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An understanding of:
* Binary and hexadecimal
*How computers work
* Networks, the Internet and the WWW
* Hardware
* Artificial Intelligence
*Data representation
Number systems
Decimal, binary, hexadecimal
How to convert between number systems, particularly between decimal, hex and binary
Uses of binary and hexadecimal in computers
How to name multiple bytes
*Hardware: binary to circuit boards
How binary numbers are stored via transistors
Boolean logic and how it is implemented in logic gates
How logic gates are combined to produce digital circuits
Hardware: circuit boards to PCs
CPUs and CPU specs
Hardware: Motherboard and memory
Buses, bridges and expansion slots
RAMs, ROMS, caches and more
*Mobile phones
How they work
How to read mobile phone specs
*Networks
The technology
5G
*The Internet & the WWW
HTML, CSS
*Artificial Intelligence
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 79 |
Lectures | 20 |
Online Learning | 26 |
Total | 125 |
Students registered on ANY programme offered by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering OR by the School of Computer Science are NOT eligible to take this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Work Assignment: Working in groups of 4 , you will create web pages using HTML and CSS on the topic of data representation |
Week 7 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 |
No |
Assignment(Including Essay): Prepare a presentation proposing a 5 year IT plan for a social media consultancy company. The presentation should use Google Slides and be prerecorded via Zoom. | Week 11 | Graded | No | 60 |
No |
Quizzes/Short Exercises: May include questions on anything that has been taught in any of the lectures, as well as from readings recommended in the lectures. 1 hour; 60 minutes. | Week 12 | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 0 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
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