Phil Benwell - Internet Student

Its been a couple of weeks coming but we have been set our first assignment of the year for the module “Elements of Computing.” What makes this different from previous assignments is that we have a choice of which subject we pick and then we have to write a 1600 word essay to hand in [...]

I attended classes again this week on Monday & Thursday evenings. On Monday we looked at the inside of a PC. I have been inside one before after attempting to make one from scratch. It did give me that urge to give it another go but at the minute I can’t really afford the parts. [...]

Well, week 2 is here and tonight is the 2nd session of Elements of Computing. We have been scheduled in next week for a practical session so I’m looking forward to getting inside a computer again. Tonight we will be looking on the theory side of computer hardware so I should have a better understanding [...]

Monday evening was my first class back at Uni. This is my seconds year of a 6 year long course. The module was “Elements of Computing” and they topics we are going to cover look pretty interesting. They include:
Hardware
- The Motherboard
- The Processor/BUS
- Networking
Software
- Intro to Programming
- Systems Design
- [...]

Back to Uni this evening with my first class of “Elements of Computing.”
I have just checked the web site and have got some information off there, the timetable looks to be hardware for the first semester and software for the 2nd. I will probably prefer the 2nd semester which will involve an introduction to programming [...]