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Computer Skills & Programming

Concepts I
UEC01 – PCD104 – PCC104 – HGCP101
Lectures 1-6
Course Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Mohamed Ismail Badawi

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Computer Skills & Programming
Concepts I

UEC01 – PCD104 – PCC104 – HGCP101

I. Computer Essentials
Lectures 1-6
Course Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Mohamed Ismail Badawi
PUA – Computer Center – UEC01
Course Coordinator:
Assoc. Prof. Mohamed Ismail Badawi
Instructors:

▪Eng. Mohamed Ahmed Taha

▪Eng. Maher Habashy

▪Eng. Angy Saleh

▪Eng. Yasser Abd El Aziz

▪Eng. Reham Refaat

▪Eng. Nehal Essam

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What’s the computer?
 Computer is a programmable electronic device that accepts data
performs operations on that data to produce results, and can store
the data or results.
 Computers follow instructions, called programs, which determine the
tasks the computer performs

 Basic operations
 Input: Entering data into the computer
 Processing: Performing operations on the data
 Output: Presenting the results to the user.
 Storage: Saving data, programs, or output for future use
 Communications: Sending or receiving data

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What does the computer do?

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Data and information
 Data : raw, unorganized facts.
 Types of data can be text, graphics, images, audio, or video.
 Representation
 Using the binary system which consists of 0s and 1s.
 Processing
 Instructions that tell the computer how to process data to
produce the required results (information).
 Information
 Data that has been processed into a useful form.
 What does (ICT) mean?
 ICT stands for Information and Communication Technologies

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Digital Data Representation
 Binary system is used to represent data and programs in a
manner understood by digital computers.
 Bit = The smallest unit of data that a digital computer can
recognize (a single 1 or 0)
 Byte = 8 bits
 Byte terminology used to express the size
of documents and other files, programs, etc.
 Prefixes are often used to express larger
quantities of bytes:
 kilobyte (KB), Megabyte (MB), 103
Gigabyte (GB), Terabyte (TB), 106
Petabyte (PB). 109
1012
1015
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The Binary Numbering System

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3 2 1 0 2
2 2 2 2 1

1 0 0 1
1

1 X 20 = 1 23 = 2 X 2 X 2 = 8
+
0 X 21 = 0 24 = 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 16
+
0 X 22 = 0 +
1 X 23 = 8

Total =9
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Binary 1001
=
Decimal 9

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