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Week 1: [Preparing for Week 1 Class] [week 1 lecture evaluation]
- Administrative matters
- Overview of course material
- Introductory remarks
- Introduction to Computing at VCU
Details:
- Resources at VCU (VCU IT Pages, Getting Software at VCU, etc.)
- Computing and Operating Systems (Desktop, workstation, server, Windows, MacOS, Unix, Linux, other; Hardware, memory, speed, form factors)
- Networking (Ethernet, fiber, switches, latency, hubs, T1/OC3, backbones, VCU Network and other networks, Grid)
- Programming Languages (C, C++, Fortran, Pascal, Java, Perl, Python, other)
- Databases/Database Languages (Flat files, folders, directories, database types, access, MySQL, Sybase, Oracle, etc)
- Research Methods (Highwire, My Library, E-journals, etc.)
Week 1 Downloads:
Introduction to Databases Powerpoint Presentation *
"A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks" * VCU Network Design Powerpoint Presentation * Programming Presentation
Faculty:
Mike Davis, M.S. Dr. Rodney J. Dyer Daniela Puiu, M.S. Dr. Tarynn M. Witten
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