Course details

Basics of Informatics

CZV-ZIT Acad. year 2025/2026 Winter semester 4 credits

Current academic year

The course covers a number of topics necessary for understanding the principles and information technologies with regard to the field of cyber security. This course is designed as an introduction to IT preparing students for more advanced studies in other related areas of IT, including cyber security topics.

Guarantor

Ryšavý Ondřej, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination (written)

Time span

  • 20 hrs lectures

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Lecturer

Ryšavý Ondřej, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Learning objectives

Understand the principles of computing systems and application development, gain an overview of current IT technologies and environments.

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Introduction
  2. Computer Architecture and Processors
  3. Operating Systems
  4. File Systems and Data Management
  5. Databases and Storage Systems
  6. Networking Fundamentals
  7. User Interfaces
  8. Web Technologies
  9. Virtualization
  10. Cloud Computing

Progress assessment

  • Laboratory exercises - 20 points
  • Assessed assignments during the semester - 25 points
  • Final written exam - 55 points
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