Lesson 1 - Itcsad
Lesson 1 - Itcsad
COMPUTER CONCEPTS
COMPUTER
IT IS A ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT
USES STORED DATA AND
INSTRUCTION TO GENERATE
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION AND DATA
INFORMATION
- IT REFERS TO PROCESSED DATA.
DATA
- IT IS THE UNPROCESSED FACTS
CHARACTERISTICS OF
COMPUTER
1. IT IS ELECTRONIC
2. IT IS A MACHINE
3. IT HAS MEMORY
4. IT CAN MANIPULATE DATA
5. IT IS AUTOMATIC
6. IT HAS ARITHMETIC AND LOGICAL
FUNCTION
COMPUTER CAPABILITIES
COMPUTER PERMIT EASY ACCESS
TO LARGE VOLUMES OF DATA.
COMPUTER PERFORM LENGTHY
COMPUTATION QUICKLY AND
ACCURATELY.
COMPUTER IDENTIFY
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LARGE
AMOUNT OF DATA.
COMPUTER CAPABILITIES
COMPUTER-CONTROLLED DEVICES
GO WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT.
1. Business
- ATM, Credit cards, buying through PCs
2. Medicine and Health Care
- Diagnosis illnesses, patients monitoring, ultrasound,
computerized axial tomography (CAT), Magnetic
Resonance imaging (MRI)
3. Education
- Calculus published by broderbund software, makes
students less intimidated by a computer correcting their
work
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
7. Legal Practice
Lawyers uses databases in keeping records
10. Law Enforcement
DNA- Identifies a person from traces
of blood,skin or hair
MDT- Mobile Data terminals
10. Government
Bureau of Census
SSS/GSIS
BIR
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
10. Music
MDI-Musical Interface Digital Interface
11. Theater and Film
ILM-(Industrial Light and Magic)
10. Computer at home
Intelligent House-House with an
Environment fully controlled and
maintained by a computer.
HISTORICAL Development of Computer
Year Invention Inventor
8500 B.C. Bone carved Ancient man
2500 B.C. Abacus Babylonians
500 B.C. Modern language theory Panini
300 B.C. Binary Numbers system Pingala
1492 13 digit cog-wheeled Leonardo Da
adder vinci
1617 Napier`s bone John Napier
2000 Y2K
FIRST GENERATION COMPUTER (1951 - 1958)
Hybrid Computer
combines the characteristics of both the
analog and digital.
Classification of Computers
ACCORDING TO FUNCTION OR PURPOSE
Special-purpose computer
a type of computer that performs
specific task
General-purpose computer
a type of computer where its tasks vary.
The physical machine remains the same
even though there is a change or shift in
operation.
Classification of Computers
ACCORDING TO SIZE AND SPEED
Super Computer
are the largest, fastest, most powerful
and most expensive computers made.
Mainframe Computer
are large, fast, and fairly expensive
computers, commonly used by businesses
to accommodate extremely large amounts
of data.
Classification of Computers
ACCORDING TO SIZE AND SPEED
Minicomputer/mid-range computer/medium
sized computer
called mini computer because if its
small size compared to other computers
at that time.
Workstation
is a powerful RISC-based computer dasigned
to meet the computing needs of engineers,
architects, and other professionals.
Classification of Computers
ACCORDING TO SIZE AND SPEED
Microcomputer/Personal computer
called minicomputer because of its
small size compared to other computers at
that time.