Leon, Alexis

Fundamentals of Information technology / Alexis Leon and Mathews Leon - 2nd ed. - New Delhi : Leon Press , 1999 . - 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24 cm

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS

1. Introduction to Computers.
2. Five Generations of Modern Computers
3. Classification of Digital Computer Systems
4. Anatoniy of a Digital Computer
5. Computer Architecture.
6. The Number System
7. Central Processing Unit and Memory Units
8. Secondary (Auxiliary) Storage Devices
9. Input Devices
10. Output Devices

UNIT II - COMPUTER SOFTWARE & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

11. Introduction to Computer Software.
12. Introduction to Software Development.
13. Programming Languages
14. Operating Systems
15. General Software Features and Trends.
UNIT III - DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
16. Introduction to Database Management Systems.
17. Database Architecture & Design
18. Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) and Structured Query Language (SQL)
19. Modern Database Management Systems

UNIT IV - TELECOMMUNICATIONS

20. Introduction to Telecommunications
21. Computer Networks
22. Communications Systems
23. Distributed Data Processing
UNIT V - INTERNET & INTRANETS
24. Internet & World Wide Web
25. Overview of Electronic Mail
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26. Introduction to Intranets
27. Introduction to E-commerce and E-business
28. Introduction to Web Design
29. Overview of Web Technologies

UNIT VI - SECURITY

30. Introduction to Computer Security
31. Cryptography
32. Computer Viruses, Bombs, and Worms

UNIT VII - MULTIMEDIA A VIRTUAL REALITY

33. Introduction to Multimedia,
34. Multimedia and Applications
35. Introduction to Virtual Reality

UNIT VIII - NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

36. Introduction to Hypermedia
37. Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence
38. Knowledge Discovery in Database (KDD)
39. Data Warehouses and Data Marts
40. Data Mining and On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)
41. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
42. Supply Chain Management (SCM)
43. Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
44. Geographic Information System (GIS)

UNIT IX - APPLICATIONS OF INFORAAATION TECHNOLOGY

45. Computers in Business and Industry
46. Computers at Home
47. Computers in Education and Training
48. Computers in Entertainment, Science, Medicine, and Engineering
49. Mobile Computing and Business on the Internet

APPENDIX
A. History of Computing

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Electronic digital computers.
Information technology.
Computer software.

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