Lecture Schedule

  1. Introduction to Computers - Basic anatomy of the computer system: Input devices, CPU, Output devices, Memory: Primary and secondary.
  2. Software – Types: System software, Application software and Utility software – Software terminologies: Firmware, Liveware, Freeware, Shareware, Commercial software, Proprietary software, Semi-free software.
  3. Internet - World Wide Web – URL – Domain names - Protocols: HTTP, HTTPS - Internet Applications: Email, File sharing web apps, Social Networks, Online shopping, Video Conferencing – HTML: Introduction, Editor, HTML Documents – Tags: <head>, <body>, <title>, <heading>, <paragraph>, </br>, <table>, <li>, <ul>, <href>, <img>, <hr> and <marquee>.
  4. Electronic spreadsheet – Microsoft Excel - Worksheet manipulation: insert, delete, move, copy and hide worksheet – Cell manipulation: copy, edit and format cell data – Charts - Create Bar and Pie charts - PIVOT table.
  5. DBMS: Database terms: Data, Database, DBMS, RDBMS, Row, Column, Table – Database Architecture – Data types: char, varchar(), int, float() – Use of databases in agriculture.
  6. Introduction to Computer Programming – Programming languages - Translators: Compilers and Interpreters - Algorithm – Flowchart.
  7. Introduction to C – Structure of C program - Data types, Variables, Constants, Operators: Arithmetic, Relational, Logical, Assignment - Input/Output: scanf(), printf().
  8. Control statements: if, if else – Loop: while, do while, for.

  



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