Course detail

Computing and Information Technology

FAST-0U1Acad. year: 2020/2021

Computer technology - principle of activity, main PC components, processor activity and control action, cooperation with memory, input/output devices
Operating system signification and using, structure and classification
OS application from the user point of view (UNIX, graphic interfaces, network operating systems, Windows)
Computer networks, Internet (principle of computer networks, network protocols and services)
Computer data processing
Bases of computer graphic
Text processing and principles of typography

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Jiří Macur, CSc.

Department

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science (AIU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Informal knowledge within the scope of secondary school

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1-2. Priciples of operation of computer, processor, operating memory, peripheral devices, input-output ports, iterrupt and direct memory access mechanisms.
3-4. Components of present models of PCs and their features. Processors families, system and other buses, chipsets, memory types, disk storages.
5-6. Operating system, structure and classification. OS from the viewpoint of user (Windows, Unix, filesystem, device manegement, permission control, text and graphic interfaces).
7. Computer networks (principles of activity, protocols and services, Internet and security).
8. Introduction into databases, data models, relational calculus, architecture of database management systems.
9-10. Processing of bulk data. Primary and foreign keys, indices, views, business rules, constraints and data integrity, SQL language.
11-12. Introduction into computer graphics. Color models, palettes, raster and vector graphics, graphic formats.
13. Computer aided processing of documents, basics of typography.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basic knowledge of Computer Science necessary for the whole study of Civil Engineering. Know-how for effective using of PC in engineering practice.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Milenkovic, M.: Operating Systems: Concepts and Design, Second Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York 1992

Recommended reading

Kolektiv ústavu informatiky FAST: Informatika. CERM Brno 2004

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Jiří Macur, CSc.