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Course V Computer Science No. Of Credits : 4
Unit Chapter Total
hours
Unit 1: Chapter 1: Introduction and types of network 16 hrs.
Internet Network Chapter 2: Network Components
Unit 2:Internet: Client Server Chapter 3: Client Server Architecture 16 hrs.
Architecture and communication Chapter 4: Communication Media
media
Unit 3: Internet : Addressing, Chapter 5: Internet Addressing 16 hrs.
Services, Topologies Chapter 6: Network Topologies
Chapter 7: Internet Services: Email
Unit 4: Emerging trends in Chapter 8: Emerging trends in Internet 16 hrs.
Internet, Societal Impacts Chapter 9: Societal impacts
Chapter Details:
Chapter 1: Internet Network
• Introduction ,Types of network : LAN, MAN, WAN
Chapter 2: Network Components
• Network components:
o Container,
o System: node, host, workstation, bridge, hub, router, RSM, switch, terminal
server,
o Network adapter: port & interface.
Chapter 3: Client Server Architecture
• Client server architecture: features, advantages, disadvantages & applications
• Peer-to-peer network, comparison between peer-to-peer and client-server architecture.
Chapter 4: Communication Media
• Communication media: introduction, noise absorption, radiation, attenuation,
bandwidth(baseband, broadband)
• Types of communication media: Guided & unguided
o Guided media: Twisted pair wire, coaxial cable, optical fibre
o Unguided media: Radio waves, microwaves, light wave, infrared waves.
Chapter 5: Internet Addressing
• Types of addressing: logical and physical
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL), types: relative & absolute
• Types of internet addressing :
o IP addressing: Classes, subnetting, masking
o Domain Name System (DNS):
§ Types of Domain: Generic, Country, Inverse
§ Hierarchy of domain name server, top level, second level, third level
domain
§ Address resolution, DNS working
Prakshastri Sem2 Computer Science Syllabus
Chapter 6: Network Topologies
• Network Topologies: features, advantages & disadvantages of Bus, Star, Ring, Token &
Mesh
Chapter 7: Internet Services: Email
• Basics of E-mail, uses, advantages, disadvantages, etiquette
• Protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, MIME
• Structure of Email: addressing, header, body, attachments, signature, CC, BCC
• Mailbox: Inbox, Outbox, Spam
• Creating and sending a new E-mail
• Replying to an E-mail message
• Forwarding an E-mail message
• Sorting and Searching emails.
• Email Client
• Understanding Gmail and its connected applications such as Google forms & Online Docs.
Chapter 8: Emerging trends in Internet
• Brief overview (definitions) of :
o Cloud Computing
o Internet of Thongs (IOT)
o Artificial Intelligence
o Machine learning
o Natural Language Processing (NLP)
o Big data
o E- Commerce
Chapter 9: Societal impacts
• Societal Impacts of Internet,
• Brief overview (definitions) of following:
o Digital Footprint
o Cyber Security
o Computer Virus
o Cyber Crime and cyber laws
o Hacking,
o Phishing,
o Cyber bullying,
o Indian IT Act, preventing cybercrime.
• Awareness about health concerns related to usage of technology like effect on eyesight,
physiological issues and ergonomic aspects
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and their violation,
• Plagiarism and copyrights,
• Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
Practical:
• Internet Browsing
• Google form
• Online assignment/tests
• Sanskrit Wikipedia/ E-Sanskrit resource and Sanskrit Portal
• Email
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Prakshastri Sem2 Computer Science Syllabus
Reference books:
• Internet Technology and Web design by BPB publications
• NCERT class XII Computer Science textbook
Course Outcomes:
• Develop an understanding of Internet, how it works and its components.
• Understanding and practicing Email concepts.
• Ability to search Sanskrit related texts, through Sanskrit portal, E-Sanskrit resources, and
various such websites.
• Ability to perform online tests through Google form.
• Ability to complete assignments in digital form (using MS word and Internet).
