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Introduction:

This course starts with an introduction to computing, then talks about computer organization and architecture, and goes into different storage concepts like bits, main & mass memory, information representation, numbering systems, Boolean operations, gates, Boolean circuits, then demonstrate a proposed machine language/instruction set, it also talks about some traditional programming concepts, procedures & functions, and implementation (translation, linking, and loading), after that it shows the algorithm representation & discovery techniques, flowcharting, pseudo coding, iterative structures, at the end it introduces C Programming, starting with formatted input/output in C language, expressions in C language, one-way, two way, & multiple-way selections in C.

The lab introduces the idea of computer architecture, HW & maintenance, it demonstrates some major DOS commands, Windows Interface, Files & Folders, using the Internet, Email, & Web Search, there is also a part dedicated to MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio, there is also a section for applying digital logic and data representation techniques using different software packages, the last part of the course aims to train the student on writing C Programs with MS Visual Studio 6.0 or any other development environment, mainly formatted input/output, expressions, and so on.
 

Announcements:

Make sure you complete registration process and attend the section you enrolled in (both for lecture and lab).
First Exam: Sun, 28/10/2018 @ 3:00 PM, Room: HC118. Material required: Chapters 0, 1 and 2.
Second Exam: ---, 18/11/2018 @ 3:00 PM, Room: Faculty of Engineering Auditorium. Material required: All After First Exam.
Final Exam: ---, --/12/2018 @ 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Rooms: EN101, EN103, EN201. Covering the whole material.

Material & Resources:

The CSAO Book

The C Programming Book

Course Outline

Cover
Handouts 1: Chapter 0: Introduction
Handouts 2: Chapter 1: Data Storage
Handouts 3: Chapter 2: Data Manipulation
Handouts 4: Language Description Table/Instruction Set

Handouts 5: ASCII Table
Handouts 6: Chapter 3 & 4: Operating Systems & Networks and Internet

Handouts 7: Chapter 5 & 6: Algorithms & Programming Languages

Handouts 8: C Programming: Introduction

Handouts 9: C Programming: Expressions

Handouts 10: C Programming: Selection Statements

• To test your C programs you can use Bloodshed Dev-C++, which is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as it's compiler. Dev-C++ is free and open source, you can download it by clicking  here.

• You could also use Code::Blocks, it's easy to use IDE, free, and open source. You could also use MS Visual C++.

• Alternatively, you can also use C-Free, which is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C and C++ programming language. With this environment you can edit, build, run, and debug your program.

Assignments:

• Assignment 1 (For all sections):
  Suggest:
  1) Untraditional I/O device (futuristic interface, new human-machine interaction device, ..etc).
  2) Untraditional application software (unusual/useful application, ..etc).
  Think about the technology? idea? context? applicability? implementation? and so on.
  To be submitted as a printed hardcopy, deadline: 18/9/2018 lecture time.

• Assignment 2: Boolean circuits operations (handed in lecture).

• Assignment 3: Numbering systems calculations (handed in lecture).

• Assignment 4: Binary calculations (handed in lecture).

• Assignment 5: Floating point notation calculations (handed in lecture).

• Assignment 6 (All sections) (To be submitted as a printed hardcopy. Deadline: Sun 28/10/2018 lecture time).

• Assignment 7: Write short C programs (handed in lecture). Deadline: 14/11/2018 lecture time.

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