computer & industry language
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COMPUTER & INDUSTRY LANGUAGE. For Commercial Art. MACINTOSH. Computers known as “Mac” for short A family of personal computers Manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. Since 1984. Apple History. Apple History. Apple History. What Ms. Messer used in 1989. Apple History. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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COMPUTER & INDUSTRY LANGUAGEFor Commercial Art
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MACINTOSH Computers known as “Mac” for short
A family of personal computers
Manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc.
Since 1984
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Apple History
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Apple History
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Apple History What Ms. Messer used in 1989
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Apple History Funny Apple Ad…
mid 1980s
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CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT Or “CPU” for short
A computer’s primary control circuitry
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HARDWARE Equipment and electronic components that make
up your computer system
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SOFTWARE Computer applications / programs
Written coded commands that tell a computer what tasks to perform
Do not install any additional software on any of the Commercial Art computers!
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SOFTWARE
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BIT A binary digit
This is the single digit of a binary number
The smallest unit of information a computer can hold
0 or 1
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RAM Random Access Memory
Found in computers and other devices, like printers
The main memory available for programs
Don’t confuse with ROM (Read-Only Memory) Special memory that stores
programs that boot the computer and performscomputer diagnostics.
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MONITOR The hardware that displays information, text, and
visuals on a screen in full color
The iMac computers we use in class include both the monitor and the CPU within one unit
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RGB Red, Green, Blue
The primary colors of a screen / monitor
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PIXEL Short of “Picture Element”
The smallest unit of a picture element / digital image displayed on a screen / monitor
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PIXEL
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PIXEL
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PIXEL
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PIXEL
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PIXEL
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DPI Dots per inch
Refers to the measure of output resolution produced by the printer
The higher the DPI, the higher the image quality
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PPI Pixels per inch
Refers to the measure of resolution produced on a computer monitor
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IMPORT To bring a support file into another program
You will be “importing” a Microsoft Word file into a Quark document and/or an InDesign document
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EXPORT To output a document from one application and be
able to place it or open it in another program
You will be “exporting” PDF files from Quark and/or InDesign so that they can be read by anyone, anywhere, on any computer type
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KEYBOARD The main input device which connects to the
computer, similar in appearance to a typewriter
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MOUSE A hand-size input device, used in addition to the
keyboard, designed to move a cursor quickly around the screen
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ICON An on-screen symbol representing a file or other
computer function
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MENU A list of choices by a program to select a desired
function
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FONT All of the characters and numbers available to a
specific family variation of a typeface
Computer fonts have 2 components: Screen Fonts – Display the text on the monitor Printer fonts – Communicate to the printer how to
correctly print the text
An improperly constructed font may not print or display correctly
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FONT
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CDs & DVDs Storage devices used to save digital data
Used to store completed projects / backups to avoid storage of large files on the hard drive
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FLASH DRIVES A small self-powered device that connects to a computer
directly through a USB port
Transers file to and from multiple computers
Both Mac and PC compatible
Also called key drives thumb drives jump drives USB drives pen drives
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FLOPPY DISK A thin, flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic
material
Stored data - smaller files such as text documents
Held 1.44 MB of data
NOT USED ANYMORE!
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ZIP DISK A portable device used for storing information
Similar in size to a floppy disk
Held between 100 and 250 MB of data
NOT USED ANYMORE!
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SCANNER A device that converts visual information
into digital data
Used in conjunction with software that allows you to scan a visual or document onto your computer
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PRINTER The process of applying ink / toner to paper
A piece of hardware that allows you to produce a hard copy of what appears on the computer screen
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LOG OFF (OUT) / SHUT DOWN Log Off: To terminate a work session on a computer
Shut Down: To turn off the computer
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