CSC 107 Fall 2003

Discussion Questions

For each discussion day, you are to email answers to the specified questions at least one hour before class time. In addition to the question listed, you should always mention any particular topics you found interesting, or perhaps especially confusing. Please use plain text in your message as opposed to attaching a separate document.

Chapter 1: Computer Basics (9/2)

Questions 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 and 20.

Chapter 3: The Internet and the Web (9/11)

Questions 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Chapter 6: The History of Computers (10/9)

Questions 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19.

Chapter 8: Algorithms and Programming Languages (10/30)

Questions 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 23.

Chapter 10: Computer Science as a Discipline (11/11)

Questions 11, 14, 15, 20, 21, and 22.

Chapter 12: Data Representation (12/4)

Questions 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, and 22.

Chapter 14: Inside the Computer -- The von Neumann Architecture (12/11)

Questions 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18.