XIN1_UIM Informatics for Economists 1

Moravian Business College Olomouc
winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. František Dařena, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Aleš Keprt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Zdeňka Krišová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jan Lavrinčík, DiS., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Aleš Keprt, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Mgr. Zdeňka Krišová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jan Lavrinčík, DiS., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course introduces students to the field of information technologies. Students get basic overview in computer hardware and software.
Syllabus
  • Tutorials:
    1. Introduction, abstraction. Representation and interpretation of information. Encoding of numbers and text in memory.
    2. Basic principles of computers. Von Neumenn architecture - CPU, memory, I/O devices. Computer generations - historic models, trends, parallelism, supercomputing, special purpose computers.
    3. CPU and microprocessor. Characteristics, registers, instructions. High level programming languages. Intel and ARM computers. Mainboard. Bus, interrupt.
    4. Demonstration of computer hardware. Internal and external memory. ROM, RAM.
    5. Hard disk. CD and other optical disks. Flash disk. Physical structure of a disk. Other peripherals: graphics card and display, keyboard, mouse, printer.
    6. More peripherals: Sound card, network adapter, modem. Computer case. Server components: RAID, rack, UPS.
    7. Introduction to operating systems.
    8. Operating systems: Windows family, Unix family.
    9. Application software. Web browsers, text editors, spreadsheets, database systems, graphics editors. Installation of oftware.
    10. Software licences, copyright, free software.
    Lab:
    Powerpoint, Excel
Literature
    required literature
  • PECINOVSKÝ, J. Microsoft Office 2013: podrobná uživatelská příručka. Brno: Computer Press, 2013. ISBN 978-80-251-4102-1. info
  • ROSMAN, P. Informatika pro ekonomy a manažery. Univerzita Tomáše Bati, Zlín, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7454-228-2. info
  • HRONEK, J. Úvod do výpočetní techniky. 1. a 2. část. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2009. info
    recommended literature
  • KLEMENT, M. Hardwarová a softwarová konfigurace PC. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého. info
  • PECINOVSKÝ, J. Jak na Power Point 2007 v rekordním čase. Praa: Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-2189-7. info
  • SILBERSCHATZ, A. - GALVIN, P. B. - GAGNE, G. Operating System Concepts Essentials, 2.vyd. John Wiley & Sons, 2013. info
  • NULL, L. - LOBUR, J. The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture. 3.vyd. Jones and Bartlett Publisher, 2010. ISBN 1449600069. info
  • RYBIČKA, J., TALANDOVÁ, P. Informatika pro ekonomy. Kernberg Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87197-97-4. info
  • PECINOVSKÝ, J. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: hotová řešení. Brno: Computer Press, 2008. ISBN 978-80-251-2123-8. info
  • ATKINSON, C. Působivé prezentace v PowerPointu 2007. Brno: Computer Press, 2008. ISBN 978-80-251-2119-1. info
  • KRÁL, M. - MAGERA, I. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: podrobná uživatelská příručka. Brno: Computer Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-251-1619-7. info
  • KEPRT, A. Operační systémy. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2007. info
  • BŘÍZA, V. PowerPoint 2007: podrobný průvodce. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2178-1. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2013, winter 2014, winter 2016, winter 2017, winter 2018, winter 2019.
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