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BASIC COMPUTER OPERATION

BASIC COMPUTER OPERATION. OUTLINE. Computer Hardware Operating systems Terms Disk capacities Viruses Applications and Documents Install ation /reinstall ation Internet Applications. Case Power switch Reset switch Hard drive Floppy CD/DVD Serial ports Parallel port USB port.

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BASIC COMPUTER OPERATION

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  1. BASIC COMPUTER OPERATION

  2. OUTLINE • Computer Hardware • Operating systems • Terms • Disk capacities • Viruses • Applications and Documents • Installation/reinstallation • Internet Applications

  3. Case Power switch Reset switch Hard drive Floppy CD/DVD Serial ports Parallel port USB port Keyboard/mouse Network card Modem Sound card Video card RAM Motherboard Fan Cables Computer Hardware

  4. The basic system including keyboard, mouse and monitor.

  5. What is in the box?Motherboard

  6. Typical parts of a motherboard. ABIT SE6

  7. Cabling For items in or attached to a system to work properly they must be securely connected.

  8. Operating systems • All computer systems have an operating system. Currently, there are three dominate typical user operating systems. • Macintosh OS, • Microsoft Windows OS, • Linux.

  9. Terms • A: Floppy disk C: Local disk D: Local disk (partition) • RAM = Random Access Memory. The thinking space available to a computer to use while performing operations. The space is emptied outwhen the computer is turned off. • DIRECTORY = An organizational structure on disks to file management easier. Directories also become a local region for the computer to hunt forother files related to the current file. • DOCUMENT = A file created using an application. The file is only useful using the application that created it or a similar application that canconvert it. • APPLICATION = A program that allows a computer to perform a certain function.

  10. Floppy: 1.4 MB Hard disk: 160GB – 2 TB CD 700 - 800 MB DVD4.7 GB 18 GB Disk capacities 1 KB = 1024 BYTE 1 MB = 1024 KB 1 GB = 1024 MB 1 TB = 1024 PB 1 PB = 1024 EB

  11. CDs, DVDs Backup

  12. Identify and use icons, windows, menus • Point, click, double-click, drag & drop • Minimize and maximize a window • Use pull-down menus • Select, open, and move an icon • Select, open, move, and close a window • Resize a window • Scroll a window • Activate and de-activate a window • Start an application and create a document

  13. Name, save, retrieve, revise a document • Name a document (!) • Save a document • Retrieve a document from floppy disk • Retrieve a document from hard disk • Re-name a document • Edit and re-save a document • Print a document • Create and name folders • Save, open, and place documents inside folders

  14. Applications • Open and work with more than one application at a time • To switch between them for Windows:click on the application at the "TASKBAR" down on the screen • Alt &TAB button

  15. Install/reinstall and update system software and drivers

  16. Internet Applications BROWSERS • Mozilla • Internet Explorer http: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol edu: Education (gov, org, com, ...) http://www.vfu.bg

  17. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) • The simplest and most secure way to exchange files over the Internet. • FTP Client is the software that is designed to transfer files back-and-forth between two computers over the Internet. It needs to be installed on the computer and can only be used with a live connection to theInternet. (Browsers, WS-Ftp, SSH, Cute-Ftp,...) PC ARF

  18. Viruses • Viruses are programs that reproduce themselves into the files of your computer • Anti-virus software and automatic update • Mcafee Virus Scan Configuration of Automatic Mcafee Virus Update via FTPhttp://www.math.metu.edu.tr/department/doc/virus/virus_update.html • Current security patches applied to operating system and applications. • Do not open any unexpected attachments that are e-mailed to you. (Particularly “.exe” files.)

  19. REFERENCES • Computer Fundamentals for Teachers , Major Competencies • Basic Computer Operation and Troubleshooting

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