Computer Hardware and Networking Syllabus
Computer Hardware and Networking Syllabus
Computer Hardware and Networking Syllabus
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Module GO On completion of the study of this course the students will be able:
To understand power supplies used in computer system.
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To understand the I/O devices of computer.
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To understand motherboard organisation.
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To understand magnetic and optical storage devices.
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To know the basics of electrostatic discharge.
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To understand computer networks.
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To understand internet and wireless networks.
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GO - General Outcome
CONTENTS
SMPS - block diagram - advantages - voltage levels of various SMPS - AT and ATX power connectors - I/O
Devices - display adapter/display controllers - VGA, SVGA, XGA - pin configuration - basics of LED, LCD -
VGA monitor block diagram - AGP and PCIe - advantages - matrix keyboard organization - method of
encoding a key press - keyboard controllers - keyboard connectors - 5 pin DIN, mini DIN (ps/2), USB -
optical mouse - connectors - serial, PS/2, USB, wireless - scanners (flat bed, hand held) and digital
camera - printers - impact and non impact printers - dot matrix, inkjet, laser printers - centronics
interface and USB interface
FAT - boot sector, directory area, data area - file systems - FAT16, FAT32, New Technology File System
(NTFS), high performance file System (HPFS), linux file system - hard disk - track, sector, cluster and
cylinder - construction - hard disk controller - seek time and latency time - formatting - low level and
high level formatting - partitioning - optical recording - optical media - CDROM, CD-R, CD-RW -
comparison of CD and DVD - blue ray disk - USB Drives - pen drive and external hard drive - ESD - causes
- types - spark, corona discharge and brush discharge - methods for preventing ESD - antistatic devices -
ESD wrist strap, antistatic bag, antistatic mat and antistatic spray
MODULE IV Computer networks
Need for networking - ISO-OSI 7 layer reference model - network topologies - star, ring, mesh, tree and
bus - networks - LAN, MAN and WAN - guided transmission medias - coaxial, twisted pair and optical
fibre - unguided transmission medias - satellite and microwave - dial - up and cable modems - hub and
switch - router, bridge and gateway - TCP/IP - concept of e-mail, World Wide Web and WML - digital
subscriber line (DSL) - Virtual Private Network - wireless LAN standards - architecture and service -
infrared LAN - spread spectrum LAN - narrowband microwave LAN - wireless access point - wireless node
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
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