Contents

1. Introduction to IT

1.1 Introduction 

1.2 What is a Computer?

1.3 Structure of a Computer  

1.4 Computer Memory    

1.5 Optical Devices    

1.6 Applications of Information Technology

2. Office Suite  

2.1 MS Word

2.2 MS Excel

2.3 MS Access    

2.4 MS Powerpoint

3. Multimedia

3.1 Introduction 

3.2 Hardware necessary for Multimedia    

3.3 Applications of Multimedia     

3.4 Images 

3.5 Microsoft’s Paint  

4. Web Browsers

4.1 Internet     

4.2 Internet Applications

4.3 World Wide Web (WWW)

4.4 Internet Search Engine 

5. File and Disc Utilities

5.1 Concept of Files and Directories

5.2 File Archival, Compression and Encryption Utilities

5.3 Disc Utilities Related to Error Recovery in the Physical Sector

5.4 Anti-virus, Firewall and Anti-spy Ware Utilities

6. Basic Database Concepts

6.1 Database and Database Users

6.2 Limitations of DBMS

6.3 DBMS Architecture  

6.4 Security Levels of DBA   

6.5 Concept of RDBMS   

7. Overview of Accounting Software Package

7.1 Old Methods and Machines used in Accounting

7.2 Use of Computers in Accounting

7.3 Advantages of using the Computer in Accounting

7.4 Disadvantages of using the Computer in Accounting

7.5 Defenses against Disadvantages of the Computer

7.6 Tally

8. HTML

8.1 What is HTML?

8.2 How it works 

8.3 Creating and Loading HTML Pages

8.4 Tags   

8.5 Structure of an HTML Document  

8.6 Stand Alone Tags   

8.7 Formatting Text    

8.8 Adding Images

8.9 Creating Hyperlinks

8.10 Tables

8.11 Scripting of Language   

8.12 Sending E-mails (Mailto: Command)   

8.13 Some HTML Programs

8.14 Sample Web Pages