Computer Studies

Introduction - using computers; applications of computers - spreadsheets, information storage and retrieval, document processing, application areas; data and programs - data types and data representation, number bases, designing small programs, data structures and files, simple logic; hardware features and uses - hardware overview, interactive devices, input and output devices, storage devices, choice of hardware, communication systems; how the computer works - arithmetic, logic and control, elements of the computer, the computer's own language, systems architecture; software and programming - software types, further programming methods, low-level languages, high-level languages, databases and 4GLs, operating systems; further applications - batch processing, interactive processing, control and manufacturing, development of applications; computers in perspective - computers in the organization, origins of modern computers, social and economic aspects.