Introduction to ICT (Information and communications technology) Resources (O Level)
Introduction to ICT (Information and communications technology) Resources (O level)
1. PC Assembly and Operation
- Assembly and Disassembly of PC and its various Parts
- Startup Process (Booting)
- BIOS Setup
- CMOS Setup and meaning of its various setting
- Installation of Windows XP Operating System
- Installation of Other Software Packages such as MS Office etc.
- Operation of Printer
- What is Printer and its type
- Laser Printer
- Difference between Impact and non-impact Printer
- Installation of a printer driver
- Backup and Restore Operations
- Troubleshooting PC Problems
2. Utilities
- Compression Utilities: WinZip, PKZIP
- Concept of compression
- Defragmenting Hard Disk
- Disk using defrag
- Scan Disk for checking disk space
- Lost files and recovery
- Structure of Hard disk
- Format Floppy Disk
- Setting System Date and Time
- Antivirus
- What is Antivirus and how does it works
- Some Computer Antivirus program
- CD Writing Software – Nero etc.
3. Networking Concepts
- What is networking
- Local Area Networking (LANs), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), Wide Area Network (WAN)
- Networking Topologies
- Transmission media
- method of communication
- Cabling: straight through and cross over
- components of Network
- switches
- Bridges
- Routers
- Wi-Fi router
- Communication Protocols
- TCP/IP
- IP address
- MAC address
- Sub netting
4. Network Administration
- Installing and configuring the network using Windows NT based System
- Administration of Windows NT based network
- Creation of user and groups
- File Sharing
- Printer Sharing