Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
(1st SEMESTER) SYLLABUS
Effective From
: July – 2009
PAPER NO.
: 101
Paper Title : COMPUTER ORGANIZATION & FUNDAMENTALS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
1. Memory, Number System & Basic Computer Architecture
1.1. RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM etc, Virtual Memory, Cache Memory
1.2. Secondary Storage Devices
1.3. Binary, Hexadecimal, Octal Number System
1.4. Integer & Floating Point representation
1.5. Block Diagram of CPU and execution process
1.6. Introduction to bus architecture
1.7. H/W parts of PC
1.8. I/O devices: keyboard, display, pointing devices, modem, scanners, OMR, OCR, CD- ROM, DVD, printers.
2. Operating System Concepts
2.1. Evolution of Operating System & History
2.2. Need of an Operating System
2.3. Single-User & Multi-User Operating System
2.4. Elements of an Operating System
3. Single User Operating System
3.1. BIOS, POST Operation, Vector Table, Device Drivers, TSR Programs
3.2. System Files
3.3. Configuration Files
3.4. Disk Architecture
3.5. Commands
3.6. Introduction to Windows
4. Multi-user Operating System
4.1. Introduction to Windows-NT, UNIX
4.2. LAN Fundamentals
4.3. Basic Commands of NETWARE, Windows-NT, UNIX
Reference Books:
1. Fundamentals of Computer – V. RajaRaman
2. How Computers work - Ron White – Techmedia
3. Introduction to computers :- Peter Norton – TMH
4. Understanding Operating Systems - 4th Ed- Flynn – Thomson Course Technology
5. Inside IBM PC - Peter Norton - PHI
6. Unix Concepts And Application - Das – McGrawHill
7. MS DOS 6.22 – Comdex Computer Publishing
8. Netware for dummies - Dummy Series
9. Advanced MSDOS - Ray Duncon - McGraw Hill
10. Advanced Unix -A Programmer's Guide - Stephen Prata - SAMS
11. User Manual of DOS, Windows-Windows-NT, Netware
12. Operating Systems - Stallings – PHI