1. Introduction to Computing
Lecture 1

2. Instructor: Nadeem Ahmad Khan
TA’s:
Ehtisham Rasheed
Mudassir Ali

4. Can a computer think?

5. Course Contents
Detailed Course Outline is on the CS-101 homepage

6. Course Goals Introduce computers and computing
Build programming concepts for next level programming courses
Familiarize students with Visual Basic 6

7. Textbooks
An introduction to programming with Visual Basic 6 by David Schneider, Prentice Hall; 4th edition
Chapters 1-7
and some more ……………….

8. Course Policy

9. The 5-minute rule

10. Assignments (15%) Unannounced
Applicable rules and submission deadlines will be indicated with the assignments
No make-ups

11. Assignment 1
Send an confirming that you have seen the course-outline and any other remark on the course outline (if any).
to:
Ehtisham Rasheed ( for Section 1)
Mudassir Ali (for Section 2)
Deadline: 5:00 p.m, 11 Sept. 2002
No credit after the deadline

12. Quizzes (20%) Will cover reading assignments and
10-15 minutes duration
Will cover reading assignments and
material covered in the class
Unannounced
No make-ups
Lowest grade will be dropped

13. Midterm (30%) Close book Will be based on all material covered in
the first 5 weeks

14. Final Exam (35%) Close book
Will be based on all material covered in the entire course of 10 weeks

15. Office Hours
Hours reserved by the instructor & TA’s for the students of CS101 for:
Answering questions
Clarifying concepts
Discussing assignments & quizzes

16. Tutorials/Lab Sessions
Supervised Lab Sessions and Tutorials will
be organized as and when required and
will be notified before hand

17. Check your email often for announcements related to the course

18. Charles Babbage ( )
Designer of the Analytical Engine - the very first computer (1833)
The Analytical Engine was not built until 1944 (in the form of the Harvard Mark I)

19. The Analytical Engine A mechanical, digital machine
Could carryout any calculation
Could make decisions based upon the results of the previous calculation
Components: Input; Memory; Processor;
Output

20. John Von Neumann
Developed the stored program concept

21. Timeline First digital computer: Harvard Mark I (1944)
First electronic, digital computer: ENIAC
(1945)
First commercial computer : UNIVAC (1951)
First personal computer: Altair I (1975)
First supercomputer: Cray I (1976)
First popular PC: Apple II (1977)
First laptop: Grid Compass (1979)
First popular PDA: Palm Pilot (1996)
progress continues………