COMPUTER AND ITS APPLICATION IN PHARMACY

Fundamentals basic concept of computers:

History of Data Processing,

Types of Computers,

Components of a Computer,

Computer System

Business Computer System,

Backing Storage Devices,

Unit of Memory,

Viruses and Anti-viruses Issues.

System Analysis and Design:

What is a System?

Steps in system life cycle,

Data Gathering and Data Analysis,

Designing a New System,

Development and Implementation of New System,

Documentation

Data Processing:

Data Processing,

The Data Processing Cycle,

The Collection and Computing of data,

Manual collection of data,

The main methods of data input,

Devices used to collect data,

Data Verification,

Data Validation,

Output and Recording of data,

Types of data processing systems,

Types of Computer Operation,

Batch Processing

Real-time Processing.

Data Communication:

Applications of Data Communication,

Components of a data communication system,

Rate of data Transmission,

Computer Networks,

Network Topology,

Gateway,

E-mail/Internet concepts.