- Mari L., Buonanno G., Sciuto D. (2007). Informatica e cultura dell’informazione. McGraw-Hill, Milano.
- On-line handbooks and tutorials
Learning Objectives
Learning of theoretical and practical basic notions concerning the way in which different common hardware devices work and their main characteristics. Basic theoretical notions concerning the way operating systems work and their main characteristics, pratical notions on the management of the file system in Windows like environments. Use of the tools offered by Excel with particular reference to formulae and functions already available in this environment and macro implemented through the host VBA language. Basic theoretical notions on networks with particular reference to Internet. Basic notions for the formulation of query in PsycINFO.
Prerequisites
no one
Teaching Methods
lessons
Further information
no one
Type of Assessment
written test with optional oral test
Course program
Computer archicture: analysis of the main characteristics and of the way the main devices making up a processor work, according to the Von Newman architecture with particular attention to the central processing unit, registers, cache, buffer, RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory). Analysis of the characteristics and functions of peripherical components: mass memories, pointing devices, input/output devices and other common ones. Definition of software and study of the main characteristics and functions of operating systems with particular reference to Windows like environments. Basic theoretical notions on the common and potential characteristics of electronic sheets, high-level applications of Excel, including both the analysis of the system itself and the study of the formulae available in Excel so as the creation of macro through Visual Basic for Application (introduction to the concept of constant, variable, conditional instructions and cycles). Basic notions on the architecture and the topology of networks, with particular attention to the peculiar characteristics of each of them. Analysis of different services available on-line from WWW to various synchronous and asynchronous communication services. Basic notions about the queriy syntax in PsycINFO.