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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

System Software and Hardware

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 155-0521/01
Abbreviation SWHW-ENG
Course title System Software and Hardware
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Applied Informatics
Course coordinator Ing. Jan Ministr, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Components of information systems – introduction
2. Second Functional characteristics of computer modules
3. System software
4. Operating systems - principle of work, used algorithms, client-server
architecture, open systems
5. Types of Operating systems (Unix, Windows)
6. The use of external sources of information, principles of computer networks
(Internet, Intranet, Extranet)
7. Types of Application Software Office, CAD, GIS, CASE, EIS, database systems,
data warehouse
8. Basic PC components and their characteristics
9. The logical structure of a microprocessor, ratings and types of microprocessors
10. Communication microprocessor environment, characteristics and parameters for data
bus
11. Physical and logical organization of memory your PC
12. Physical and logical structure of a hard disk, how to work with hard disk
13. Basic properties of compact disks and their standards
14. Characteristics and types of monitors
15. Characteristics and Modems

Literature

Silberschatz,A.,Galvin,P.,Gagne,G.:
Operating systems Concepts,Wiley&Sons,USA,2003
Nutt, G.: Operating Systems, Adison Wesley, Boston, USA, 2004
Stallings, W.: Computer Organization and Architecture, Principles of Structure
and Function. Macmillan 1987

Advised literature

Silberschatz,A.,Galvin,P.,Gagne,G.:
Operating systems Concepts,Wiley&Sons,USA,2003
Nutt, G.: Operating Systems, Adison Wesley, Boston, USA, 2004
Stallings, W.: Computer Organization and Architecture, Principles of Structure
and Function. Macmillan 1987