General Computing

Lehrinhalte

This course presents an advanced overview of all relevant information on contemporary IT technologies. It is mainly meant as a preparatory course for those students that don't feel 100% sure in some or more of the topics covered within this course. This course should provide them with a solid basis for the high-level courses following. Students without these special needs can instead take one of the elective courses from area 1 (General Computing) or 2 (Advanced Networking).
Topics covered:
-Principles of computer science
-Fundamentals
-Data representation
-Hard- and software
-Computer architectures
-Operating system principles
-Networking basics
-Programming basics

Lernergebnisse der LV

Students should gain a comprehensive overview of computing technologies as a basis for the following specialized modules

Empfohlene oder verpflichtende Fachliteratur und andere Lernressourcen bzw. –instrumente

Bücher:
Tanenbaum: Computer Architecture, Siewiorek: Compter Structures, Principles and Examples
Fachzeitschriften: iX/Heise

Art der Vermittlung

2 ECTS Vorlesung, 2 ECTS Übungen

Voraussetzungen und Begleitbedingungen

Keine

Prüfungsmethode und Beurteilungskriterien

LV: VO-abschließende Prüfung, UE-immanenter Prüfungscharakter