UNIT- I

Introduction to Computers: Characteristics of computers, Evolution of computers. generation of computers, Block diagram of computer & role of each block, classification of computers, applications of computers.

Input and Output Devices: Keyboard, pomtmg devices, speech recogn1t1on, digital camera, scanners, optical scanners. Classification of output devices, printers, plotters. computer output microfilm (COM), Classification of output devices, devices- monitors, audio output, projectors, and terminals.

Primary and Secondary Memory: Memory hierarchy, Random access memory (RAM). types of RAM, Read only memory (ROM), types of ROM. Classification of secondary storage devices, magnetic tape, magnetic disk, optical disk.

Number Systems: Introduction to number system, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, conversion between number bases, Arithmetic operations on binary numbers. Alphanumeric- BCD, EBCDIC, ASCII, Unicode.

UNIT- II

Computer Software: Software definition, relationship between software and hardware. software categories, system software, application software, utility software.

Computer Languages: Introduction, classification of programming languages. generations of programming languages, features of a good programming language.

Internet Basics : Introduction, features of internet, Internet applications, services of internet, Logical and Physical addressess, Internet Service Provider Domain name System.

Web Basics : Introduction to web, web browsers, http/https, URL. UNIT- III

MS Word: Word processing, MS-Word features, creating saving and opening documents in Word, interface, toolbars, ruler, menus, keyboard shortcut, editing, previewing. printing & formatting a document, advance features of MS Word, find & replace, using thesaurus, mail merge, handling graphics, tables, converting a Word document into various formats like-text, rich text format, Word perfect, etc.

MS Excel: Worksheet basics, creating worksheet, entering data into worksheet, data, text dates, alphanumeric values saving & quitting worksheet, opening and moving around in an existing worksheet, Tool bars and menus, Keyboard shortcuts, working with single and multiple workbook, working with formula & cell referencing, Auto sum, coping formulas. absolute and relative addressing, formatting of worksheet, previewing & printing worksheet, Graphs and Charts, Database, macros, multiple worksheets-concepts.

UNIT- IV

Power Point: Creating and viewing a presentation, managing Slide Shows, navigating through a presentation, using hyperlinks, advanced navigation with action setting and action buttons, organizing formats with Master Slides, applying and modifying designs. adding graphics, multimedia and special effects.

Microsoft Access: Planning a database (tables, queries, forms, reports), creating and editing database, customizing tables, linking tables, designing and using forms. modifying database structure, Sorting and Indexing database, querying a database and generating reports.