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COMPUTER BASICS
Computer Basics 1
The Information Processing Cycle
INPUTINPUT OUTPUTOUTPUT
AUXILIARYAUXILIARYSTORAGESTORAGE
PROCESSINGPROCESSING
MAIN MAIN MEMORYMEMORY
INPUT DEVICES (Hardware)
KeyboardMouseMicrophoneScannerTouch screensBar code scannerVoice recognition
OUTPUT DEVICES (HARDWARE)
Useful information that leaves the systemOutput Hardware includes:
• Monitor: soft copy
• Printers: hard copy
• Projector
• Voice and music - speakers
OUTPUTOUTPUT
ROM
READ ONLY MEMORY
ROM
READ ONLY MEMORYRAM RAM
RANDOM ANDOM ACCESS CCESS MEMORYEMORY
RAM RAM
RANDOM ANDOM ACCESS CCESS MEMORYEMORY
SmallInstructions are
installed permanently at the factory
Cannot be changedThese instructions
check the computer’s resources and looks for Operating System
Main MemoryTemporary—it is
erased when turned off.
It is where programs and data is stored while being processed
MEMORY PROCESSING HARDWARE
PROCESSING HARDWARE
Central Processing Unit: CPU
The Brains or Intelligence of the computer. Controls input and output interprets instructions executes instructions.
Silicon chip: integrated circuit board Pentium: name give to a particular chip
Hertz: the speed of the CPU Gigahertz: executes a billion instructions per second Megahertz: executes a million instructions per second
ProcessorsCome in Many Sizes
MainframeMainframe: large, powerful, serving many connected terminals. Super Computers
MinicomputerMinicomputer: mid-sized, serves more than one user at a time
MicrocomputeMicrocomputerr: PC, individual workstation
Laptop: Laptop: portable, small
HandheldHandheld: Palm Pilots
What is Data?
Facts used by a computerWordsNumbers
What two numbers are used in Binary Code?
0 and 1They are each called a BIT8 BITS make a BYTE1 BYTE makes a letter or numberKILOBYTE = 1,024 bytesMEGABYTE = 1,048,576 bytesGIGABYTE = 1,024 megabytesTERABYTE = 1,024 gigabytes
AUXILIARY STORAGE DEVICES
Network Drive (H: drive)
Hard Disk Drive (C:drive)
Floppy Disk Drive with 3 ½” Floppy Disk (A:drive)
Jump Drive/Thumb DriveI-Pod CD Read/Write DriveDVDZip Drive
AUXILIARYAUXILIARYSTORAGESTORAGE
SOFTWARE
Programs that Make the Computer WorkOperating System Software
Vista Windows XP: GUI (Graphical User Interface) Unix Linux
Application Software Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Front Page, Publisher WordPerfect Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
What is the Boot Process?
The process of starting up a computer from a halted or powered-down condition. Commands in ROM memory are followed
The process of loading the Operating System software into Main Memory Windows 98 Windows XP Unix