FONDAMENTI DI INFORMATICA

Academic Year 2020/2021 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Mario Massimiliano SALFI
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: ING-INF/05 - Information processing systems
Taught classes: 42 hours
Exercise: 45 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, the student will learn the fundamental concepts of computer science, the encoding of information, the architecture of a computer, the operating systems and software applications. He will possess a global knowledge on the internet and computer networks and on the theory of databases. He will also be able to write code based on textual shell or GUI interface, using C programming language, moreover he will possess minimal knowledges on algorithm theory. Finally, he will be able to edit text or spreadsheets using Word and Excel.


Course Structure

Lessons ed exercitation in classroom, assignment and correction of homeworks.

n.b. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.


Detailed Course Content

1. Introduction to computer science
2. Encoding and representation of information
3. Boolean algebra
4. Architecture of computer
5. Operating System and software applications
6. Computer networks and the Internet
7. Introduction to databases
8. Algorithms and data structures
9. C programming language


Textbook Information

See on https://www.dmi.unict.it/salfi/fondamentiing.htm