CHAPTER 1 : Part 1

INTRODUCTION & HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL

“Generates Professionals”
 Module Objectives
• At the end of the module, students should be able to:
– identify the terms and concept related to computer
– define the terms and concepts of computer literacy &
awareness
– describe the three fundamental characteristics of
computers
– identify the relationship between people, events and
the development of computers over time.
– describe at least four areas of society in which
computers are used
 What Is Computer ?
• Machine that can be programmed to accept
input, process it into output, and store it in
a secondary storage device.
• Four primary components of a computer
system
– Input
– Processing
– Output
– Storage
 What is Computer Literacy?
• Awareness of their importance, versatility
(quality) and pervasiveness (to be accepted) in our
society.
• Knowledge on what computers are and how it
works and some technical jargons.
 Interaction : able to use a computer for some
simple applications
Being a computer literate is no longer adequate, you
need also to be information literate.
What is Information Literacy?

• How to gather information

• How to evaluate this information
• How to make an informed decision.
• It also requires critical thinking, the
capacity to evaluate the quality of the
information you are getting
 Computer Characteristics
• 3 fundamentals characteristics

 Speed
 Reliability & Consistency
 Storage Capability
 Advantages of Computers
• Productivity
– Workers use computers to do their jobs faster and better
– Many processes can be more efficiently controlled by
computers
• Decision Making
– Helps decision makers sort out financial, geographical,
and logistical factors
• Cost Reduction
– Helps hold down costs of labor, energy and paperwork
Advantages of Computers
• People get communicate to each other
• Can save time
• Multi tasking device
• Entertainment
• To do online business
• to find jobs through online
• Education
• Online banking
• Can get new ideas
• Storage capability
• Can generate and expand our knowledge about something
that we want to know
Disadvantages of Computers
Where Computers Are Used ?

Graphics
& Multimedia

Retailing
&
Business
Where Computers Are Used ?
•Health and
Medicine
•Agriculture
•Robotics
•Energy
•Transportation
•Paperwork
•Law Enforcement
•Money
•Home Training