocessor, 
Memory units: Primary memory, Secondary memory, I/O devices, Peripheral Devices,
AT/XT, ISA, FISA, PCI Bus Architecture.
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  | 03. |   Software |   
Classification of software, System software, Operating system concepts, Introduction to BIOS, DOS, 
WINDOWS, UNIX, booting process of a computer, Application software: wordword processing,
spreadsheet database and presentation software. 
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  | 04. |   Maintenance of PC |   Computer viruses and virus protection, software and hardware troubleshooting and maintenance. |   
  | 05. |   Internet and Networking |   Computer networks and network topologies, Basic concepts on LAN, WAN, Internet system, E-Mail, E-commerce, WWW. |   
  | 06. |   Introduction to computer programming |   
Different type of Programming Languages, Problem solving techniques, Algorithm specification and development, 
Programming style, Debugging and testing documentation, Program design methodologies, Structured and modular program 
design, Programming Language in C, C program structure, Compiler, Interpreter, Keywords, Identifiers, Variable and Data 
types in C, Input and Output, Constants, Operators, Statement and Control structure, Conditional statements: for, while
and do-while loop.
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| Books Recommended: |  
  | SL. NO. |   Books Name |   Author Name |   
  | 01. |   Introduction to computer |   P. Norton. |   
  | 02. |   Using Information Technology A practical Introduction to Computers & Communications |   William, Saweer, Hutchinson. |   
  | 03. |   Information Technology Today, Encyclopedia of Information Technology |   S Jaiswal. |   
  | 04. |   Computer Today |   Suresh Basandra. |   
  | 05. |   Computer & Information Processing |   Floyed Fuller, William Mannig |   
  | 06. |    Information Technology For Management |   E Turban |   
  | 07. |   Future Impact Information Technology |   British Computer Society. |   
  | 08. |   Computer and Their Application |   Charles S. Parker. |   
  | 09. |   Principles of Data Processing |   R.M. Stair. |   
  | 10. |   Fundamental of computers |   V. Rajaram |   
  | 11. |   The Complete Reference C |    Herbert Schieldt, McGraw Hill |   
  | 12. |    Programming in ANSI C |   E. Balagurushamy, Tata, McGraw Hill. |   
  | 13. |   Turbo C/C++: The complete Reference |   Herbert Schildt. |   
 
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