Created by: Mary N. Painter Newbie Class Created by: Mary N. Painter 9/20/2018

Learn to “walk the walk talk the talk,” Computer Components Proper Names of the Computer Components Purpose and Use (what they do) Peripherals (what are they???) Learn to “walk the walk talk the talk,” 9/20/2018

HARDWARE Desktop Tower - mini, maxi, compact houses the CPU & Floppy Drive; Zip or Jaz Drive; CD Rom or DVD Drive; CD-R or CD-RW Drive Floppy Disks CD, DVD, CD-R or CD-RW Disks Monitor Mouse and Trackball Printer Scanners – Flatbed and Hand Held Microphone, Headset, and Speakers 9/20/2018

CPU Central Processing Unit CD ROM, DVD, CD-R or CD-RW DRIVE Floppy Drive Zip or Jaz Drive On/Off Button 9/20/2018

CPU The CPU consists mainly of 3 parts. Micro Processor – also known as the computer chip. RAM – Random Access Memory. Hard Drive – Stores and Handles your data. 9/20/2018

Lap Top Computer 9/20/2018

Lap Top Computer Contains much of the same as the CPU tower in a smaller, portable unit. Must have a battery supply and recharger. Monitor is contained in the lid. Printer & other peripherals can be attached. 9/20/2018

Monitor 9/20/2018

Monitor Different Types – CRT – Older but still good LCD – Lighter, Thinner, Clearer Different Sizes 15, 17, 19, 21 etc. The bigger the size the better you see it. 9/20/2018

Keyboard 9/20/2018

Keyboard Inputs data into the computer. Can carry out mouse-type actions. 9/20/2018

Mouse 9/20/2018

Mouse Functions Dragging the mouse around on a mouse pad moves the cursor on the monitor. Left Button Carries out a command. Right Button Gives a menu – offering choices. Button or Wheel Scrolls up and down or left to right. 9/20/2018

Trackball 9/20/2018

Track Ball Functions Track Ball is stationary with only the ball moving the cursor on the monitor. Left Button Carries out a function. Right Button Gives a menu – offering choices. 9/20/2018

Printer & Accessories Printer Instruction Book Power Adapter HP Deskjet Power Adapter 720c Black Ink Cartridge Color Ink Cartridge Printer Software (CD and/or Disks) Power Cord 9/20/2018

Printer Prints documents or graphics from the computer or the scanner. Ink-jet is the most popular. Color or Black only. Laser, Dot-Matrix. Pages per minute (PPM). Paper size and quality. 9/20/2018

All-in-One Printer, Scanner, etc. 9/20/2018

Flatbed Scanner 9/20/2018

Flatbed Scanner Document is laid face down on the scanner. Scan pictures or text into the computer to use in different programs. Scan pictures or text directly into e-mail. Scan pictures or text directly to the printer. Scan pictures or text directly to Fax. 9/20/2018

Hand Held Scanner 9/20/2018

Hand Held Scanner Hand held scanners are dragged across the document to be scanned. Scan pictures or text into the computer to use in different programs. Scan pictures or text directly into e-mail. Scan pictures or text directly to the printer. Scan pictures or text directly to Fax. 9/20/2018

Disks FLOPPY DISK ZIP OR JAZ DISKS 9/20/2018

Floppy, Zip & Jaz Disks 3 ½ Floppy – holds 1.44 MB of information. Example: 1 paperback novel. 100 MB Zip – holds 100 MB of information. Example: 100 paperback novels. 250 MB Zip – holds 250 MB of information. Example: 250 paperback novels. 1 GIG Jaz – holds 1000 MB of information. 2 GIG Jaz – holds 2000 MB of information. 9/20/2018

CD-R/RW Disk, DVD +or – R/RW Disk CD-ROM Disk, DVD Disk CD-R/RW Disk, DVD +or – R/RW Disk 9/20/2018

CD ROM, DVD, CD-R & CD-RW Disks CD ROM - holds 650/700 MB of data or 74/80 minutes of music. DVD – holds about 13 times the info of a CD Rom. Can have different format of the same movie on one. Example: can hold 15,600 paperback novels. CD-R – Writeable 650/700 MB of data or 74/80 minutes of music CD disk. CD-RW – Write and Re-write 650/700 MB of data or 74/80 minutes of music CD disk. 9/20/2018

Microphone 9/20/2018

Microphone Microphone can be used to record your own message through Windows Sound Recorder. Can be used to talk over the internet using certain software. 9/20/2018

Head Set 9/20/2018

Head Set Used to talk over the internet using certain programs. 9/20/2018

Speakers 9/20/2018

Speakers Hear sounds from your computer. Hear music from your music CD’s. 9/20/2018