Information Technology I

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS
The Basics: Hardware, OS, and Software
1	Introduction: Course Overview; Inside the CPU
2	Computer Architecture: Processing, Memory and I/O
3	Computer Representations; Compression (PDF)
4	Operating Systems (PDF)
5	Software Development
Databases
6	Relational Databases; Database Queries Using SQL (PDF)
7	An Introduction to Microsoft Access (PDF)
8	Relational Database Design (PDF)
9	Introduction to User Interface Building with Access Examples (PDF)
Networks and Telecommunications
10	Telecommunication Concepts; Data Transmission (PDF)
11	Local Area Networks; Ethernet; Packet-switched Networks (PDF)
12	Midterm Exam - In Class
13	Wide Area Networks; The Internet (PDF)
14	Wireless Network Technologies (PDF)
Distributed Computing and Web Technologies
15	Client/Server, Peer-to-Peer and the WWW (PDF)
16	Security I: Public Key Cryptography (PDF)
17	Security II: Digital Signatures; Network Security (PDF)
18	Evolution of Web Technologies (PDF)
eBusiness Applications
19	Under the Hood of a Commercial Web Site (PDF)
20	Data Mining, Data Warehousing (PDF)
21	Software Agents (PDF)
22	Student Presentations I
23	Student Presentations II
24	Trends in eBusiness Technology; Course Wrap-up
25	Final Exam - In Class