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Computer Basics

Learning Goals
• Describe why computers are important.
• Explain how computers work.
Learning Goals
• Explain the difference between computer
hardware and computer software.
• Describe what an operating system is.
Learning Goals
• Identify the operating system you have on your
own computer and phone.
Learning Goals
• Define office productivity and communications
software.
• Turn on and log in to a computer.
• Identify parts of the computer desktop.
Importance
Importance
Why is it important to learn how to
use a computer?
What is a Computer?

An electronic device that:


What is a Computer?
• accepts data (input),
• manipulates the data (process),
• provides output (output) and
• stores the results (storage).
Input Devices

The user must provide the data


Input Devices
through an input device such as:
Processing Data
Once the user provides the
computerProcessing Data must tell
with data, he/she
the computer what to do with the
data. The central processing unit
performs the tasks the
user tells it to do.
Data in Memory
Many people use the terms memory
and storage interchangeably.
Data in Memory
However, they are not the same
thing.
Data in Memory
Memory is a temporary holding
space for Data
data while it is being used
in Memory
by the user.
Data in Memory
Example: This presentation has been
Data in Memory
saved to “storage,” but we are
viewing it through the computer’s
memory. If I make a change to it and
do not save it to “storage” again, the
changes will be lost.
Storing Data
The computer user can store data so
that he or she may access
Storing Data it again.
Storing Data
Primary storage consists of the hard
drive which Storing
is locatedData
inside of the
desktop or laptop computer.
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Secondary storage consists of any
storage medium located
Storing Dataoutside of
the desktop or laptop computer.
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Output Devices
A few examples of output devices
are:
The computer user can also instruct
Output Devices
the computer to provide output.
REVIEW INFORMATION
PROCESSING CYCLE
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Why Use a Computer

Why Use a Computer


• Speed
• Accuracy
• Reliability
Computer Programs
A computer program is a collection
of step-by-step
Computer instructions
Programs that tell
the computer how to perform a
particular task or group of related
tasks.
Software
There are two general types of
software. Software
• System software
• Application software
System Software
System software generally comes
preinstalled on your
System computer and
Software
you will, quite often, not even realize
that you are interacting with it.
• Operating Systems
• Device Drivers
Operating Systems
The two operating systems most users
encounter are Microsoft Windows and Mac
OS X.
Operating Systems
Operating systems contain the instructions
that allow the parts of a computer to work
together by performing most, if not all, of
the “behind the scenes” tasks such as
transferring data from memory to storage
devices.
Device Drivers
Device drivers contain the instructions which
Device
tell the computer howDrivers
to interact with that
particular device.
Many device drivers come preinstalled on
the operating system but devices such as
printers and scanners come with a device
driver to install on the computer if
necessary.
Application Software
Software the computer uses to carry out a
specificApplication
task as specifiedSoftware
by the user.
Word Processing
Software that enables the user to enter, edit,
Word Processing
format and print documents containing
primarily, but not limited to, text.
Spreadsheets
Software that enables the user to enter, edit,
format, print, sort and calculate primarily
Spreadsheets
numeric data.
Web Browsers
Software that enables the user to access,
retrieve and view documents and other
Web Browsers
resources on the Internet.

Chrome
Email
Software that enables the user to send and
receive electronic mail, commonly known as
Email
email over the internet.

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