Brands of computers
Dell
Toshiba
Apple
Fujitsu
Gateway
HP
IBM
Acer
Lenovo
Asus
Samsung
Amazon Kindle
Chrome Book
Software programs
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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Powerpoint
Windows xp, 7, 8,8.1,10
Photoshop
Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Microsoft Access
Safari
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Flash
APPS (angry
birds)
What is a computer
• A programmable electronic device that can
store/save, retrieve, process data and provide
output according to specific instructions
• An electronic device will (1) accept user-supplied
data, (2) input, store, and execute programmed
instructions, (3) perform mathematical and logic
operations, and (4) provide output according to user
specifications
The Difference between a
Tablet and a computer
Operating System
Data Input
Memory
Speed
General purpose-Function
Cost
Serviceable/maintenance
Battery Life
What is a hard drive?
A hard disk drive (HDD, also known as hard disk, hard drive, fixed
disk, fixed drive, fixed disk drive is a digitally encoded data
storage device that stores data on the magnetic surfaces of hard
disk platters. Hard disks do one thing well -- they store changing
digital information in a relatively permanent form. They give computers
the ability to remember things when the power goes out.
SOLID STATE HARD DRIVE
Flash Drive or Memory Stick
A USB mass storage device. Stores files
magnetically on an insulated circuit board
USB
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
Type of connection that allows
different devices to connect to
each other and transfer data
The purpose of a word
processor?
• TYPE!
Purpose of a spreadsheet
• spreadsheet program is designed to
perform general computation tasks
What is Microsoft
• World’s largest software company. - Founder -- Bill
Gates
• Founded 1975
Windows 10
released July
2015 – current
Web Browsers
Software used to “browse” the internet
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Chrome
How long has the internet
been in existence
1962?
Approximate year of the 1st
computer
ENIAC Museum Online
Celebrating 60 Years of Computing 1946-2006
ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer[1],
was the first large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being
reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problem
1. ENIAC was developed as a weapon of war, a machine
that could calculate firing tables for World War II artillery guns?
2. by the fall of 1945, just as the war was over, ENIAC was finally
up and running? It had taken 200,000 man-hours of work and
cost $486,804.22.
3. ENIAC cost $650 per hour in electricity when it was running
idle?
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ENIAC was labeled the Giant Brain by the press?
It occupied over 1,800 square feet, weighed 30 tons,
used hundreds of miles of wiring, and 18,000 vacuum tubes!
What is a Web Page?
• A document or file, written in HTML,
that is stored on a web server and can
be viewed over the Internet using an
web browser.
What is email?
• short for electronic mail, the
transmission of messages over
communications networks
How much is a gigabyte
Approximately 1 BILLION +
What is Gigahertz?
• Definition of: gigahertz One billion
cycles per second
What is a i7 processor
This quad-core processor features 8-way
multitasking
Social Media
• Internet sites used to promote “social
interaction”
Life B.G?
• Before Google
http://www.google.com/about/co
mpany/
GOOD Computer
#1 What are you going to use it for?
Hard drive 16 GB on iPad?
250 GB hard drive
RAM 6-8 GB
DVD/RW
Speed GHZ + Processor – Monitor LCD –
Cost -- $500+
What is a tablet?
iPad, Surface, Kindle,
What is Cloud Storage