Computer concepts, terminology, equipment, programming, and systems analysis and applications as they relate to computers of all sizes in business are surveyed. Topics will include exposure to software for each of the areas of study and how to evaluate software and hardware. Topics include pull-down menus, Windows utilities, running of multiple applications and sharing data between applications, Program Manager, File Manager, and system customization. Intensive lab experiences are involved. Students learn to prepare data or text for processing, complete entries, validate entries, use appropriate menus or commands, and obtain desired results.
Students learn data management, file, and graph commands.
How to write macros is also covered. Topics include networks and layered communications, network service layers of OSI model, networking device, IP addressing, basic routing protocols, media and network design, topology, structured cabling, electrical issues in networking, and basic network management. In addition to basic computer concepts, file-handling commands, and disk processing commands, most other areas of MS DOS are also covered, including directories, batch files, and file management. Students will write programs using sequential files to print reports from a single input file covering many business applications. Headings, calculations, decisions, totals, control breaks, and data validation are covered.