Computer Basics

User Interface

• Anything we see on screen.

• Has been very carefully thought out

• How we interact with technology

Operating System• The software that supports a computer's basic

functions.

• Mac OS X

• Chrome OS- Primarily supports web applications (Uses Google chrome as primary interface)

Software

• The information a computer reads that allows the user to interact with the computer.

• Ideas?

Software

Hardware

• The collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system.

• Ideas?

Hardware

• Monitor

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Motherboard

• Videocard

• Hard Drive

File Extension

• Identifier of a computer file

Desktop

• The main screen on our computer.

• Programs and files appear above the desktop

• Like the top of an actual desk, it serves as a surface for your work.