If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Identify computer hardware and software and discuss the four main functions of computer hardware: input, processing, output, and storage.
- Describe the major operating system functions and demonstrate usage of operating system services to include: disk management, file management, and memory management/li>
- Identify different networks, network topologies, protocols, media types and network hardware
- Know how to use search techniques, evaluate information found on the Web and in electronic library databases and cite electronic and printed references.
- Identify and discuss computer security issues and computer viruses
- Identify and discuss computer ethics and the impact of IT on society
- Create a Web site with HTML tags and post to a Web server
- Create blogs and wikis
- Identify, discuss and use important categories of application software: word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and presentation graphics
- Identify, discuss and use software development processes and programming languages
- Identify and discuss emerging technologies artificial intelligence, machine learning, e-commerce, impact of cloud computing, data analytics