KYAMBOGO UNIVERSTY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CURSE: DEPLOMA IN REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING

COURSE UNIT: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE

COURSE CODE: 1102

NAME; KYALISIIMA PONSIANO

REG NO; 22/U/DRA/4007/GV

YEAR ONE SEMISTER; ONE

TASK: INDIVIDUAL COURSE WORK

SIGNATURE

QUESTION

a) convert B2.0595316 to base2/ binary

b) convert 11010111.01112 to base 8 and base 16

2 write brief notes on computer science and software engineering

Definition

Examples

Application

Merits and demerits

reference
COMPUTER SCIENCE (reference; Dr H.S.Behera)

Computer science is the study of computers including computational theory, hardware and software
design, algorithm and the way humans interact with technology.

APPLICATION OF COMPUER SCIENCE (reference; NIKHIL AGRAWAL)

Computers are applied in various fields especially where computations are required and to be done at a
very fast speed.

These include;

i. Education
ii. Business
iii. Banking sector
iv. Entertainment
v. Hospital and health
vi. Communication etc.
Application in education
In education, computers are used for;
 Teaching and learning online
 Result processing
 Student data processing

Application of computer in business

 They are used in electronic fund transfer

 They used in reading and sorting cheques
 They used in budgeting

Application in entertainment

 They are used for watching movies

 Used for listening songs
 Used for playing games

Application of computers in hospital and health

 Used for collecting data and identify the cause of disease

 They are used in tests and reports

Application of computers in communication

They are used for;

 Chatting
 Instant messaging
 Video conferencing
MERIT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (reference Holland international study center)

 Financial rewording. Computer scientist are some of the most highly paid in the world as
their skills help business keep up emerging trends
 Develop transferable skills. Help to develop skills that are useful in any career
 Unlocks creativity. It enchase creativity in programming and software development
 Computer technology. These require specialist and professionals which computer
science does
 Enable people work from their homes
 Promotes research studies and articles are available via open access

DEMERITS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

 Promote criminals .some people use knowledge from computer science to steal
information
 Diseases such as eye strain, back and neck problem
 High costs especially in learning and buying equipment due to prolonged use of
computers
 Un employment through replacing human labor with automated computer
machines
 Potential loss of privacy through hacking
 Increases waste and impacts on the environment through disposal of computer
components

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (reference; software engineering 9th edition by Ian Summerville)

Is an engineering discipline that is concerned with all aspects of software production from
the early stages of system specification through maintaining the system after it has gone
into use.

There are two types of software and these include;

1. System software
2. Application software

System software; is the collection of programs designed to operate, control and extend the
processing capabilities of a computer its self. for example , operating system, device drivers

Application software

IS a set of programs designed to perform a specific task. For example; Microsoft word,
Microsoft excel, data base access

Software engineering is applied in

 Mobile apps
 Robots
 Web application
 Business software
  Network system
 Operating system

Merits of software engineering

 Helps to learn basis of programming

 Higher pay. Software engineers are paid highly
 Help to understand software life cycle
 Help to learn how to be more innovative
 Help to communicate more effectively through developing computer languages

Demerits of software engineering

o High initial cost as more capital is needed for start up

o Less freedom due to competitive world
o Require more time in office
o Security issues , for example hackers who want to steal information