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Conceptualization of three-dimensional textile forms through freehand to the use of software packages to develop the sketches into three-dimensional forms. The course enables students effectively use the computer in rendering their works in three dimensions and to provide students with the opportunities in developing basic rendering concepts with respect to innovative modelling techniques in three-dimensional forms.

Introduction to basic computing, hardware and software systems. Basic computer maintenance. Flowchart, Algorithm and steps for program development in VISUAL BASIC, MATLAB and Phyton environments. Development and applications of computer routines and sub-routine for basic surveying computations like traversing, levelling, triangulation, areas and volumes of earth works. The use of computer packages for storage, processing, retrieval and analysis of geospatial data.

Brief history of computer development. Hard ware components of computer. Microsoft Word applications. Microsoft Excel applications. Microsoft Power Point applications. Internet usage; estate management related website guide.

Instruction format and types, memory and I/O instructions, dataflow, arithmetic, and flow control instructions, addressing modes, stack operations, and interrupts. Data path and control unit design. RTL, microprogramming, and hardwired control. Practice of assembly language programming. Memory hierarchy, cache memory, virtual memory. I/O fundamentals. Interrupt structures. Lab work: Programming assignments to practice MS-DOS batch programming, Assembly Process, Debugging, Procedures, Keyboard input, Video Output, File and Disk I/O and Data Structure. Instruction and arithmetic pipelining, superscalar architecture. Reduced Instruction Set Computers. Parallel architectures and interconnection networks.

Principles of computer hardware and instruction set architecture. Internal CPU organisation and implementation. Instruction format and types, memory, and I/O instructions. Dataflow, arithmetic, and flow control instructions, addressing modes, stack operations, and interrupts. Data path and control unit design. RTL, microprogramming and hardwired control. The practice of assembly language programming. Memory hierarchy. Cache memory, Virtual memory. Cache performance. Compiler support for cache performance. I/O organisations. Lab work: Practical demonstration of the architecture of a typical computer. Illustration of different types of instructions and how they are executed. Simple Assembly Language programming. Demonstration of interrupts. Programming assignments to practice MS-DOS batch programming, Assembly Process, Debugging, Procedures, Keyboard input, Video Output, File and Disk I/O, and Data Structure. Demonstration of Reduced Instruction Set Computers. Illustration of parallel architectures and interconnection networks.

Principles of computer hardware and instruction set architecture. Internal CPU organisation and implementation. Instruction format and types, memory, and I/O instructions. Dataflow, arithmetic, and flow control instructions, addressing modes, stack operations, and interrupts. Data path and control unit design. RTL, microprogramming and hardwired control. The practice of assembly language programming. Memory hierarchy. Cache memory, Virtual memory. Cache performance. Compiler support for cache performance. I/O organisations. Lab work: Practical demonstration of the architecture of a typical computer. Illustration of different types of instructions and how they are executed. Simple Assembly Language programming. Demonstration of interrupts. Programming assignments to practice MS-DOS batch programming, Assembly Process, Debugging, Procedures, Keyboard input, Video Output, File and Disk I/O, and Data Structure. Demonstration of Reduced Instruction Set Computers. Illustration of parallel architectures and interconnection networks.

Channels and channel capacity; introduction to information theory; sharing network resources: telecommunication history; circuit switching and packet switching; multiplexing; FDM; TDM; statistical multiplexing; virtual circuits and datagrams; advantages and disadvantages; sharing the medium: Aloha; CSMA (persistent and non-persistent); CSMA-CD; token passing; CDMA; wireless LANs and simple performance analysis; dealing with errors: errors; coding and redundancy; hamming theory and codes; CRCs; ARQ protocols; CR selective retransmission and flow control; internetworking and the internet: ISPs; datagram forwarding; the DNS; IPv4; addressing and forwarding; encapsulation and address resolution; TCP and UDP; ports and congestion controls; example applications; modelling data networks: services and protocols; layered architectures; the OSI 7-layer model; introduction to queue theory; physical media; LANs and bridging; WANs and point-to-point links; routing; addressing and routing in the internet; end-to-end communication in the internet; and application protocols; Cyber space technology: Cyber Crime; Cyber Security and models of Cyber Solution

Computer hardware and software applicable to quantity surveying practice and factors to consider in computer hardware and software selection. Performing quantity surveying calculations using MS Excel, for computation of unit rates, preparation of BOQs, preparation of valuations, financial reports. Preparation of final accounts, report writing using MS word, PowerPoint presentations using charts and graphs, Use of MS Project and other project management software. Advanced usage of CAD Measure and QS CAD for measurement of AutoCAD drawings. Use of dedicated QS software for measurement and production of bill of quantities such as master bill elite, build soft. Use of dedicated QS software for estimating; Use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools for QS functions – quantification, costing, valuation and scheduling. Group assignments and learning tasks to promote peer support in developing the requisite knowledge and skills in software usage.

Computer fundamentals: development history of computer hardware and software; hard- wired vs stored program concept; Von-Neuman architecture; Harvard architecture: principle of operation, advantages and disadvantages; single address machine; contemporary computers; computer system: block diagram, functions, examples, dataflow and control line; computer arithmetic: integer arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), floating-point representation (IEEE), floating-point arithmetic, arithmetic and logic unit (ALU). Introduction to CISC and RISC architecture: principle of operation, merits and demerits; storage and input/output systems: computer function (fetch and execute cycles), interrupts, interconnection structures (bus structure and bus types); overview of memory system, memory chip organisation and error correction, cache memory, and memory storage devices; overview of I/O, programmed and interrupt-driven I/Os, DMA, I/O channel and I/O processor; control unit: micro-operations, control of the CPU, hard-wired implementation, control unit operation, micro-instruction sequencing and execution, and micro-programmed control; using INTEL family, and MOTOROLA family as case study of a CISC computer system; instruction set and register: machine instruction characteristics, types of operands and operations, instruction functions, addressing modes, instruction formats, register organisation, and instruction pipelining; high performance computer systems: techniques to achieve high performance, pipelining, storage hierarchy, and units with function dedicated for I/O; RISC, introduction to superscalar processor, and parallel processor; using popular RISC processor (e.g. i960, Motorola PowerPC) as case study. Operating system: overview of operating system, dimension and type of operating system: overview of operating system, dimension and type of operating system, high level scheduling, short-term scheduling, I/O scheduling, memory management, virtual memory, UNIX/LINUX operating system: architecture, commands, programming; window-based operating systems (MS windows).

Study of representative digital computer organization with emphasis on control unit logic; input/output processors and devices; asynchronous processing; concurrency and parallelism; Memory hierarchies