USE FULL OF ENGINEER STUDENTS GE2112 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING AND PROGRAMMING GE 2112 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING AND PROGRAMMING

GE2112 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING AND PROGRAMMING 3 0 0 3

AIM :

To provide an awareness to Computing and Programming

OBJECTIVES :

• To enable the student to learn the major components of a computer system

• To know the correct and efficient ways of solving problems

• To learn to use office automation tools

• To learn to program in C

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS 9

Introduction – Characteristics of Computers – Evolution of Computers - Computer

Generations – Classification of Computers – Basic Computer organization – Number

Systems

UNIT II COMPUTER SOFTWARE 9

Computer Software –Types of Software – Software Development Steps – Internet

Evolution - Basic Internet Terminology – Getting connected to Internet Applications.

UNIT III PROBLEM SOLVING AND OFFICE APPLICATION SOFTWARE 9

Planning the Computer Program – Purpose – Algorithm – Flow Charts – Pseudocode

-Application Software Packages- Introduction to Office Packages (not detailed

commands for examination).

UNIT IV INTRODUCTION TO C 9

Overview of C – Constants, Variables and Data Types – Operators and Expressions

– Managing Input and Output operators – Decision Making - Branching and Looping.

UNIT V FUNCTIONS AND POINTERS 9

Handling of Character Strings – User-defined Functions – Definitions – Declarations -

Call by reference – Call by value – Structures and Unions – Pointers – Arrays – The

Preprocessor – Developing a C Program : Some Guidelines

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Ashok.N.Kamthane,“ Computer Programming”, Pearson Education (India)

(2008).

2. Behrouz A.Forouzan and Richard.F.Gilberg, “A Structured Programming

Approach Using C”, II Edition, Brooks-Cole Thomson Learning Publications,

(2007).

REFERENCES:

1. Pradip Dey, Manas Ghoush, “Programming in C”, Oxford University Press.

(2007).

2. Byron Gottfried, “Programming with C”, 2

nd

Edition, (Indian Adapted Edition),

TMH publications, (2006).

3. Stephen G.Kochan, “Programming in C”, Third Edition, Pearson Education

India, (2005).

4. Brian W.Kernighan and Dennis M.Ritchie, “The C Programming Language”,

Pearson Education Inc., (2005).

5. E.Balagurusamy, “Computing fundamentals and C Programming”, Tata

McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, (2008).

6. S.Thamarai Selvi and R.Murugan, “C for All”, Anuradha Publishers, (2008).