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Basic Digital Literacy Manual
Computer Basics
DEFINITION Informatics is a discipline that studies the automatic processing of
information using electronic devices and computer systems. Allows you to store,
manipulate and process large amounts of information in ever smaller devices. The
Computer is composed of two parts Hardware and Software, both are essential to
the functioning of the system.
Hardware are the physical components that comprise the computer system, ie the t
angible and palpable as to be the monitor, keyboard, mouse, webcam, etc.
SOFTWARE is the set of instructions that run the hardware to perform different t
asks. In other words, are any programs or software components of the system. An
example is Windows software.
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The HARDWARE turn are classified into different types: 1. Input peripherals: Dev
ices that allow the user to enter information from the outside. Among them we fi
nd: keyboard, mouse, scanner, microphone, webcam, etc.
CPU
2. PERIPHERAL OUTPUT: Is the user showing the results of the operations performe
d by the PC. In this group we find: monitor, printers, speakers, etc.
CPU
3. MIXED PERIPHERAL: These are the devices that can simultaneously provide infor
mation outside the PC and user. Example: network cards, modems, storage devices
(diskettes, CD. Or memories).
CPU
There are also various categories of software: 1. System programs are those that
allow operation and communication between different parts of the computer. With
in this type of software identifies the instructions for each device or device d
river (drivers) and the Operating System. 2. Applications: the programs are put
into operation the capabilities of the computer to perform the tasks the user wa
nts to perform (write a text, listening to music, surf the Internet, etc.).
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OPERATING SYSTEM (OS)
An operating system is a program or set of computer programs designed to ensure
effective management of its resources. Starts working when you turn the computer
, and manages the hardware of the machine from the most basic levels, allowing t
he interaction with the user. A SO can usually be found in most electronic devic
es that use microprocessors to operate, because thanks to them we can understand
the machine and carry out the various applications. In other words, an OS is an
intermediary between the physical elements of the computer and us users. There
are free operating systems (no need to pay the license and is developed under op
en source) such as Linux and OS owners (inverse of above) such as WINDOWS.
In this course we will work with Windows, the OS is more popular and used worldw
ide.
WINDOWS
It is a family of operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. There a
re versions for homes, businesses, servers and mobile devices like handheld comp
uters and smartphones. It incorporates various applications such as Internet Exp
lorer, Windows Media Player, Windows Messenger, among others. Due to its charact
eristics, for many years, is the most widespread and operating system used world
wide. In the Windows environment to start our PC (personal computer) starts, onc
e loaded, the first thing that appears is the Windows Desktop. The Desk has four
elements:
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Windows Desktop
If an icon does not appear on the desktop, do not despair and think that the pro
gram is not installed. Before that, I'll get the option Start Button and look if
the program, and if so I can create a shortcut (click the right mouse button Se
nd Written river)
FUND I C O N O S
TASKBAR HOME BUTTON
Let's look in more detail these elements: • The Bottom Line: is the image that i
s as wallpaper. • Start Button: Button by which conventionally enter any program
or application. • Icon: Small Pictures, located on the Fund to operate as "dire
ct access" to programs. • Task Bar: It shows which applications are in use.
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APPLICATIONS FOR WINDOWS MOST POPULAR Following are the tools most used and know
n default including Microsoft Windows operating system. It contains many more ap
plications, but much less known, most include a more or less generic name in Eng
lish.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a web browser produced
by Microsoft for its Windows platform. He is currently the most widely used Inte
rnet browser, known in the world, greatly surpassing existing powers, although s
ome of these have increased in popularity in recent years.
Windows Media Player Windows Media Player, Windows Media Player is a multimedia
player created by the Microsoft Corporation. Allows playback of various formats
such as Audio CD, DVD-Video, MP3, MPG, among others. It also gives the possibili
ty to move songs from a CD to computer hard disk and vice versa, from the comput
er to a music CD or data.
Paint Microsoft Paint was developed in 1982 by the newly created Microsoft. He h
as accompanied the operating system Microsoft Windows since version 1.0, with a
core program, is included in new versions of this system. Since the beginning of
Paint, children were the first to use it, that is why today, this system is use
d even for basic education in schools.
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Basic Digital Literacy Manual
Windows Explorer or Windows Explorer is the graphical interface and the official
file manager Microsoft Windows operating system. Provides a graphical interface
to access the files, which comes in handy for communication between the user an
d the computer. On the desktop, this is the operating system component that is d
isplayed on the monitor and allows the user manipulation of the functions perfor
med at the core of the system. Note the following screen and see the elements or
components of the Explorer: WINDOWS EXPLORER
TITLE STANDARD BAR BAR BAR BAR MENU DIRECTIONS windows whenever we run an applic
ation that runs inside a window. That is why people say that the window are the
basic units of work.
DIRECTORY TREE
The screen is divided into two distinct parts: On the left is a tree-shaped stru
cture, with all items on our computer. From the desktop, we can see about it, My
Computer, Recycle Bin, Network Neighborhood, etc.. The right side shows the con
tents of the selected item on the left side.
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Under My Computer, lists all available drives. Each disk drive is represented by
a letter followed by a colon: A: external floppy drive. C: Hard disk. Usually i
t is the boot disk and contains the operating system and installed applications.
D: Usually assigned to the CD ROM, if there are no more hard disks. If there ar
e more hard drives, D: would be the second hard disk and CD ROM would be relegat
ed to the last available drive letter. In the tree structure shows only the driv
es and subfolders, but existing files into folders. On the right are shown the c
ontents of a disk or folder, including subfolders and files. The documents are s
aved in a file and in turn, each file stored within a folder, which can be arran
ged thematically, as if it were a classic office file. SEARCH A FILE OR FOLDER
We went into the Windows Explorer by clicking on the button to supplement the in
formation we asked the Assistant Finally press Search.
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Following exercise the procedures referred to above: 1. Create a shortcut in the
"Windows Desktop" from some of the applications developed. 2. Open the folder "
Windows Explorer" "My Computer." Local Disk Drive "C" "My Documents" Create a fo
lder with my name and inside this folder create two subfolders, one with the nam
e of Office and other with the Image. 3. Search, in the folder "My Documents" fi
le "Priority 1"
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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES CONSULTED • Ministry of Education, Science and Technolo
gy. Educating Library, CD # 1 "Digital Literacy. Computer Basics "• Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology (2007).€Strengthening Teaching Program School
Comprehensive Educational Equity: Priority No. 3 Pedagogical Use of Information
Technologies and Communication. "Digital Literacy." 1st. Edition. Buenos Aires.
• Pedregal and Others (2002) "Information Technologies and Communication." 1st.
Edit ... • Stoned Digital Community Project. Basic Digital Literacy Plan. Web Pa
ges • www.aulaclic.es • www.educ.ar • www.wikipedia.org
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