Syllabus of

Modern Computer Application

Class – XI

Syllabus of Modern Computer Application Class XI

Chapter -1 (Evolution of Computer & computer organization)

Evolution of Computer:

• Abacus, Napier’s Bone, Pascaline, The Babbage Machine
• Stored Program Concept, Von Neumann Concept/Architecture.

Computer Hardware Generation

• First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Generation of Computer.
• Components, Advantage, Disadvantage.

Concept of Circuit Integration

• SSL, MSL, LSI, VLSI, ULSI.

Classification of Computers

• Analog, Digital, Hybrid Computers
• Mainframe and Supercomputer.
• Mini, Micro, Laptop Computer

Computers in Modern Society.

• Concept of Data and Information, Data Processing.

Brief  Description of Each Functional Block of a Computer.

• Block Diagram of a Computer System.
• Input Device(Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner, Touch Screen, OMR, OCR, MICR, Graphic Tablet, Barcode Reader, Light Pen, Microphone, Joystick).
• Output Device(Monitor-CRT,LCD,
• Printer- Impact Printer(Dot Matrix Printer) Non Impact Printer(Inkjet Printer, Laser Printer)
• Plotter
• Central Processing Unit-CU, ALU
• Storage Devices
•                 Primary Memory: RAM(DRAM, SRAM) ROM(PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, UVPROM)
  • Secondary Memory : Magnetic Media(HDD,FDD), Optical Media(CD, DVD, Blue-Ray Disk)
  • Cache  Memory
  • Flash Memory

Communication Bus

• System Bus- Address Bus, Data Bus, Control Bus, Power Bus

 Chapter -2 (Data Representation)

Number System

• Concept of Non-Positional Number System

      Roman Number

      Concept of Positional Number System

      Decimal, Binary, Octal & Hexadecimal Number system.

• Conversion

     Inter-conversion between Decimal, Binary, Octal & Hexadecimal Number system.

     Multiplication, Division- Binary Number System Only.

• Different methods of Negative Number.
• Representation

     Signed Magnitude

     One’s Complement

     Two’s Complement

     Subtraction using complements (1’s & 2’s complement)

Various Binary Coding Schemes

• BCD
• EBCDIC
• ASCII
• ISCII

Concept of Fixed and Floating Point Numbers

• Difference between fixed and floating point numbers.

Bit map representation of image

Concept of  Multimedia

Chapter -3 (Boolean Algebra)

• Definition and postulates
• Boolean operations – OR, AND, NOT
• Proof using identities and truth table
• De’ Morgan’s Theorems and Basic Principle of Duality
• Driving truth table from Boolean Expression and vice versa.
• SOP & POS Expressions (Minterm and Maxterm Expression)
• Canonical form of Boolean Expressions and their Components
• Simplification

Chapter – 4 (Software and Languages)

• Definition of Software.
• Programming Language: Concept of High Level, Low Level and Assembly Language.
• Types of Software.
• System Software
• Translator – Compiler, Interpreter, Assembler.
• Operating System:
• Definition and Function
• Types of OS- Single User, Multi-User, Multiprogramming, Multiprocessing, Time Sharing
• Booting (Cold and Warm), Spooling, Buffering, concept of Virtual Memory.
• Directory and File Structure, Path, and Pathname.
• Concept of GUI, CUI with examples.
• Using MS-DOS (Commands and their use – DIR, MD, RD, CD, COPY, COPY CON, MOVE, REN, DEL, 
• TYPE, MORE, ATTRIB, EDIT, DATE, TIME, CLS)
• Using MS Windows OS
• Application Software (Definition and example)
• Utility Software (Definition and example)

Chapter – 5 (Programming using Visual Basic)

• Introduction to Visual Basic( Version 6 or compatible)
• Getting Familiar with VB user interface.

                        Standard exe, pull-down menus, toolbar, toolbox, project explorer, properties window, form layout window, form immediate window,  opening and closing windows, resizing and moving windows, quitting VB.

• VB Tool Box

          Standard window controls, label, textbox, command-button, frame, check-box, option-button, list-box, combo-box, Picture box, time control, shapes Basic Properties of controls.

• Programming Fundamentals

Data types in VB(Integer, long, single, double, currency, string)

Variable and Constants

Input / Output Operations

Control Statements

Branching : if-then-else & Switch

Looping : for-next, while & do-while

• Simple problem solving

Chapter – 6 (Word Processing Using MS Word – 2007)

• Introduction to Word Processing
• Creating, Opening, Editing and Saving a document
• Copy, Cut, Paste operation
• Page Setup, Headers and Footers.
• Formatting texts, paragraph, Page Borders.
• Inserting – Clip-Art, Word-Art, Auto-Shapes, Picture, Symbol, Equation
• Table Insertion
• Mail Marge
• Macros
• Spelling and Grammar check
• Printer setup and document printing.

Chapter – 7 (Making Presentation Using MS PowerPoint – 2007)

• Introduction of PowerPoint
• Creating, Opening, Editing and Saving a PowerPoint presentation
• Use of Wizard
• Different styles and Background
• Formatting Texts
• Inserting – Clip-Art, Word-Art, Auto Shapes, Picture
• Appling Slide-transition, applying animation to text and objects
• Inserting sound and video-clips
• Slide Show
• Printing of slides

Syllabus of Modern Computer Application Class XI