JHS

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ICF I
First Quarter – Module 2

Types of Computers and Other

Computing Devices
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

This module is intended to ensure learning continuity under the new “normal”
in education amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This module contains information and
suggested learning activities on Internet and Computing Fundamentals (ICF). It
includes instructional materials and activities for you to complete.
Completion of this module will help you better understand the succeeding
modules on Internet and Computing Fundamentals.
As the learning facilitator, you are requested to orient your learner on the proper
use of this module and assist teachers such as parent, elder siblings and other
significant adults to understand their potent role in optimizing this learning material
towards developing mutual responsibility for children’s success under distant learning
set up
Finally, please do not forget to remind the learners to use separate sheets in
answering the pre-test, self-check exercise, and post-test.
For the learner
This module is intended to help you continue learning Internet Computing
Fundamentals 7 at home. It is designed to provide you with meaningful and engaging
learning experiences that will help you enhance your knowledge and skills in Internet
Computing Fundamentals 7.
In the beginning of each lesson. You will review related topics. Then you will
discover what the learning episodes is about. After the presentation of concepts, you
will do self-check exercise that will lead you to an application task. Finally, you will be
guided in managing your takeaways.
The following are the standard symbols (icons) used to present some parts of
the module.

This part contains learning

objectives to be developed in a
material. It also introduces the
topic/content of the module briefly.

This part is the pre assessment. It

is given to check what you know
about the lesson you are about to
take.
This part connects the current
lesson with the previous lesson by
going over concepts that were
learned previously
 It is in this part that the new lesson
through a story, a poem, song,
situation or an activity.

The part that provides a brief

discussion of the lesson.

In this part, you will be asked to do

enrichment activities that are
designed to reinforce or refine your
understanding
This part offers a question, fill in
the blank sentence/paragraph to
process what the learner learned
from the lesson.
This part presents an activity that
shall transfer the skills/knowledge
gained or learned into real-life
concerns/situations.
This evaluates the learner’s level
of mastery in achieving the
learning objectives, validates the
concepts and provide more
opportunities to deepen the
learning
This part provides an activity in
any form that can increase the
strength of the response and tends
to induce repetitions of
actions/learning
Shows answer

This module covers the knowledge, skills in ICF I

At the end of the lesson you will be able to:
1. Identify the types of computers and other computing devices.
Pre-test
Directions: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and write the word
FALSE if it is not.

_____ 1. Minicomputers are also called midrange systems or workstations.

_____ 2. A desktop is intended to be used on a single location.

_____ 3. Analog computers are a combination of both digital and analog computers.

_____ 4. Wearable computer can perform several mathematical operations

simultaneously.

_____ 5. PDA’s can be worn on the body and are often used in the study of behavior
modeling and human health.
 LO 4 PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
COMPUTER

Instructions:
A. Identify the year the following events were discovered.

____ 1. Google is co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they are
students at Stanford University.

____ 2. Apple is established by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
to sell a single board computer called the Apple I.
____ 3. At Cambridge University, Maurice Wilkes assembles the first practical
stored program computer called the EDSAC.
____ 4. Mathematician John Napier uses wooden rods for calculating. This
calculation method was called Napier’s Bones.
____ 5. John V. Atanasoff creates what is considered the official first electronic
computer. It is known as the Atanasoff Berry Computer, or simply ABC.

B. Match column A to column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. Charles Babbage A. CD-ROM

2. Philips B. ENIAC

3. Blaise Pascal C. UNIVAC

4. John Mauchly & Presper D. Pascaline digital adding

Eckert machine
5. U.S. Census Bureau E. Difference engine and
Analytical engine
Instruction: There are 8 words hidden in the word search below, the words may
be found across, down diagonally and backwards and can overlap with each
other. The hidden words are listed beneath the word search; circle the word
search as you find them cross them out from the list.

1. ANALOGCOMPUTERS
2. DEKSTOP
3. HYBRIDCOMPUTERS
4. LAPTOP
5. MICROCOMPUTERS
6. MINICOMPUTERES
7. MINICOMPUTERS
8. SUPERSOMPUTERS
Read the Information Sheet 1.2

Types of Computers
A computer is one of the most brilliant inventions of mankind. Thanks to the
computer technology, we were able to achieve an efficient storage and processing of
data; we could rest our brains by employing computer memory capacities for storage
of the information. Owing to computers, we have been able to speed up daily work,
carry out critical transactions and achieve accuracy and precision in work output. The
computers of the earlier years were of the size of a large room and were required to
consume huge amounts of electric power. However, with the advancing technology,
computers have shrunk to the size of a small watch. Depending on the processing
powers and sizes of computers, they have been classified under various types. Let us
look at the classification of computers.
Based on the operational principle of computers, they are categorized as
analog computers and hybrid computers.
Analog Computers: These are almost extinct
today. These are different from a digital
computer because an analog computer can
perform several mathematical operations
simultaneously. It uses continuous variables for
mathematical operations and utilizes
mechanical or electrical energy.

Hybrid Computers: These computers are a

combination of both digital and analog
computers. In this type of computers, the digital
segments perform process control by
conversion of analog signals to digital ones.

Mainframe Computers: Large organizations

use mainframes for highly critical applications
such as bulk data processing and ERP. Most of
the mainframe computers have the capacities to
host multiple operating systems and operate as
a number of virtual machines and can thus
substitute for several small servers.

