Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction to the course
    • Coursebooks
    • 0478Exams
  • 2

    Internet Technologies

    • ISPs Part 1
    • ISPs Part 2
    • TCP/IP
    • Internet Security - Intro
    • Computer Viruses
    • Phishing
    • Pharming
    • Hacking
    • Wardriving
    • Spyware/Key-logging Software
    • Denial of Service Attacks
    • A look at Exam Questions on Internet Security
    • Internet Packets
    • World Wide Web Introduction
    • URLs (Uniform Resource Locator)
    • HTML Requests and Server Responses
    • HTML & CSS
    • Practice using some HTML/CSS
    • Cookies
    • Proxy Servers
    • Coursebook Work
  • 3

    Data Transmission

    • Bit Rate
    • Parallel vs Serial Transmission
    • Serial Transmission
    • Parallel Transmission
    • USB - Universal Serial Bus
    • Simplex, Duplex, Half-Duplex (Direction of Data transmission)
    • Exam Question - Parallel, Serial, Duplex, Half Duplex.
    • Exam Question - Parallel, Serial, Duplex, Half-Duplex - Answer
    • Parity (Even) 1
    • Parity (Even) 2
    • Parity (Odd)
    • Problems with Parity Checks
    • Parity Blocks
    • Parity (1) Questions
    • Parity (1) Answers
    • Exam Question: Parity Bytes
    • Exam Questions (Answer) : Parity Bytes
    • Check Sums
    • Check Digits 1
    • Check Digits 2
    • Coursebook work
    • Exam Question: Check Digit Calculations
    • Exam Question (Answers): Check Digit Calculations
  • 4

    Encryption

    • Encryption - Introduction
    • Key size in Encryption
    • Symmetric Encryption
    • Asymmetric Encryption
    • SSL/TLS
    • Coursebook Work
    • Exam Questions: Encryption
    • Exam Questions: (Answers) Encryption
  • 5

    Ethics

    • What are Computer Ethics?
    • Copyright and Plagerism
    • Shareware, Freeware and Free Software
    • Coursebook Work
    • Exam Questions: Ethics
    • Exam Questions (Answers): Ethics