SET OF INSTRUCTIONS

SOFTWARE
CALLED A PROGRAM

COMPUTER
OPERATING SYSTEM
AND PROGRAMS

IS AN ELECTRONIC HARDWARE ELECTRONIC OR

MACHINE MECHANICAL PARTS

ACCEPT DATA
CPU (CENTRAL BRAIN OF THE EXECUTE PROGRAM
POCESSING UNIT) COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS
PROCESS DATA

GIVE RESULTS IN MAIN MEMORY COLLECTION HOLD THE INSTRUCTIONS AND

FORMAT AS OF RAM CHIPS DATA WICH ARE BEING PROCESSED
INFORMATION

PERIPHERALS PHYSICAL UNITS ATACHED

TO THE COMPUTER

INPUT DEVICES OUTPUT DEVICES STORAGE DEVICES

MOUSE MONITOR HARD DISK

ENABLE DATA TO ENABLE TO PROVIDE A
GO INTO THE EXTRACT THE PERMANENT
KEYBOARD PRINTER FLASH DRIVES
COMPUTER’S FINISHED PRODUCT STORAGE
MEMORY FROM THE SYSTEM
SCANNER SPEAKERS DVD DRIVES
 GUI OPERATING SYSTEMS

IN 1984 APPLE PRODUCED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE MOST POPULAR OPERATING

MACINTOSH (GUI) SYSTEM

WINDOWS

THE FIRST COMPUTER USE OF A WIMP

MAC OS
ENVIRONMENT

GUI UNIX
with WINDOWS, ICONS, MENUS
MOUSE AND POINTER. LINUX

WINDOWS MOBILE
DESKTOP

TO FACILITATE INTERACTION contains PALM OS

WITH THE COMPUTER ICONS
ALLOWS
RIM
MULTITASKING
represent
SYMBIAN OS
FILES FOLDERS

DOUBLE-CLICKING OPEN RUN SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND

WINDOWS WICH VARIOS TASK AT SAME TIME
CONTAINS
 CONSIST OF VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS SEE EACH OTHER’S
VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKGRUOPS THATS FACES AND HEAR EACH OTHER’S
COMMUNICATE VIA THE VOICES ON THE COMPUTER
PROGRAMS, DOCUMENTS
INTERNET
OR MORE FOLDERS

ANOTHER PERSON’S
COMPUTER
MAKE A VOICE CALL FROM
INTERNET TELEPHONY
YOUR COMPUTER LANDLINE

MOBILE PHONE

CHAT SOFTWARE CAN BE USED ON

THE WEB WITH YOUR BROWSER
CHAT SESSIONS,
VIRTUAL CHAT CONFERENCING PARTICIPANTS TYPE
MEETINGS MESSAGES TO EACH OTHER CAN ACCOMMODATE BETWEEN 50
AND 1000 USERS SIMULTANEOUSLY

GOOD VENUES TO MEET

CHAT ROOMS PEOPLE AND DISCUSS
TOPICS
FIRST, YOU MUST CREATE A
USERNAME AND PASSWORD

INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) USEFUL FOR CHAT PRIVATELY

IF YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE AND
A WEBCAM, YOU CAN CHAT AND
SEE WHO YOU’RE TALKING TO

VIRTUAL REALITY YOU CAN PLAY 3D GAMES AND

ENVIRONMENTS INTERACT WITH OTHER USERS
VIA AVATAR IDENTITIES