LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide students with the fundamental notions regarding the main architectures of the computer systems and the devices that compose them. Alongside a formal discussion of the coding and processing of information, the student will learn the C language, an indispensable tool for creating examples of programs that will accompany the different topics addressed, acquiring the methodologies necessary for the management of the computer memory and structures. hosted in it. We will also provide notions for debugging and testing the procedures implemented in the most common development environments, suggesting some good practices for the management of personal information technology.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will have to acquire two fundamental types of knowledge; the solution of concrete problems through programs to be implemented in the C programming language; the ability to understand quantitative aspects of information technology such as performance, calculation capacity, representation of information, and the organization of computers.

It will therefore be the primary objective to provide students with the fundamental notions regarding the main architectures of the computing systems and the devices that compose them. Alongside a formal discussion of the coding and processing of information, the student will learn the C language, an indispensable tool for creating examples of programs that will accompany the different topics addressed, acquiring the methodologies necessary for the management of the computer memory and structures. hosted in it. We will also provide notions for debugging and testing the procedures implemented in the most common development environments, suggesting some good practices for the management of personal information technology.

PREREQUISITES

The course has no particular prerequisites except a minimum level of familiarity with computer interaction.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is carried out by the teacher through lectures alternated with classroom exercises with the support of the teacher.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

FIRST PART: Coding and representation of information, Boolean algebra and logic circuits, Structure of computers, Peripheral units, Programming languages and algorithms, Operating systems

SECOND PART: Programming in C language, The development of structured programs in C, Program control in C, Functions in C, Vectors in C, Pointers in C, Characters and strings in C, Formatting the input / output in C, structures, unions, bit management and enumerations in C, processing of files in C, outline of data structures in C

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

M.Mezzalama, E.Piccolo - Capire l'Informatica - Ed. Citta'Studi

P.Deitel, H.Deitel – C Language: fundamentals and programming techniques – Pearson

Lecture notes and teaching materials made available by the teacher on the course website and screened in class.