Programme outline (*) 1. PC Skills 1.1   Key usage Resetting applications | Win95/98 1.2,1.4 VDU cleaning & screen burn 1.3 Cleaning keyboard 1.5   Electrical requirements 1.6 Connect a PC with Floptical bunny! 1.7   Printer controls               HP Laser 4 | HP LaserJet 4000 1.8   Printer skills HP Laser 4 (test page) 1.9    Diskette management Handling Formatting/Write permit/protect (Physical) 1.10 Hard disk management Handling Formatting (Physical) Directory management  Extra Assembling a PC  2. CPU and Memory 2.1   Overview Processor units Memory Cache Memory (History Clock speed) 2.2  Processor interaction Adding two numbers in CPU & Memory 2.3  Current Processor chips Intel Pentium Pro [P6] | MMX | Celeron | Pro II MMX | Xeon | III (Katmai) iComp-2 index | iComp-3 index | Comparisons AMD 3. Storage devices Use & purpose Comparisons 3.1  Use & purpose            Magnetic Disk            Optical (CD-ROM) 3.2 Disk drive basic characteristics            Physical            Logical 3.3 Disk storage types            Devices            Hard disks Tape storage            3.4 Use and purpose            3.5 Basic characteristics            3.6 Reel to reel | Data cartridge 3.7 Terms Physical, blocks, sectors, tracks, cylinders (Floppy Disk | Hard Disk | Tape) R/W v's R/O Physical access, transfer rate (Devices - Disk | Tape) Capacity, Storage density (Devices) Buffering (Tape) Access time factors (Devices   - Disk) Housekeeping (Disk | Tape) 4. I/O devices 4.1-4.2 Input devices - Description & uses Keyboard (Accepts data | uses ) Optical reader (OCR | Bar code reader | Digital scanner) EFT-POS (Card-reader) Voice recognition Mouse Digitiser 4.3-4.4 Output devices - Operation & uses Screen (VDU) Printer (Inkjet/bubblejet | Laser) Plotter Microfilm 5. Data communications Introduction 5.1 Terms 5.2 Circuit/Pack switches Circuit Circuit types (Networks) 5.3-5.4 Basic network, terms 5.6 Equipment (modem, multiplexor) 6. Networks Introduction 6.1 Topology 6.3 Facilities 6.4 Terms + Practical implications & problems LAN WAN. 7. Configurations 7.1 characteristics Microcomputer (Mobile computing | Workstation) (Midrange) Mainframe 7.2 Application areas            (Multimedia | Hardcopy text | CAD | Accounting) 7.3 New developments Emerging technologies ( 2  |   3  ) 8. Process control 8.1 Function & "real time" 8.2Interrupt handling      Design implications 8.3 Examples 9. Ergonomics 9.1 Environmental requirements of terminals 9.2     Basic Principles Workstation design Occupational overuse syndrome Review tests 1. PC Skills 2. CPU & Memory 3. Storage devices 4. I/O devices 5. Data communications Sample Questions for Test1 PC skills, CPU & memory Storage devices I/O devices and data communications 6. Networks 7. Configurations 8. Process control 9. Ergonomics Sample Questions for Test2 Networks and Configurations Process control and Ergonomics Class handouts Student guide (*) Web links

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