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1. Processor and memory, memory structure, data representation, the instruction set. 2. Processor registers, memory bus, classification of instructions. 3. Principles of cooperation with peripheral devices, I/O controllers, ports, interrupts, DMA. The concept of the program and subroutine, stack, file system. 4. Operating systems, importance and classification. The main tasks of the OS, process management, memory management, management of peripheral devices. 5. The main principles and trends in MS Windows and Unix-like systems, file system access, user interface. 6. Fundamentals of the Internet and its services. Solutions of computer security. 7. Computer graphic, representation of the color, palette. Formats of raster graphics data. 8. Vector graphics formats. Graphic primitives, basic graphic simulation technology. 9. Fundamentals of computer typography, fonts, typography measures, page format and publishing, basic programs for word processing, page description languages​​. 10. Important principles of using MS Word - document organization, styles, templates, embedded objects management, object references. 11. Fundamentals of mass data processing. Data models, primary and foreign keys, data integrity, business rules and constraints, query languages​​. 12. Overview of the database tools and SQL. 13. Resources for working with database in MS Excel.