Five year integrated MSc Degree Course in Photonics.pdf

MODULE 1
CEL1402 COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computers and peripherals: Definition of Computer — Computers for individual users, organizations
& Society — Why are computers so important? — Parts of a computer system — Information
processing cycle —hardware — Software —System and application software — data - computer users
- Keyboard standards, functions of keyboard controller, keyboard buffer — Mouse, its parts,
mechanical and optical mouse, functioning of mouse, trackballs, and track pads - Ergonomics and
input devices, Avoiding Repetitive Stress Injuries - Pens — Touch Screens - Game Controllers —
Bar Code Readers, Image Scanners, OCR — Microphones, input through MIDI, digital camera,
video camera, Webcam, and camcoders — CRT Monitors, Flat-panel monitors (LCD), Paper-white
displays, ELD, Plasma displays, Factors for comparing monitors, Video cards, Ergonomics and
monitors, avoiding eyestrain and EMF health hazards, data projectors, sound systems, sound
cards, head phones and head sets, bioacoustics - Printers, their types, factors for comparing printers,
High-quality printers like Photo printers, Thermal-wax printers, Dye-Sublimation printers, Plotters,
care and feeding of printers.
MODULE 2
Software: Algorithms, development of simple C programs — SDLC - Software engineering basics
— Basics of Information and MIS.
Processor & Storage: Number systems, EBCDIC, ASCII — ALU — Machine cycles — Nonvolatile,
Volatile & Cache memories — Factors affecting processing speed — Bus and bus standards - Modern
CPUs & manufacturers — RISC, CISC — Parallel processing —Serial, Parallel, SCSI, USB, IEEE 1394
& MIDI ports— Expansion Slots and boards — PCMCIA — Plug and play — Magnetic Storage,
types, capacities, tracks, sectors, How OS finds data on a disk?, FAT, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5,
HPFS — Floppy diskettes - Hot-swappable disks — tapes - Optical storage, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,
CD-R, CD-RW, PhotoCD, DVD-R & DVD-RAM and their functioning — Solid state storage
devices, Flash Memory, Smart cards, SSD — Average access time, Data transfer rate, Optimizing
disk performance - Drive-interface standards.
MODULE 3
Operating Systems & Utilities: OS types, OS services, OS enhancement with utility software,
defragmentation, data compression, backup, antivirus, firewall, intrusion detection, OSs like DOS
workstations, Windows -9x, -2000, -XP, Mac, UNIX, Linux, Network OSs like Windows-NT
server, Windows-server-2003, and Novell Netware, Embedded OSs, Word processing, spreadsheet,
presentation programs, graphic and multimedia apps, file formats and compatibility issues, DBMS
basics, COM / DCOM basics in OSs and computer languages.
MODULE 4
Networking and other computing issues: Networking basics & objectives, LAN, WAN, CAN,
MAN, HAN, Intranets, Extranets, Server-based networks, Client-Server networks, Peer-to-peer
networks, cyberslacking, Network topologies and protocols, cables, wireless media, NIC, Hubs,
Bridges, Switches, Routers, Gateways, Cabling equipments, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit
Ethernet, Data communication with modem, Broadband, DSL, cable modem, ISDN, ATM, wireless
networks 802.11, wireless access point, wireless adapter - History of the Internet - major services
of the Internet, WWW, e-mail, How web works, Web browsers, HTML tags, URL, helper apps,
multimedia content - Tools for searching the web, Boolean operators for searching, advanced
search, meta search — e-mail, FTP, IRC, P2P services - e-commerce, B2B - Basic security concepts
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN LASERS AND OPTOELECTRONICS SCIENCES 28