Before We Get Started…
• Please turn your cell phone to stun!
• Rest rooms are down the hall, on the
right.
• We’ll take a 5 minute break at 11:00 a.m.
• Please hold questions about your own
computer for the question and answer
period at the end.
What In The World
Does THAT Mean?
What In The World
Does THAT Mean?
Boot
• Short for bootstrap.
Bootstrap
• Bootstrapping is the leveraging of a small
initial effort into something larger and more
significant.
• In computer terms, to bootstrap the
computer is to use a smaller program (the
BIOS) to start the Operating System.
BIOS
• Basic Input/Output System
• This is the software – stored in ROM – which
starts the computer and bootstraps into the
operating system.
Types of Boots
• Soft or warm boot
– When you or some software (think updates
and new installations) shuts the computer
down and then immediately restarts it.
• Hard or cold boot
– When you turn the computer off (shut down)
and leave it off for a minimum of 30 seconds
(60 seconds is better!)
Reboot vs. Restart
Both terms mean the same thing.
Browser
Browser
• Software which interprets webpage instructions
into a user-friendly page
• Examples of browsers:
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Internet Explorer
FireFox
AOL Explorer
Opera
Netscape
Safari
Lesser-known browsers
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Avant Browser
BrailleSurf
ImageExplorer
SpaceTime
Home Page
• This is the web page which opens when you
first open your browser.
• You can change your home page.
• In IE: Internet Options
• In FireFox: Options
• In Safari: Preferences
Tabs
• Tabs are really browser windows inside a
browser window
• Most browsers now offer tabs. Exceptions
include AOL and Compuserve
Tab Demo
Tool Bar
• A collection of graphic icons or a specific
function
• A shortcut to certain functions
– Examples
• Picture tool bar
• Address bar
Tool Bar Mania
Address Bar
• The part of the browser which shows the
webpage’s URL (or address)
• URL=Universal Resource Locator
• Examples:
• http://www.keystonecomputerconcepts.com
• https://techinline.net
RSS
• Really Simple Syndication
• A publishing format that lets people view
headlines of the latest updates from their
favorite blogs and Web sites all from within a
single newsreader program.
ATOM
• Atom is the name of an XML-based Web
content and metadata syndication format,
and an application-level protocol for
publishing and editing Web resources
belonging to periodically updated websites.
Examples
FireFox
Internet Explorer 7.0
Apple’s Safari
Email Client
• A software program which resides on the user’s computer to
handle email is called an email client. (As opposed to the
software on the server which is called email server.)
• Examples include:
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Windows Mail (found in Vista)
Outlook Express
Outlook
Thunderbird
Eudora
Pegasus
IncrediMail
BCC
• Blind Carbon Copy
• Use BCC whenever you are emailing to a
group of unrelated people
Drafts
• You can save your emails as you write
• In most clients, you save your email into the
Drafts folder
Email Demo
Error Messages
Help!
• Virtually every software program includes a
Help file.
• Most Help files allow you to search by
subject, content and word.
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