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Recognize the importance of
computer literacy
Distinguish between system software
and application software
Define the term, computer
Describe the categories of computers
Identify the components
of a computer
Identify the elements of
an information system
Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of using computers
Describe the various types
of computer users
Recognize the purpose of a network
Discuss various computer
applications in society
Discuss the uses of the Internet and
World Wide Web
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What is the information processing cycle?
g Input
g Process
g Output
g Storage
g ommunication
Processor
Also called a entral Processing Unit (PU)
The electronic component that interprets and carries
out the basic instructions that operate the computer
Memory
Consists of electronic components that store
instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by
those instructions
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What is storage?
g ]olds data, instructions, and information
for future use
Storage media
Physical material on which data, instructions,
and information are stored
Storage device
Records and retrieves items to and from
storage media
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What is a USB flash drive?
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What is a hard disk?
g Provides greater storage
capacity than a
USB flash drive
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What is a compact disc?
g 9lat, round, portable metal disc
CD
DD
Storage ommunications
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What are the disadvantages of using computers?
Violation of
Public Safety
Privacy
Impact on Impact on
]ealth Risks
Labor 9orce Environment
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What is a network?
g ollection of computers and devices connected together,
often wirelessly
Used to share
Resources
Hardware
devices Software
programs Saves
Data time
Information and
money
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What is a server?
g Ä server controls
access to resources
on a network
g lients, or
workstations,
request resources
from the server
What is software?
onsists of a series
of instructions that
Älso called a
tells the computer
program
what to do and
how to do it
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Word
Spreadsheet
Processing
Presentation
Database
Graphics
Web application
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Game onsoles
Servers
Mainframes
Supercomputers
Embedded omputers
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Small enough to
carry in a pocket
Internet-enabled
telephone is a
³smart phone´
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What is a handheld computer?
Used
Small by mobile
enough to fit employees such as
in one meter readers and
hand delivery people