CS111  TOPICS

      General notions
        Algorithms, data

      Programming details, Java
	Applications, applets
        Syntax
          program structure, reserved words, declarations, statements
        Variables 
          types
            objects, integer, real, char, boolean, string, array
          scope
        Statements
          assignments, loops, if, if/else
        Classes
	Methods
          how to think about them, what happens to parameters
        Text files
        Documentation, indentation, and descriptive identifiers
        Pseudo code
        Program verification

      Programming languages
        machine instructions
        assembly language
        high-level and special purpose languages
        compiling
        portability

      Searching, sorting, and efficiency

      Machine architecture
        physical machine: circuits, bits, bytes, CPU, memory, 
           I/O devices, bus
        memory and addressing
        representation of characters and integers
          ASCII codes
          binary and hexadecimal numbers
          integer storage: sign/magnitude, two's complement
        CPU
          registers, program counter, stack pointer, etc.
          simple machine language and corresponding assembly language
          fetch, decode, execute cycle
        disk storage and types of files

      Applied topics
        Graphics
        Simulation
        Text and file processing

      Theoretical topics
        Bare bones language
        Turing machines
        Computability
        Halting problem