M.Sc Physics - Skymount Distance Education
M.Sc Physics - Skymount Distance Education
M.Sc Physics - Skymount Distance Education
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1. Computer fundamentals:SUBJECT CODE: 4.3Computer Applications in <strong>Physics</strong>-IFunctional units-CPU, Memory, I/O units; Informationrepresentation- integral and real number representation; Characterrepresentation: Alphanumeric codes; BCD, Gray, ASCII codes; Errordetection and error correcting codes; Hamming codes; CRC codes.2. Computer Software and Operating Systems:System software and application software; Translator programs;Loaders and linkers; Operating systems- classification; Elements ofDOS and Windows- basic commands.3. Elements of C Programming Language:Algorithms and flowchart; Structure of a high level language program;Features of C language; constants and variables; expressions; Inputand output statements; conditional statements and loop statements;arrays; functions; character strings; structures; pointer data type; listand trees4.FUNCTIONS AND POINTERSArrays – Handling of Character Strings-User-Defined Functions-Structures and Unions- Pointers- Developing a C Programs.Books Recommended:1. Tanenbaum, Operating system. Prentice Hall.2. Gottfried, Programming with C. <strong>Sc</strong>haum series.3. Balaguruswamy, ANSI C. TMH.