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Networking and Operating Systems

Chap. 10: Building Systems & Applications

Objective:

Students will identify and explain key concepts of Software Development, Programming and Programming Languages.

Topics Discussed:

  • Systems Development
  • Software Project Development Lifecycle
  • Programming
  • Five-Step Programming Process
  • Programming Languages
  • Five Generations of Programming Languages
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Visual Programming
  • Markup & Scripting Languages
Assignment:

  1. Visit https://connect.mheducation.com and read Chapter 10 on Building Systems and Applications. For those of you with programming experience, much of this will be review, but bear in mind that this chapter deals with theoretical software development as it pertains to the business environment, so there will be some terms and procedures that will be completely new to you. In this regard, I urge you to keep an open mind.
  2. Complete the Chapter 10 LearnSmart Practice assignment, due Friday of this week. The Practice assignment consists of 80 questions. Don’t forget to check your score afterwards, and if you got less than 80 percent, try, try again.
Assigned: January 26th, 2016
Due Date: January 29th, 2016
Networking and Operating Systems

Chap. 8: Big Data, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence – Practice

Objective:

Students will identify and explain the concepts of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, and the databases and information systems that support them.

Topics Discussed:

  • File Management
  • Databases
  • Data Mining
  • Big Data
  • Information Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
Assignment:

  1. Visit https://connect.mheducation.com and read Chapter 8 on Big Data, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. Even for those of you with a lot of computer experience, there’s most likely a good deal of stuff in here that you’re not familiar with, so be sure to at least give it a once-over.
  2. Complete the Chapter 8 LearnSmart Practice assignment, due Friday of this week. The Practice assignment consists of 60 questions. Don’t forget to check your score afterwards, and if you got less than 80 percent, try, try again.
Assigned: January 4th, 2016
Due Date: January 8th, 2016