Course Code: UGCA1902
Course Name: Fundamentals of Computer and IT
Program: BCA L: 3 T: 1 P: 0
Branch: Computer Applications Credits: 4
Semester: I Contact hours: 44 hours
Internal max. marks: 40 Theory/Practical: Theory
External max. marks: 60 Duration of end semester exam (ESE): 3hrs
Total marks: 100 Elective status: Core
Prerequisite: -NA-
Co requisite: -NA-
Additional material required in ESE: -NA-
Course Outcomes:
CO# Course outcomes
CO1 Identify of input and output devices of Computers
CO2 Utilize the functioning of various components of computer system
CO3 Define the role of Operating system
CO4 Prepare documents using word processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation Graphics
Software’s.
CO5 Highlight the Internet safety, legally, and other issues.
Detailed Contents Contact
Hours
Unit-I 12
Human Computer Interface, Concepts of Hardware and Software; Data and
Information. [CO1]
Functional Units of Computer System: CPU, registers, system bus, main memory
unit, cache memory, Inside a computer, SMPS, Motherboard, Ports and Interfaces,
expansion cards, ribbon cables, memory chips, processors. Devices: Input and
output devices (with connections and practical demo), keyboard, mouse, joystick,
scanner, OCR, OMR, bar code reader, web camera, monitor, printer, plotter. [CO2]
Memory: Primary, secondary, auxiliary memory, RAM, ROM, cache memory, hard
disks, optical disks. [CO2]
Data Representation: Bit, Byte, Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Octal Systems,
Conversions and Binary Arithmetic (Addition/ Subtraction/ Multiplication)
Applications of IT.
Unit-II 10
Concept of Computing, Types of Languages: Machine, assembly and High-level
Language; Operating system as user interface, utility programs. [CO3]
Word processing: Editing features, formatting features, saving, printing, table
handling, page settings, spell-checking, macros, mail-merge, equation editors.
[CO4]
Unit-III 10
Spreadsheet: Workbook, worksheets, data types, operators, cell formats, freeze
panes, editing features, formatting features, creating formulas, using formulas, cell
references, replication, sorting, filtering, functions, Charts & Graphs. [CO4]
Presentation Graphics Software: Templates, views, formatting slide, slides with
graphs, animation, using special features, presenting slide shows.
Unit-IV 12
Electronic Payment System: Secure Electronic Transaction, Types of Payment
System: Digital Cash, Electronic Cheque, Smart Card, Credit/Debit Card E-Money,
Bit Coins and Crypto currency, Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT), Unified Payment
Interface (UPI), Immediate Payment System (IMPS), Digital Signature and
Certification Authority. [CO5]
Introduction to Bluetooth, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Mining, Mobile
Computing and Embedded Systems and Internet of Things (IoT)
Text Books:
1. Introduction to Information Technology, ITL Education Solutions limited, Pearson Education
2. Computer Fundamentals, A. Goel, 2010, Pearson Education.
3. Fundamentals of Computers, P. [Link] & P. Sinha, 2007, BPB Publishers.
4. IT Tools, R.K. Jain, Khanna Publishing House
5. “Introduction to Information Technology”, Satish Jain, Ambrish Rai & Shashi Singh,
Paperback Edition, BPB Publications, 2014.
Reference Books:
1. “Introduction to Computers”, Peter Norton
2. Computers Today, D. H. Sanders, McGraw Hill.
3. “Computers”, Larry long & Nancy long, Twelfth edition, Prentice Hall.
4. Problem Solving Cases in Microsoft Excel, Joseph Brady & Ellen F Monk, Thomson Learning
E Books/ Online learning material
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