(i) Introduction to computers: introductory concepts of computer architecture, introduction to Unix and Microsoft Windows operating systems. (ii) Basic principles of procedure-oriented programming: designing, implementing and correcting programs, data types, and program flow control. (iii) Fortran 90 programming language: declarations, assign statement, control and repetition statements, input/output statements, static and dynamic arrays, subroutines and functions and their role in the structure of a program.
Laboratory exercises: Familiarization to Unix and Microsoft Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office and the Internet. Solution of mathematical problems by using Fortran 90.

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