CourseHES 213

Week8 of 16

SemesterII

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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

1.1 Describe the role of hardware and software components.
1.2 Explain the fetch-execute cycle at a basic level.
2.1 Explain the function of an operating system.
2.2 Compare common operating systems.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: What is a computer system?
Week 2: Hardware: the parts of a computer
Week 3: Software: system and application software
Week 4: The CPU and the fetch-execute cycle
Week 5: Memory: RAM, ROM and cache
Week 6: What an operating system does
Week 7: Comparing operating systems
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Bits and bytes: units of storage
Week 10: Storing text: ASCII and Unicode
Week 11: Storing images: pixels and colour depth
Week 12: Storing sound: sampling
Week 13: Storage devices
Week 14: Choosing a computer for a job
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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