APPLY BASIC IT SKILLS

Computer, Software & Internet

INDEX

01 History of Information Technology

02 Basic Parts of a computer

03 Operating System

04 Basic Troubleshooting

05 Q&A

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HISTORY OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
• The History of Computers

• There is much debate over what constitutes a computer.

Some claim that an abacus is a computer because it uses
counters to store a number, which can then be
manipulated. The Jacquard loom, first demonstrated in
1801, is a contender for the title of the first computer
because it took punched card patterns as an input and
switched yarn according to the given instructions.

• Charles Babbage’s design for a difference engine, which

he produced in 1822, is generally considered to be the first
computer design. His analytical engine, which he began to
build in 1837 is considered to be the first programmable
computer – its intended use was punch cards for the input
of instructions.
HISTORY OF
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
The History of Information Technology
• The capabilities and design of computers developed rapidly
through the forties and fifties, with the first office application
appearing in 1951. In the early days of computing, most
computer operations were reduced to calculations. The programs
that drove them had to communicate directly with elements of
the computer.
• For example, to add one number to another, the programmer
would have to write an instruction to fetch one number from an
area of storage into a register and then fetch the second number
from another named area of storage and add it in the same
register.
• Information technology, as we know it today, could never have
happened without the development of natural language
programming. Early programming language involved a series of
codes, which were numbers. Early computer programmers
usually came from a mathematics background.
BASIC PARTS OF A COMPUTER
KEYBOARD TYPE & MOUSE

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OPERATING SYSTEM
Computers are machines that perform tasks or calculations according to a set of instructions, or programs.

Computers work through an interaction of hardware and software. Hardware refers to the parts of a computer that you
can see and touch, including the case and everything inside it.

Operating System or OS -- is software, consisting of programs and data, that runs on computers, manages computer
hardware resources, and provides common services for execution of various application software. The operating system
is the most important type of system software in a computer system. Without an
operating system, a user cannot run an application program on their computer, unless the application program is self
booting.
Common Brands. Windows or Mac
Others: UNIX / Linux, Google Chrome OS, Novel
• Motherboard
• CPU – Central Processing Unit
• RAM – Random Access Memory
• Video Card -
• Power Supply
• Hard disk or drive
• Optical Drive
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MICROSOFT WORK

Let’s play with some

live example

• Open
• File name
• Saving file 8
SHORTCUT KEY

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MICROSOFT EXCEL Let’s have
fun with
excel

• Sum
• Average
• Count
• Max
• Min
• Chart/graph

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EMAIL

• Gmail
• Yahoo
• Outlook

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INTERNET BROWSING

• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Opera
• Safari
• Omni Web
• Microsoft Edge

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BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING

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