CHAPTER THREE
APPLICATION SOFTWARE make users more productive
PACKAGED SOFTWARE mass produced
CUSTOM SOFTWARE specific function
WEB APPLICATION allows users to access and interact
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE no restrictions
SHAREWARE - copyrighted software for a trial period
FREEWARE - no cost, retains all the rights
PUBLIC-DOMAIN SOFTWARE - donated for public and has
no copyright restrictions
SYSTEM SOFTWARE interface between the user, the
application software and the comps hardware
UTILITY PROGRAMS assist users with controlling/maintaining
the operation of a computer, its devices and software
BUSINESS SOFTWARE
WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE allows users to create
and manipulate document containing mostly texts
SPREADSHEETSOFTWARE
Spreadsheet organization
Calculations
Recalculations
Charting
DATABASE SOFTWARE allows users to create database
Database collection of data organized in a manner
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE allows users to create visual
aids for presentations to communicate ideas, messages etc
NOTE TAKING SOFTWARE enables users to type text
Business software site individual program available together
as a unit
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
ACCOUTNING SOFTWARE
DOCUMENT MANAGEMANT SOFTWARE
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE
GRAPIHICS AND MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE
Computer-Aided design
Desktop publishing software
Paint/image editing software
Video & audio editing software
Multimedia authoring software
CHAPTER FOUR
SYSTEM UNIT a case that contains electronic components of
the computer used to process data
MOTHERBOARD system board, the main circuit board of
system unit
CHIP small piece of semiconducting silicon w/c integrated
circuits are etched
PROCESSOR
Multi-core processor 2 or more processor core
Dual-core processor- 2 separate processor
Quad-core processor 4 separate processor
CONTROL UNIT the component of the processor that direct
and coordinates most of the operations of the computer
ARITHMETHIC LOGIC UNIT (ALU) component of the
processor performs arithmetic, comparisons and other operation.
ARITHMETHIC OPERATION basic calculation such as
addition etc
MACHINE CYCLE
1. Fetching
2. Decoding
3. Executing
4. Storing
CLOCK SPEED pace of system clock and is measured by the
no. of ticks per sec.
GIGAHERTZ (GHz) 1 billion ticks of the system clock per sec
BINARY SYTEM number system that has just two digits , 0 & 1
BITS binary digits, smallest unit of data the computer can
process
BYTE 8 bits grouped together as a unit
MEMORY SIZES
KILOBYTE ( KB or K) - 1,024 bytes or 1,000 bytes
MEGABYTE (MB) 1 million bytes
GIGABYTE (GB) - 1 billion bytes
BAYS an opening inside the system unit which you can install
additional equipment
POWER SUPPLY the component of the system unit that
converts the wall outlet AC power to DC power
AC ADAPTER external power supply
CHAPTER 5
INPUT
KEYBOARD
MOUSE
o OPTICAL MOUSE sense of light to detect movement
o LASER MOUSE more expensive
o AIR MOUSE motion-sensing mouse
o TRACKBALL stationary pointing device with a ball
o TOUCHPAD small, flat, rectangular and sensitive
o POINTING STICK pressure-sensitive
TOUCHSCREEN touch-sensitive display device
o KOISK freestanding computer
o MICROSOFT SURFACE 30 inch tabletop
TOUCH-SENSITIVE PADS enables users to scroll
through and play music, view pictures etc such as click
wheel
PEN INPUT
o STYLUS small metal/plastic device that looks like a
tiny pen but uses under pressure instead of ink
o DIGITAL PEN slightly larger and has more function
than a stylus
o SIGNATURE CAPTURE PAD capture a handwritten
signature
OTHER TYPES OF INPUT
o GAME CONTROLLERS directs movement and
actions
o GAMEPAD held with both hands, control movement
o JOYSTICK handheld vertical laver mounted on a
base
o WHEEL steering-wheel input you can use to stimulate
driving a car
o LIGHT GUN to shoot targets
o DANCE PAD flat electronic device divided into panels
that users press with their feet
o MOTION-SENSING GAME CONTROLLERS allows
users to guide on-screen elements by moving a
handheld input device such as a Wii Remote
o DIGITAL CAMERA
o RESOLUTION number of horizontal and vertical
pixels in a display
o PIXELS picture element, smallest element in an
electronic image
o VOICE INPUT entering input by speaking into a
microphone
o VOICE RECOGNITION speech recognition, comps
capability to distinguish spoken words
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CHAPTER SIX
STORAGE MEDIUM secondary storage, physical material on
which a comp keeps data, instructions and info.
CAPACITY the number of bytes a storage mediun can hold
STORAGE DEVICE comp hardware that record and retrieves
to and from storage media
WRITING process of transferring data from memory to storage
READING process of transferring data form storage to memory
HARD DISK
LONGITUDINAL RECORDING magnetic particles aligned
horizontally around the surface of the disk
PERPENDICULAR RECORDING aligned vertically
BACK UP duplicate of a file
RAID (redundant array of independent disk) group of 2 or more
integrated hard disk
NAS (network attached storage) a server connected to a
network with sole purpose of providing storage
EXTERNAL HARD DISK separate freestanding hard disk that
connect cables to USB port etc
REMOVABLE HARD DISK you can insert/remove from a drive
MINIATURE HARD DISK
POCKET HARD DRIVE external hard disk that are smaller in
size and capacity
HARD DISK CONTROLLERS electronic circuits that control
the transfer of data from the disk to the system bus
FLASH MEMORY STORAGE
SOLID STATE MEDIA consists of entirely electronic
components
SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD)
MEMORY CARD enables users to transport images and the
like from a mobile device to a computer/other devices
USB FLASH STORAGE thumb drive
EXPRESSCARD MODULES removable device with L-shaped
width
CLOUD STORAGE internet service that provide hard disk
storage to computers
CD-ROM (compact disk read-only memory) users can read but
not write or erase