UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN ELECTRONICS SCIENCE
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

Semester V - Paper XII - Data Processing and Personal Computers

Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 3

Unit-1

Storage Media Types of data Processing, Data Processing cycle, Expanded Data Processing Cycle, Data Processing Operations, Data Organization, Magnetic Tapes, Magnetic disk, Magnetic drum, Floppy disks, Winchester Drives, Compact Disks.

Unit-2

Communicating with Computer : I/O devices, Mass Storage Units, File Maintenance Procedure. Input/Output systems and procedures. Introduction to languages- High level, Assembly level, Machine level. Introduction to translational mechanism-Compilers, Interpreters, Linkers, Loaders, DBMS.

Unit-3

The Personal Computer : Types of Personal Computers - Theory of Personal Computer development, The Microprocessor revolution . A typical Personal Computer configuration. Mother Board Expansion Slots, Parallel and Serial Interfaces, RAM, CPU, Keyboard, Monitor-MGA-CGA-EGA-VGA-SVGA.

Unit-4

The Disk Operating System: Overview of MS-DOS, Command Summary DIR, SORT, TYPE, CD, FORMAT, etc, and their Usage, The DOS boot mechanism. Command.com, IBM DOS.COM, IBM BIO.COM. An overview of the DOS file system, Batch files, The autoexe.bat.

Unit-5

Unix: An Overview of UNIX file systems
PC Applications : Spreadsheets- Word processing - LAN - Information Technology - Internet - Intranet - e-mail - www.

Books for study and reference