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Computer basics. By Andrew Wilson. Hardware. Computer hardware is made up of several components. External components include: Monitor Screen System unit Speaker Keyboard mouse. Hardware. Internal components include: Motherboard Hard drive Graphics card RAM – Short term storage
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Computer basics By Andrew Wilson
Hardware Computer hardware is made up of several components. External components include: • Monitor • Screen • System unit • Speaker • Keyboard • mouse
Hardware Internal components include: • Motherboard • Hard drive • Graphics card • RAM – Short term storage • Sound card • Processor • Power supply
Software Software is the programs that run on a computer, including the operating systems and the applications like PowerPoint.
Navigating Between Software Programs In this section to demonstrate navigating between software programs, I imported a picture from iPhoto to this page.
Internet Navigation and Research I am proficient at internet navigation and research including using search engines like Google and Bing. For research, university and government sponsored sites are better. For example, NIH.gov (National Institutes of Health) is better than theloseweightdiet.com .
Internet Navigation and Research first you type what you want to search here then click search.
Internet Navigation and Research Not such a good source of information.
Internet Navigation and Research A better source of information.
Conclusion Hopefully this PowerPoint demonstrates my under standing of computer basics.