Czech

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Students acquire survey of present state and trends of personal computers hardware, of function and structure of a typical PC and its common peripherals and of manner of its interfaces. They will be able to solve typical problems related to PC hardware practice.

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Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Final written exam.

Syllabus of lectures:
1. Introduction - block diagram of a typical PC.
2. Main board structure, power supply.
3. CPU as a basic executive unit.
4. How the PC executes a program, how it communicates with an environment.
5. Types of CPUs used in PC and its parameters.
6. Internal memory subsystem, multi-level model of the memory subsystem.
7. System bus, widespread types, parameters.
8. Display subsystem of the PC, processing, storage and output of a text or graphical information, used technologies (CRT, LCD, …), basic parameters.
9. External memory subsystem - hard- and floppy-disc, CD-ROM, other mass storage devices.
10. Basic parameters, manner of operation of external memories, integration to the system.
11. Input of a text and graphical information - keyboard, mouse, other input devices. Scanners, OCR technology.
12. Peripheral devices attachment - serial and parallel interface, USB.
13. Computer networks.

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Retrieval of a survey of basic blocks of a PC, of their function, structure and cost, of their impact on computer operation, of their mutual interaction and most frequent fails incl. their elimination. Interactions and dependencies between hardware and software.

Lectures.

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Messmer, H.P.: The Indispensable PC Hardware Book. Addison-Wesley, 1997, Anglie, ISBN 0-201-40399-4, 1384 stran. (EN)
Minasi M.: Velký průvodce hardwarem. Grada, 2002, ČR, ISBN 80-247-0273-8, 768 stran. (CS)

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