Course description

We will cover the following topics in the live classes:

1 Information representation

1.1 Data Representation

1.2 Multimedia – Graphics, Sound

1.3 Compression

2 Communication

2.1 Networks including the internet

3 Hardware 

3.1 Computers and their components

3.2 Logic Gates and Logic Circuits

4 Processor Fundamentals 

4.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) Architecture

4.2 Assembly Language

4.3 Bit manipulation

5 System Software

5.1 Operating Systems

5.2 Language Translators

6 Security, privacy and data integrity

6.1 Data Security

6.2 Data Integrity

7 Ethics and Ownership

7.1 Ethics and Ownership

8 Databases 

8.1 Database Concepts

8.2 Database Management Systems (DBMS)

8.3 Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML)

9 Algorithm Design and Problem-solving 

9.1 Computational Thinking Skills

9.2 Algorithms

10 Data Types and Structures

10.1 Data Types and Records

10.2 Arrays

10.3 Files

10.4 Introduction to Abstract Data Types (ADT)

11 Programming

11.1 Programming Basics

11.2 Constructs

11.3 Structured Programming

12 Software Development 

12.1 Program Development Life cycle

12.2 Program Design

12.3 Program Testing and Maintenance