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no 1 Computer Introduction:
Evaluation of computers Hardware organization of a computer Introduction to microprocessor Input/output devices Input/output ports and connectors. Information processing: Concept of data and information, data processing Hardware Input/ Output Devices Type of Software Overview of OS o Introduction to Operating system o Functions of an Operating Systems o Classification of Operating Systems o Basic introduction to DOS o UNIX/LINUX OS o Windows XP Programming Languages and its Classification Compiler, Interpreter, Assembler, Linker, Loader Range of Applications Social concerns of Computer Technology Computer Crimes, Viruses and their remedial solutions.

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Basic Introduction to Computer Networks

Data Communication Modulation Network devices Topologies LAN and WAN OSI Reference model Introduction to Internet protocols: TCP/IP Reference model, Backbone network, Network connecting devices, HTTP, DNS, Network Security

Problem Solving
Problem Identification and Analysis Flowcharts Decision Tables Pseudo codes Algorithms

C Programming
Why C language is being used Concept of Variables and constants Structure of a C program Operators & Expressions o Arithmetic Operator o Unary Operator o Logical Operator o Bit-wise Operator o Assignment Operator o Conditional Operators Library Functions Control Statements o While Loop o Do-While Loop o For Loop o Nested Loops o If-Else o Switch o Break and Continue statements

Functions in C
Defining & Accessing Passing arguments Function Prototype Recursion Use of Library Functions

Working with Arrays

Defining and Processing Passing to a function Multidimensional Arrays.

Storage Classes
Automatic External Static Register

Working with Strings

Introduction String Implementation Operations of String (String handling through built-in)

Pointers
Declarations Passing to a function Operations on Pointers Pointers & Arrays Array of Pointer Pointer Arithmetic Array accessing through pointers Pointer to structure Pointer to functions Function returning pointers

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Structures and Unions

Defining & Processing Passing to a function Union Array within structure and Array of structure Nesting of structure Passing structure and its pointer to UDF

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Dynamic Memory Allocation

Allocating a block of memory: Malloc() Allocating multiple blocks of memory: Calloc() Releasing the used space: Free Altering the size of block: Realloc()

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File management in C
Basic file operation: opening, closing, writing I/O functions Modes of Files Use of file handling operations ( fopen, fclose, fgetc, fputc, fgets, fprintf, fscanf, fread, fwrite) Command Line Arguments in files

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C Pre-Processors
Macro Expansion Conditional Compilation File inclusion