CSC 1010 - Computer Science Basics

Institution:

Fitchburg State University

Subject:

Description:

3 cr. 3 hr. Lectures and labs explore various topics in computer science. Some programming is introduced to motivate the topics, but programming is not the main focus of the course. Topics include data representation, digital circuits, basic computer organization and machine language, adding memory and peripheral cards to a PC, operating systems and networking, Web pages, programming languages and language theory, algorithms and efficiency, computability, the Church-tutoring thesis, and the halting problem. Q

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.fitchburgstate.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 345-2151

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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