INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS

Course Description & Purpose: 
The purpose of this course is to turn you into a well informed and savvy computer user. Through laboratory sessions and classes, you will gain hands-on experience using computers. You will learn how to use different operating systems, create spreadsheets and other documents, and use local-area networks. You will learn to navigate the Internet and create a personal Web page.  In this course, we will examine computer architecture, software, information systems, databases, artificial intelligence, and other topics. We will also consider the technology marketplace, privacy, and other legal and ethical issues of the computer age. 

Lecture Presentations: 
Chapter 1 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 2 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 3 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 4 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 5 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 6 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 7 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 8 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 9 (ppt, pdf)
Chapter 12 (ppt, pdf)

Additional Readings:
PHP-Preliminaries
PHP-Computer Languages
PHP-Echo Command
PHP-Variables
PHP-System Information
PHP-Operations
PHP-Control
PHP-Functions
PHP-Forms 

UNIX Tutorial 
pico Tutorial
Storage Hierarchy
Representing Sound and Images on a Computer
B.U. Academic Code of Conduct

Resources: 
Student Webpages
Student Study Guides
How to Use gsubmit 
How to Add Yourself to the Course Mailing List 
CS101 Course Feedback Form (you may also contact Undergraduate Director Wayne Snyder at snyder@cs.bu.edu)
A UNIX Guide
A HTML Guide (Web Pages)
Warriors of the Net (A Movie About How the Internet Works)
Review Materials