● Introduction
● Digital and analog computers
● Characteristics of computer—Speed, accuracy, diligence, storage capability, versatility
● History of computer
● Generations of computer
● Classification of computer—Microcomputers (desktop computer or Personal Computer
● (PC), notebook computers or laptop, netbook, tablet computer, handheld computer or
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), smart phones), minicomputers, mainframe computers,
The computer system—Hardware, software, data, users
● The Input-process-output concept
● Components of computer hardware—Input/output unit, central processing unit, storage
unit
● Application of computers—Education, entertainment, sports, advertising, medicine,
science and engineering, government, home
● Central Processing Unit (CPU), Arithmetic logic unit, Registers
● Control Unit (CU), Memory unit, Cache memory, Primary memory, Secondary memory
● Instruction format
● Instruction set
● Instruction cycle—Fetching, decoding, executing, storing
● Microprocessor—CISC, RISC
● Interconnecting the units of a computer— System bus, expansion bus, external ports
● Performance of a computer—Registers, RAM, system clock, bus, cache memory
● Inside a computer cabinet—Motherboard, ports and interfaces, expansion slots, ribbon
cables, memory chips, storage devices, processor
● Input-output unit—Input unit, output unit
● Input devices—Human data entry devices, source data entry devices
● Human data entry devices
● Keyboard
● Pointing devices—Mouse, trackball, joystick, digitizing tablet
● Pick devices—Light pen, touch screen
● Source data entry devices
● Audio input device (microphone, sound card, speech recognition)
● Video input device (video camera, digital camera)
● Optical input devices—Scanner (hand held, flat bed), OCR, MICR, OMR,
● barcode reader
● Output devices—Hard copy devices, soft copy devices
● Hard copy devices
● Definition of e-business and
● e-commerce
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● impact of the Internet on business
● Evaluate changes in business relationships between organizations and their customers
enabled by e-commerce
● Types of E-commerce
● Identify the main business and marketplace models for electronic communications and
trading
● The hardware and software technologies used to build an e-business infrastructure within
an organization.
● The different elements of an organization macro-environment
● The impact of legal, privacy and ethical constraints
● List strategic approaches to achieve e-business.
● e-business strategies
● strategy process model
● Discuss appropriate database for the organization
● Database Management