After learning the concepts in this chapter, The students will be able • To know about Computers • To learn about various generations of computer • To understand the basic operations of computers • To know the components and their functions. • To know about booting of a computer

To know how the computer interprets and stores data in the memory. • To learn various data representations and binary arithmetic. • To learn conversion between various Number Systems.

To know the organization of the computer components and their interconnections. • To know the processors and their characteristics. • To know the importance of memory devices and their roles in a computer. • To explore RAM, ROM and differentiate each of them. • To know about cache memory and how it improves the performance of a computer • To know the secondary devices and their usage • To know about the ports and interfaces so that external devices can be connected

To know the concept of Operating Systems and their types. To acquire the basic Knowledge of Operating Systems and its functions.

Understand the basic building blocks of C++ programming language • Able to construct simple C++ programs • Execute and debug C++programs