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Operating System
i) Command User Interface
The need for an Operating System, the Booting Process, Directory handling,Absolute and Relative path names, File handling, Disk handling Commands, Batch Files.
ii) Graphic User Interface
Working with the Graphical User Interface (GUI), Elements of a GUI, handling files and directories under GUI, managing the desktop.
iii) Installing the Operating System Installing the Operating System and other software, setting up printers.
The Internet
Communicating through Computers, creating an e-mail I.D., e-mail and ftp, POP and IMAP and SMTP for mail and the ftp protocol for file transfer; using the World Wide Web, HTTP and web servers; downloading information; using Search engines, configuring the Internet.
Computing and Ethics
Ethical issues in computing; intellectual property rights; protection of individual’s right to privacy; data protection on the internet; protection against Spam; software piracy, cyber crime, hacking, protection against malicious intent and malicious code.
Word Processing
Starting and closing the word processor under a graphic user interface; creating and saving a document; protecting a document; editing a document, find and replace, page layout, printing a document, formatting a document, enhancing a document, proofing a document, mail merge; labels & envelopes; creating indexes and table of contents. Templates, embedding objects.
Multimedia Presentation
The art and science of communication. Planning a presentation; creating and saving a presentation in different formats; slide layout and transition; working with graphics, embedding audio and video clips; recording dialogue and sounds; embedding scanned images and objects from other software. Integratingthe presentation with word processors and the internet, animation and design enhancement.
Spreadsheets
The need for spreadsheets; creating and saving a spreadsheet; working with formulae; relative and absolute referencing; editing a spreadsheet, using
functions, working with ranges, graphs and charts; formatting a spreadsheet; working with multiple spreadsheets; printing spreadsheets; importing external data and working with it. Tools for analysis.
Database Packages
The need for database management; creating and saving a database; editing a database; performing calculations; modifying the structure of a database; sorting, indexing; querying; mailing labels; report generation. Working with multiple databases, object linking and embedding, creating applications.
Elementary Concept of Objects and Classes
Modelling entities and their behaviour by objects; a class as a specification for objects and as an object factory; computation as message passing/function calls between objects (many examples should be done to illustrate this). Objects encapsulate state (attributes) and have behaviour (functions). Class as a user defined type.
Values and types
Primitive types (like int, float, boolean etc.) and their representation and ranges, operations on primitive values, expressions, assignment (assignment is also an expression), attributes, constructors, functions. Return values and function parameters, passing parameters by value.
Conditionals and non-nested loops
if-then, if-then-else. Fixed number of iterations- the for loop. Unknown number of iterations - while loop, do-while loop.
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