Unit LABORATORY INFORMATICS
- Course
- Biological sciences
- Study-unit Code
- GP004022
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Valentina Poggioni
- Teachers
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- Valentina Poggioni
- Hours
- 21 ore - Valentina Poggioni
- CFU
- 3
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Altro
- Area
- Abilità informatiche e telematiche
- Academic discipline
- INF/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Computer architecture. Microprocessor and main memory. Secondary memories. Input/Output devices.
Operative system.
Word Processor.
Spreadsheets
The World Wide
Web.
Internet and computer networks. - Reference texts
Handouts provided by the teacher.- Educational objectives
- At the end of the course the students will know the fundamentals of informatics on compuetr architecture, memories, input/output devices.
The students will be able to use the fundamental operations of a comnputer, will be able to create and delete folders, browsing the file system, manage the connected devises.
He/She will be able to use the main functions of worprocessing, like for example create and update a document using base formatting functions that also includes images and tables.
He/She will be able to use the main functions of spreadsheets, like for example import and organize data, create charts and plots, create simple functions and use statistical functions. - Prerequisites
None- Teaching methods
In-class lessons and hands-on lessons in computer lab.- Other information
E-learning platform unistudium.unipg.it- Learning verification modality
- Multiple choices test
- Extended program
- Base concepts of computers and softwares: Hardware architecture. CPU, RAM, kind of memories, Input/Output devices. Software: system software and application software.
Operative system: general concepts and main operations of Windows SO, task, virtual memory, concepts of algorithm and program.
Word Processor: general concepts and characteristics; properties of characters, paragraph, sections (styles, alignments, heading and footnote, notes, summary, images, tables, symbols etc.).
Spreadsheet: cells (strings, constants, formulas), absolute/relative references, refernces to a rectangular area, functions, standard formats (char type, height, etc.) and special formats (numnbers, currency, dates). Graphics and plots: type of charts (histogram, bars, pies, etc.); data series: single and multiple; labels, titles, formatting.
Elements of net communications: computers net, net classification, communication modes, devises
Internet: functioning principles and services: TCP/IP, IP address and DNS, Email, FTP. The World Wide Web: Client and server Web, browsers and their main functions, URL, Information search: search engines and boolean functions like "and", "or", "not".