INTRODUCTION TO ICT

Paper Code: 
CBCA 101
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To acquaint the students with the basics of Information and communication

 

9.00
Unit I: 

Data and Information, type of data, Information system, computer based information system. History and Generations of Computer, type of computers, Block Diagram of a Computer, Description of Different parts of a Computer. System type of computers, Software and Application Software. Proprietary software, Freeware software, Public Domain Software, Open Source software. Simulation software, mobile software and mobile applications.

Word Processing Software: Document formatting options, Tables, Bullets and Numbering, Font, Alignment, paragraph formatting, Insert Picture, Clipart, Shapes, WordArt, Header & Footer, Page Layout, Mail Merge, Spelling & Grammar.

9.00
Unit II: 

Presentation Software: Creating Slide Show by using Animation Technique. Slide Master, Clip Art, Picture Editing. Multimedia: Definition, Characteristics of Multimedia System, Components of Multimedia, Multimedia Software tools, Multimedia Applications.

Spreadsheet Software: Cell Formatting Options, Formulas and Functions, Charts, Sort, Filter, pivot tables, conditions, grouping. Database software: creating database, creating tables, writing query, designing forms and generating reports.

9.00
Unit III: 

Introduction to Data Communication, Computer network, Type of Networks –Local Area Networks (LAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN). Ethernet, Bluetooth, Mobile Networking, Wire and wireless Networking. Intranet and Internet, types of Internet connection- dial up, DSL, Broadband, VSAT, WiFi, 3G, 4G. The birth of web, www, web page, html, scripting languages, home page, web site, web applications, blogs, Web browsers, Web browser helper applications, Web servers, Internet services Search Engines, Newsgroup, Email and its Protocols (telnet, ftp, http, https), Web portals, Chat, Audio and Video conferencing, Social media websites : pros and cons. Introduction to content management system and its types. Configuring an Email program (Outlook Express), Introduction to Web Content management tools like wordpress, joomla, drupal. Concept of Web and text mining.

9.00
Unit IV: 

Computer Security: Security Threat and Security Attack, Malicious Software, Hacking. Users Identifications and Authentication. Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware software. How to scan system, browser hijack, modern antivirus utility. Copyright, patents and plagiarism. Cyber Laws: Introduction to Cyber Laws, Cyber crime, Cyber contract, Cyber privacy, IT Act.

9.00
Unit V: 

Introduction to e-commerce and m-commerce, e-learning, e-governance, e-banking and m-banking, E-Business Model – E-Marketing ,e-locker, digital signature, e-cash, Online Payments and Security. Cloud:-concept, cloud types, services and applications, cloud as a drive like Google drive.

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

1. Norton Peter, “Introduction to Computers”, 6th Edition. TMH, 2006.

2. P. K. Sinha & Priti Sinha, “Computer Fundamentals”, BPB Publications, 1992.

3. M.L.Young , “Internet Complete Reference”, 2nd Edition”, TMH Publishing Co. Ltd, 2002.

4. Berson, Stephen J. Smith,” Data Warehousing, Data Mining, & Olap”, Tata McGrawHill,

2004.

5. Jiawei Han & Micheline Kamber,” Data Mining – Concepts & Techniques”, Morgan Kaufmann, 2006.

6. Michael Miller,” Cloud Computing: WebBased

Applications That Change the Way You Work and

Collaborate Online”, Que; 1st edition, 2008.

7. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data Communication and Networking”, 4th Edition, Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2006.

8. William Stallings, "Network Security & Cryptology", Prentice Hall of India,2006.

9. Bob Boiko,” Content Management Bible (2nd Edition)”, 2nd Edition , Wiley; November 26, 2004.

10. Bing Liu,” Web Data Mining”,2nd Edition, Springer, July 2011.

REFERENCES: 

1. Alexis Leon and Mathews Leon, “Internet for Everyone”, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

2. Jinjer Simon, “Excel Data Analysis: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating and Analyzing Data, Charts and

PivotTables”, Wiley, 2007.

3. Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert C. Elsenpeter, “Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach”,

McGrawHill, 2010.

4. V. Rajaraman, ”Fundamentals of Computers”, 4th Edition,Prentice Hall India Pvt., Limited 2010.

5. Mahapatra & Sinha, “Essentials of Information Technology”, Dhanpat Rai Publishing,2002

Academic Year: 
2016-17
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