| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Information coding |
Texts and numbers; fixed images and movies, sounds; error detection and correction; lossless and lossy data compression techniques |
20
|
| Computer architecture |
The didactic model of a RISC architecture; machine language, assembly language and examples of programming; CISC and RISC architectures; cache memory, interrupt and DMA |
12
|
| Introduction to operating systems |
Process management, scheduling and resource allocation; main memory allocation techniques; mass memory and file system; physical I/O |
10
|
| Spreadsheets |
Introduction on spreadsheets for technical and scientific applications |
4
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
46 |
| for exercises only |
6 |
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
6 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
0 |
| Workshops |
0 |
| Guided tours |
0 |
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
6 |
| Total hours |
52
|