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**Chapter 2, binary system, arithmetic, logic gates | **Chapter 2, binary system, arithmetic, logic gates | ||
**Chapter 2, logic gates, binary adder | **Chapter 2, logic gates, binary adder | ||
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** Building a computer, von Neuman architecture, bottleneck, CPU, RAM, Secondary Memory, Suse EEE | ** Building a computer, von Neuman architecture, bottleneck, CPU, RAM, Secondary Memory, Suse EEE | ||
** History of computers, video "Machine that changed the world", Loom, Craig. | ** History of computers, video "Machine that changed the world", Loom, Craig. | ||
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** Client/Server architecture. | ** Client/Server architecture. | ||
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** Programming: Javascript | ** Programming: Javascript | ||
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** Programming: Javascript | ** Programming: Javascript | ||
** Programming: Javascript | ** Programming: Javascript | ||
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** Programming: other languages (Macros?) | ** Programming: other languages (Macros?) | ||
** Singularity, AI | ** Singularity, AI | ||
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** Chapter 4, NP, solvability, towers of hanoi | ** Chapter 4, NP, solvability, towers of hanoi | ||
** Singularity | ** Singularity | ||
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** Advanced material | ** Advanced material | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 25 June 2008
CSC 103: How Computers Work
Schedule
First half of Fall 2008
Textbook
The Most Complex Machine., by David Eck, A. K. Peters, Natick Ma [1]
Book chapters
- Chapter 1: What Computers can do. Must read
- Chapter 2: (read 2.1) computing with Silicon. Arithmetic, circuits
- Chapter 3: (read 3.1 and 3.3) Building computers
- Chapter 4: Theoretical computers. Computational universality in Section 4.1 is important
- Chapter 5: History of computers
- Chapter 6: Programming: basic concepts (variables, loops, decisions)
- Chapter 7: Programming Methodology for building large programs
- Chapter 8: Programming Languages
- Chapter 9: Applications
- Chapter 10: Cooperating Computers. Parallelism and networks
- Chapter 11: Graphics: math, realistic images
- Chapter 12: AI
Organization and Schedule
- Week 1:
- Chapter 1, general introduction
- Week 2:
- Chapter 2, binary system, arithmetic, logic gates
- Chapter 2, logic gates, binary adder
- Week3:
- Building a computer, von Neuman architecture, bottleneck, CPU, RAM, Secondary Memory, Suse EEE
- History of computers, video "Machine that changed the world", Loom, Craig.
- Week 4:
- Client/Server architecture.
- Trends.
- Services.
- Google vs. Microsoft
- Programming: Javascript
- Client/Server architecture.
- Week 5:
- Programming: Javascript
- Programming: Javascript
- Week 6:
- Programming: other languages (Macros?)
- Singularity, AI
- Week 7:
- Chapter 4, NP, solvability, towers of hanoi
- Singularity
- Week 8:
- Advanced material
