Core Studies 5: Partially Virtual Section

Syllabus

1. Using the computer
   • Introduction to Windows. Disks, files, directory structure.
   • Using Notepad to create and edit files. Email.

2. The Internet and HTML
   • World Wide Web. Browsers, search engines.
   • HTML syntax, hyperlinks, creating web pages.
   • Analog and digital communication.
   • Modems, binary coding, error checking.
   • LANs, WANs, TCP/IP.

3. Number Theory and Applications to Data Coding
   • Identification codes, bar codes, error detection.
   • Number systems, especially base two and hexadecimal. Conversion between number systems.
   • ASCII codes, parity checks
   • Encryption and decoding.
   • Prime numbers. Sieve of Eratosthenes.
   • Prime factorization. Modular arithmetic. Public key cryptography.

4. Programming in Java
   • objects, classes, methods.
   • loop structures.
   • Boolean conditions; if-then-else statements.
   • Embedding Java code in Web pages, input, event handlers.