Microcomputers: A computer with a

microprocessor and its central processing unit
is known as a microcomputer. They do not
occupy space as much as mainframes. When
 supplemented with a keyboard and a mouse,
microcomputers can be called as personal
computers. A monitor, a keyboard and other
similar input output devices, computer memory
in the form of RAM and a power supply unit
come packaged in a microcomputer. These
computers can fit on desks or tables and serve
as the best choices for single-user tasks.

Personal computers come in a variety of forms such as desktops, laptops and personal
digital assistants. Let us look at each of these types of computers.
Desktops: A desktop is intended to be used on a
single location. The spare parts of a desktop
computer are readily available at relative lower
costs. Power consumption is not as critical as that
in laptops. Desktops are widely popular for daily
use in workplaces and households.

Laptops: Similar in operation to desktops, laptop

computers are miniaturized and optimized for
mobile use. Laptops run on a single battery or an
external adapter that charges the computer
batteries. They are enabled with an inbuilt
keyboard, touch pad acting as a mouse and a
liquid crystal display. Its portability and capacity to
operate on battery power have served as a boon
for mobile users.

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs): It is a

handheld computer and popularly known as a
palmtop. It has a touch screen and a memory card
for storage of data. PDAs can also be effectively
used as portable audio players, web browsers and
smart phones. Most of them can access the
Internet by means of Bluetooth or Wi-Fi
communication.

Minicomputers: In terms of size and processing

capacity, minicomputers lie in between
mainframes and microcomputers. Minicomputers
are also called midrange systems or workstations.
The term began to be popularly used in the 1960s
to refer to relatively smaller third generation
computers. They took up the space that would be
needed for a refrigerator or two and used transistor
and core memory technologies. The 12-bit PDP-8
minicomputer of the Digital Equipment Corporation
was the first successful minicomputer.
Supercomputers: The highly calculation-
intensive tasks can be effectively performed by
means of supercomputers. Quantum physics,
mechanics, weather forecasting, molecular theory
are best studied by means of supercomputers.
Their ability of parallel processing and their well-
designed memory hierarchy give the
supercomputers large transaction processing
powers.

Wearable Computers: A record-setting step in

the evolution of computers was the creation of
wearable computers. These computers can be
worn on the body and are often used in the study
of behavior modeling and human health. Military
and health professionals have incorporated
wearable computers into their daily routine, as a
part of such studies. When the users’ hands and
sensory organs are engaged in other activities,
wearable computers are of great help in tracking
human actions. Wearable computers are
consistently in operation as they do not have to be
turned on and off and are constantly interacting
with the user.
Instruction: Write the type of computer in each picture.

1.
2.

4.
3.

5. 6.
7. 8.

10.

9.
Instruction: Match Column A with Column B. Draw a line to match the items.

Column A Column B
1. These computers can be worn on A. Minicomputers
the body and are often used in the
study of behavior modeling and
human health.

2. Also called mid-range systems or B. Mainframes

workstations. computers

3. They are enabled with an inbuilt C. Super computers

keyboard, touch pad acting as a
mouse and a liquid crystal display.

4. They have the capacities to host D. Hybrid computers

multiple operating systems and
operate as a number of virtual
machines and can thus substitute
for several small servers.

5. It uses continuous variables for E. Desktop computer

mathematical operations and
utilizes mechanical or electrical
energy.

6. They are known for their ability of F. Wearable computers

parallel processing and well-
designed memory hierarchy.

7. Effectively used as portable audio G. Laptop computers

players, web browsers and smart
phones.

8. In this type of computers, the H. Analog computers

digital segments perform process
control by conversion of analog
signals to digital ones.

9. A computer with a microprocessor I. Personal Digital

and its central processing unit Assistants

10. It is intended to be used on a J. Microcomputers

single location.
Instruction: Fill each blank with a correct answer of what is being described.
_____________________________1. It is intended to be used on a single location.
_____________________________2. In this type of computers, the digital segments
perform process control by conversion of analog signals to digital ones.
_____________________________3. These computers can be worn on the body
and are often used in the study of behavior modeling and human health.
_____________________________4. These are also called midrange systems or
workstations.
_____________________________5. They have the capacities to host multiple
operating systems and operate as a number of virtual machines and can thus
substitute for several small servers.
_____________________________6. They are known for their ability of parallel
processing and well-designed memory hierarchy.
_____________________________7. It is intended to be used on a single location.
_____________________________8. It uses continuous variables for mathematical
operations and utilizes mechanical or electrical energy.
_____________________________9. It is a handheld computer and popularly
known as a palmtop.
_____________________________10. A computer with a microprocessor and its
central processing unit
Instruction: Write the importance of these types of computers.

1. Analog Computers
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

2. Desktop Computers
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

3. Super Computers
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

Scoring Rubrics

Fair Good Very Good

5pts 10 pts 15 pts
Knowledge and Students were Student were able Students were
understanding able to able
to convey limited convey a few to convey several
ideas on the topic ideas ideas on the topic
with little on the topic with with a good degree
knowledge some degree of of knowledge
knowledge

Accuracy Work was Work was Work was

organized organized organized
and planned with and planned with and planned with
little effectiveness some considerable
effectiveness effectiveness

Effort Students put little Students put some Students put full
or effort into this effort into this
no effort into this activity. activity.
activity.
Rating Scale
15 - The students consistently perform tasks to standards with no supervision.
10 - The student s can perform the tasks with limited supervision
and/or does not perform the task to standard .
5 - The students can perform the tasks with direct supervision
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Computer DepEd

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