Brief history of development of computer, computer system concepts, Basic component of computer, control unit, ALU, Input/output, semiconductor memory function and characteristics, Memory-RAM, ROM, EPROM, PROM and other types of memory, Capabilities and limitation, Generation of computers, Analog and Digital Hybrid Computers, General and Special of Computer, Types Of Computer –Micro, Mini, Mainframe, Supercomputers.

Input Devices: Keyboard, Mouse, Trackball, Joystick, Scanners, Digitizing tablet, Digital Camera, MICR, OCR, OMR, Light Pen, Barcode and Barcode Reader, Quick Response Code (QR Code), Voice Recognition, Touch Screen.

Storage Fundamentals – Primary Vs Secondary Data Storage and Retrieval Methods – Sequential, Direct and Index Sequential, Various Storage Devices – Magnetic Disks, Hard Disk Drives, Floppy, Disks, Zip Drive, Optical Disks.

Types of Software – System Software, Application Software, System Software – Operating System – definition and function, Device Drivers and Utilities Programs, Introduction and Features of DOS, Windows, Programming language, Machine, Assembly, High Level.

Types Of Network-LAN, WAN, MAN, Internet, VPN etc. Component of LAN-Media, NIC, NOS, Network device- Bridges, HUB, Routers, Repeater, Gateways Uses, advantages and disadvantages.

DCA-PC Packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

 Operating System, Basic Operation-How to start a computer, login, logoff, hibernate, Shutdown etc, Personalizing Desktop-Desktop Background, Icon, Screen Saver, Themes, Setting Date and time, Task bar, Files and Folders, Create, Copy, Rename, Moving and Delete Files and Folders, Create and Using Shortcuts, Recycle Bin. Accessories-MS Paint, Notepad, WordPad, Windows Media Player, calculator, Games, Math input panel.

MS Word Basic: Introduction to MS Office, Introduction to MS Word, Formatting your Text and Documents: Auto Format, Paragraph and Page Formatting, Line spacing, Margins, Borders and Shading, Tab and Indents, Bullets, Numbering, Working with Styles, Printing and Various Print Option, Working With Headers and Footers, Tables: Creating a simple Table.

MS Excel Spreadsheet Basic and Features, Concept of Workbook and Worksheet, Entering and editing Numbers, Removing and Resizing of Rows and Columns, entering and editing Formulas, Referencing cells, moving cells, copying cells, sorting cell data, inserting rows, inserting cells, inserting columns.

Formatting: Page setup, Cell Formatting, Changing column width and row heights, auto format, changing font sizes and attributes, centering text across column, using border buttons and commands, changing colors and shading, hiding rows and columns, Working with data and ranges, Column Freezing, Labels, Hiding, splitting, merging etc. Working with MS PowerPoint, columns and List, Working with PowerPoint Objects.