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COS 101 Introduction to Computing Sciences

100 levelComputing & ICT10 topics

COS 101 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Brief history of computing
  2. Basic components of a computer/computing device
  3. Input/output devices and peripherals
  4. Hardware, software and humanware
  5. Diverse and growing computer/digital applications
  6. Information processing and its roles in society
  7. The Internet, its applications and its impact
  8. Areas and programs of the computing discipline
  9. Job specializations for computing professionals
  10. The future of computing

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Brief history of computing

The brief history of computing traces how humans moved from manual calculation tools to mechanical devices, electromechanical machines, electronic computers, and modern digital systems. For exams, you should master the major stages, key inventions, and why each stage mattered in improving speed, accuracy, storage, and automation.

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