VAISHNAVI
EDUCATION
AND
COMPUTER
ACADEMY
Computer Course
Syllabus
COURSE - 01
Fundamentals of Computer
Unit – I : Introduction to Computer
• History of development of computers
• Computer system concepts
• Characteristics
• Capabilities and limitations
• Generations of computers.
• Basic components of a computer system – Control Unit, ALU, I/ O Devices, memory – RAM, ROM,
• EPROM, PROM, Flash Memory and other types of memory.
Unit – II : Storage Devices
• Storage fundamentals – Primary Vs Secondary
• Data Storage and Retrieval methods – Sequential, Direct and Index Sequential.
• Various Storage Devices – Magnetic Tape, Magnetic Disks, Cartridge Tape, Data Drives, Hard Disk
Drives, Floppy Disks, Optical Disks, CD, VCD, CD-R, CD-RW, Zip Drive, DVD, SVCD.
Unit – III : Computer Software
• Types of Software – System software, Application software, Utility Software, Demoware,
Shareware,
• Freeware, Firmware, Free Software.
• Operating Systems – Functions, Types – Batch Processing, Single User, Multi User,
Multiprogramming, Multi-Tasking.
• Programming languages – Machine, Assembly, High Level, 4 GL.
• Data representation in computers.
• Number System of computers – Binary, Octal, Hexa Decimal – Representation & their conversion.
• Coding System – ASCII, BCD, and EBCDIC etc.
• Computer Viruses
COURSE - 02
Operating System and Application Program
Unit – I : Disk Operating System (DOS)
• Introduction, History & Versions of DOS
• DOS basics
o Physical structure of disk, drive name, FAT, file & directory structure and naming rules,
booting process, DOS system files.
• Basic DOS Commands
o Internal – DIR, MD, CD, RD, Copy, DEL, REN, VOL, DATE, TIME, CLS, PATH, TYPE etc.
o External – CHKDSK, PRINT, DISKCOPY, DOSKEY, MOVE, LABEL, FORMAT, SORT, FDISK,
BACKUP, EDIT, MODE, ATTRIB, HELP, SYS etc.
o Executable V/s Non executable files in DOS
Unit –II : Windows
• Windows concepts, features, windows structure, desktop, taskbar, start menu, my computer,
Recycle Bin.
• Windows Accessories – Calculator, Notepad, Paint, WordPad, Character map.
• Windows Explorer – Creating folders and other Explorer facilities.
• Entertainment – CD Player, DVD Player, Media Player, Sound Recorder, Volume Control.
Unit – III : Linux
• Introduction, History & Versions of Linux
• Linux basics
o Physical structure of disk, drive name, FAT, file & directory structure and naming rules,
booting process, Linux system files.
• Basic Linux Commands
o Internal – LS, Make Directory, CD, CP,MB, DEL, REN, DATE, TIME, CLEAR, etc.
o Executable V/s Non executable files in Linux
Unit –IV : Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Power Point)
Word Processing: MS Word
• Introduction to Word Processing
• Introduction to MS Word: features, Creating, Saving and Opening documents in Word,
Interface, Toolbars, Ruler, Menus, Keyboard Shortcut.
• Editing a Document – Moving, Scrolling in a document, Opening Multi document windows,
Editing Text – Selecting, Inserting, deleting, moving text.
• Previewing documents, Printing documents – Print a document from the standard toolbar,
Print a document from the menu, shrinking a document to fit a page, Reduce the number of
pages by one.
• Formatting Documents: Paragraph formats, Aligning Text and Paragraph, Borders and Shading,
Headers and Footers, Multiple Columns.
Worksheet: MS Excel
• Worksheet basics
• Creating worksheet, entering data into worksheet, heading information, data, text, dates, Cell
formatting values, saving & protecting worksheet.
• Opening and moving around in an existing worksheet
• Toolbars and Menus, keyboard shortcuts
• Working with single and multiple workbook – copying, renaming, moving, adding and deleting,
copying entries and moving between workbooks
• Working with formulas & cell referencing.
- Autosum
- Copying formulas
- Absolute & Relative addressing
• Working with ranges – creating, editing and selecting ranges, sorting.
• Formatting of worksheet – Auto format, changing – alignment, character styles, column width,
date format, borders &colours, currency signs.
• Previewing & Printing worksheet – Page setting, Print titles, Adjusting margins, Page break,
headers and footers.
• Graphs and charts – using wizards, various charts type, formatting grid lines & legends,
previewing & printing charts.
Presentation Graphics: MS Power Point
• Features and various versions
• Creating presentation using Slide master and template in various colour scheme
• Working with different views and menus of power point
• Working with slides – Make new slide, move, copy, delete, duplicate, lay outing of slide, zoom in
or out of a slide.
• Editing and formatting text: Alignment, editing, inserting, deleting, selecting, formatting of text,
find and replace text.
• Bullets, footer, paragraph formatting, spell checking.
• Printing presentation – Print slides, notes, handouts and outlines.
• Inserting Objects – Drawing and inserting objects using Clip Art's pictures and charts.
• Custom Animation – slide transition effects and other animation effects.
• Presenting the show – making stand alone presentation
COURSE -03
Programming Language
Unit – I : C Language : Introduction
• Introduction
• C Character Set , Constants, Variables and Key words
Unit – II : Decision and Control Structure
• if ,if-elses, forms of if-elses statement
• Operator
• Types of Loops
• Case and Switch
Unit –III : Arrays and Functions
• Arrays
• C Functions – Call by values and Call by reference
COURSE -04
Internet and Web Page Designing
Unit – I : Internet
• Evolution, Protocols, Interface Concepts, Internet Vs Intranet, Growth of Internet, ISP,
Connectivity – Dial-up, Leased line, VSAT etc. URLs, Domain names, Portals, Application.
• E-Mail Concepts, POP and WEB Based E-mail, merits, address, Basic of Sending & Receiving, E-
mail, Protocols, Mailing List, and Free E-mail services, FTP.
Unit – II : World Wide Web (WWW)
• History, Working, Web Browsers, Its functions, Concept of Search Engines. Searching the Web,
HTTP, URLs, Web Servers, Web Protocols.
Unit – III : Web Publishing
• Concepts, Domain name Registration, Space on Host Server for Web site, HTML, Design tools,
HTML editors, Image editors, Issues on Web site creations & Maintenance, FTP software for
upload web site.
Unit – IV : HTML
• Concepts of Hypertext, Versions of HTML, Elements of HTML syntax, Head & Body Sections
• Building HTML documents, Inserting texts, Images, Hyperlinks, Backgrounds and Colour
controls
• Different HTML tags, Table layout and presentation, Use of font size & Attributes, List types and
its tags.
