FloridaTech - College of Engineering
CSE1001 - LABORATORY
Author: Jamal Faik
Lab 1: Generalities.
This Lab presents some general material every computer science student needs to know
(and even non computer science students). Section one exposes some basic notions about computers.
It includes a description of the components of a computer. An internal view of the computer is also presented
in this section. We have also included in this part an overview of how information is represented inside digital
computers. Section two deals with Windows environment. Section three deals with Internet. After a short description of the network
and its related communication protocoles, we present some of the most used tools of Internet, namely FTP, World Wide Web, Email
and Telnet.
Lab outline
- The Digital Computer :
- Computer Components :
- External view : Input devices, Output devices, Disks, Motherboard.
- Internal view : CPU, Memory.
- Representation of information : Binary Representation.
- Windows Environment
- The Internet :
- What is Internet ?
- Communication protocoles (TCP/IP)
- Using FTP
- World Wide Web
- Locating Information on the Web. Use of Seach Engines (Example : AltaVista)
- Downloading Information
- Using the Email
- Sending - Replying to Emails
- Sending Emails with Attachements
- Forwarding EMails.
- Enabling vacation feature
- Adding a Signature
- Remote Login with Telnet.