| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Information encoding |
Texts and numbers; fixed images and movies, sound; error detection and correction; data compression |
8
|
| Compuer architecture |
The SimCPU didactic model of a RISC architecture; machine language and programming; assembly language and programming; CISC and RISC architectures; cache memory, interrupt and DMA; a brief introduction to parallel processing |
10
|
| Introduction to operating systems |
Processes and processors allocation; main memory allocation; mass memory and file system; physical I/O |
12
|
| Spreadsheets |
Advanced concepts on spreadsheets for technical and scientific applications |
2
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
32 |
| for exercises only |
|
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
8 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
|
| Workshops |
|
| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
8 |
| Total hours |
40
|