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Intro to CIS Summary !!!

Abstract

  • For the realization of this task, we will get through the whole material seen from this course with a global view review from all the chapters seen as well as the ones we learned.

1. Introduction

  • Personally speaking, as a CIS (Computer Information Systems) major student, one of the most important courses to take is Introduction to CIS because, after all, this course is the base for someone with an intention of achieving a degree in this wonderful and revolutionary field of technology and computers.

However, what do people actually learn from this course? Why is it so important? and also, how is this course going to make you a wiser man or woman in the field?

2. Methodology

  • It is actually surprising the fact that, from an intro course or a " 101 " course, introduction to CIS is one of the few introductory courses where you learn a lot of new stuff that you probably have not learned or seen from High School, Junior High, or even Middle School. That is the reason why taking this course is really going to be helpful to you if your intentions are, like I said, achieving a degree in this wonderful and revolutionary field of technology and computers.

Before getting to the points, it should be remarked that the next argument will be listed as a whole summary divided by 13 chapters where all the material learned has been approved and checked by our professor from Missouri Valley College. Without further ado, let's get to the main points:

Chapter 1 – Intro to Technology

  • Basic computer concepts

  • Methods for input, output, memory, and storage

  • Digital security and safety risks and precautions

  • IT applications on society

Chapter 2 – Connecting and Communicating Online

  • Evolution of Internet

  • World Wide Web

  • Different Types of websites and media

  • Services available on the Internet

  • Netiquette

Chapter 3 – Computers and Mobile Devices

  • Characteristics of purchasing guidelines for majority of the types of electronical devices.

  • Handheld computers, servers, supercomputers, point-of-sale terminals, ATMs, self-service kiosks, …

  • Ports and connections

  • Ways to protect hardware

  • Health concerns of using technology and preventative measures

Chapter 4 – Programs and Apps

  • Programs and apps available for computers and portable devices

  • Role of an operating system (OS) and different ways software is distributed

  • Feature of a variety of applications

  • Communications applications

  • Security tools and file and disk management tools

Chapter 5 – Digital Safety and Security

  • Broad options of digital security risks

  • Cybercrime and cybercriminals

  • Risks and safeguards associated with Internet and network attacks, …

  • Various backup strategies and methods of securing wireless communications

  • Ethical issues in society and ways to protect personal information

Chapter 6 – Computing Components

  • Components inside computers and mobile devices

  • Types of processors, steps in a machine cycle, processor cooling methods

  • Pros and cons of cloud computing

  • Different types of memory

  • Adapters, buses, power supplies and batteries

  • Ways to care for computers and portable devices

Chapter 7 – Input and Output

  • Methods for input and output

  • External accessories for a computer

  • Different types of keyboards

  • Different types of pointing devices; i.e. Mouse

  • Variety of Optical Recognition

Chapter 8 – Digital Storage

  • Storage Options

  • Storage capacity and access times

  • Characteristics of hard disks, SSDs, external hard drives and RAID

  • Portable flash memory storage

  • Pros about using cloud storage

  • Specifications of optical discs

  • Enterprise storage options

  • NFC chips and tags, smart cards, magnetic stripe cards, …

Chapter 9 – Operating Systems

  • Functions common to majority of OS

  • Variety of desktop OS, server OS, and mobile devices OS

Chapter 10 – Communicating Digital Content

  • Networks and communication technologies

  • Types of network architectures and standards and protocols

  • Communications software

Chapter 11 – Building

  • Hierarchy of data, ways to validate it, pros and cons of databases vs file processing approach, and characteristics of database management systems.

  • Programming languages and application development tools

  • Web development tools

  • System development phases and guidelines for system development

Chapter 12 – Number System

  • Base
  • Binary number system, binary point
  • Bit
  • Decimal number system
  • Division-Remainder technique
  • Fractional numbers
  • Hexadecimal number system
  • Memory dump
  • Non-positional number system
  • Octal number system
  • Positional number system

Chapter 13 – Registers

  • Components affecting speed

  • Registers function, size and user’s accessible

  • Different of types of registers

  • System or Internal clock, overclocking and underclocking

  • Cache function, operation, multi-levels and other types

  • Memory hierarchy, access time and virtual RAM

  • Data Bus, Bus interconnection, …

3. Conclusion

  • Overall, thanks to this course, anyone can learn some knowledge in technology, computers and other types of electronic devices, how do they work, digital safety and security, communication and internet and, from my point of view as the one I have personally learned the most, the number system used in computers. Like stetted before, one of the most important courses to take is Introduction to CIS because, after all, this course is the base for someone with an intention of achieving a degree in this wonderful and revolutionary field of technology and computers. In addition to this, introduction to CIS is one of the few introductory courses where you learn a lot of new stuff that you probably have not learned or seen before college. Due to all these statements and material, we can conclude that thanks to this course someone's knowledge about technology can be definitely upgraded and enhanced facing their future.

4. Future work

From this point, anybody that had this course and that has also passed it, they can take higher-level IT and CIS classes without any problem at all due to the fact that, the material viewed during this course may come really handful facing your future as an IT major and, specifically, as a CIS major and expert on the field.

5. References