This section will feature news, warnings, announcements, and, in
general, all kinds of information which is not available at the
beginning of the semester. It will be updated as the information
becomes available. Students are strongly advised to check here
often.
(12.12.2024) The second lab exam will take place in lab
OL24 on Thursday, 19, at 12h. (Lab OL24 is
on the second floor of the West Building -the red one-,
towards the middle of the hall). In case anyone gets lost, the
instructor will be at the usual lab LE04 at 12h.
(04.12.2024) Look into this document (.pdf) to find the
date assignments for the second lab exam.
(06.11.2024) Check here
the results of the first two partial exams.
(25.10.2024) For the first lab exam, all students must
attend lab LE4 on Thursday 31, at 12h. The full
mapping of student to lab + day + hour can be checked in this pdf
document.
(22.10.2024) The lab class for Thursday, 24, has been
moved to lab NL5.
(25.09.2024) The first quiz has been postponed to Wednesday,
October 16, in rooms EA3 and EA4,
at 14:00h.
(10.09.2024) The lab has been moved to EL4 (first
floor of the east -green- building). Lab classes still start in
week 38.
(01.09.2024) Lectures begin in week 37
(Tuesday 10). There will be no lab class in week 37,
they begin in week 38.
(01.09.2024) Check the Additional
Resources section to learn how to install a Virtual
Machine with the work environment from the lab in your
laptop/PC.
Instructor
Juan Ignacio Pérez Sanz
Office DE-322
e-mail: nacho.perez(at)uah.es
Office hours: arrange by e-mail
Program (2024-2025)
1.Introduction to
Computers
Basic
definitions. Functional structure. Von Neumann machine.
Machine and assembly languages. Compilers. Programs
Historical evolution.
2.Representation
of Information.
Representation
of numbers. Binary codification. Integers: sign, 1-C, 2-C,
biased representations. Reals: floating point, IEEE754.
Alphanumeric information.
4.The C
Programming Language.
·Introduction
to the C programming language. Characteristics and
elements. Sample program.
·Data
types.
·Input
and output.
·Operators
and expressions.
·Control
flow.
·Functions.
·Vectors
and strings.
·Pointers.
·Structures.
Unions. Bit-fields. Typedef.
·File
input and output.
·Dynamic
memory.
·The
C-language preprocessor.
Class hours
Lectures: Tuesdays,
12-14h, in room EA1B Lab:
Thursdays, 12-14h, in
lab EL7
The course follows the standard continuous evaluation procedure,
with the following exams:
Classroom:
First quiz: units 1-2 (15% of final grade)
Second quiz: unit 4 (35% of final grade)
Lab work:
Exam: assignment 4, all sections (50% of final grade).
According
to current regulations (students are advised to contact
the Secretaría de
Alumnos to this respect), students may apply for the
non-standard ‘single
exam’ evaluation procedure. Should this application
be accepted, the grading will result from a single exam
consisting of three parts, very similar in nature and
percentages to those described above under the ‘continuous
evaluation’ procedure: one quiz for units 1-2, one for
unit 4, and one last part for the lab work.
It's also advisable to download and install the 'Oracle
VM VirtualBox Extension Pack', available from this page.
Otherwise, some functionality will not be available (the host
machine's USB drive access, for instance).
Start VirtualBox and select 'Import Appliance' from the
'File' menu. It will ask for the appliance file (provide the
path to the previously downloaded file). Then you must provide
a folder to place the Virtual Machine. Click 'Accept' or 'yes'
to every question. A Ubuntu virtual machine is created, which
can be run from the menu.
The Virtual Machine will automatically log in to the default
user, but in case it is needed, the default user is
'Laboratorio Informática', and the password is 'larq'.