IT and Applications

Introduction and Characteristics; Digital and Analog Computers; History and Generations of Computers; Classification of Computer; Data and Program representation in Computer; Applications of Computers

Business in the Information Age; Roll of Information Technology in Business; Organization structure and IT support; Business Information Systems.

Introduction; Central Processing Unit; Memory Unit; Interconnecting the Units of aComputer; Inside a Computer Cabinet; Computer Memory: Introduction; MemoryRepresentation; Memory Hierarchy; CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Primary Memory;Secondary Memory; Access Types of Storage Devices; Magnetic Tape; Magnetic Disk;Optical Disk; Magneto-Optical Disk; How the Computer uses its memory; Input andOutput Devices: Introduction; Input-Output Unit; Input Devices; Human Data EntryDevices; Output Devices; I/O Port; Working of I/O System.

Introduction; Types of Software; System Software; Application Software; SoftwareAcquisition; Programming Languages; Operating System: Introduction, Objectives ofOperating System, Types of OS, Functions of OS: Process Management, MemoryManagement, File Management, Device Management, Protection and Security, UserInterface, Examples of Operating Systems; New Trends in Software.

Introduction; Importance of Networking; Data Communication Media; Data Transmissionacross Media; Data Transmission and Data Networking; ComputerNetwork; NetworkTypes; Network Topology; Communication Protocols; Networking Hardware; WirelessNetworking.

Introduction; History of Internet; The Internet Architecture; Managing the Internet;Connecting to Internet; Internet Connections; IP Address and Domain Name System(DNS); Client-Server Architecture; Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP); ElectronicMail (Email); File Transfer Protocol (FTP); World Wide Web; Remote Login (TELNET);Static and Dynamic Web Pages; Search Engines; E-Commerce; E-Governance; SmartCity; Censorship and privacy issues; Intranet and Extranet.

Introduction; Elements of a multimedia system; Graphics; Sound; Image File Format;Web Based Multimedia; Future of Web Based Multimedia; Multimedia in Business;Applications of Multimedia.

Introduction; Database; Data Concepts and Characteristics; Database vs File System;Database Models; Database Management System; Database System Architectures;Database Applications; Cloud Database.

Computer security and control; Unauthorized Access and Unauthorized Use; ProtectingAgainst Unauthorized Access and Unauthorized Use; Computer Sabotage and protection;Computer Crime; Software Piracy; Anti-Piracy; Computer Virus, Worm, Spyware; EthicalIssues in Computer; Cyber Law; Network Security; Hardware and Software Firewall; Dataand message security; Encryption and Decryption.

Concept of Digital Marketing and Digital Economy; Concept of Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, andBusiness Intelligence; Concept of Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, and IoT; Web 2.0;Web 3.0.