Hardware / Software Intro Professor Pepper
Major Objectives §Hardware vs Software §Operating System vs Application Software §Basic measures §Familiar with windows operating system names
Hardware vs Software §Programs §Set of instructions §Hardware runs it §See good movieSee good movie § Touch § Physical
Input vs Output §Puts something into the computer §Prints something out §Displays something
Measures BYTE – a unit of information computer can see – 8 bits (1/0 combinations) §Bit1/8 of a byte §Kilo1 thousand (kilometer) §Mega1 million (megamillionaire) §Giga1 billion(gigantic) §Tera1 trillion(the earth) §Peta1 quadrillion
The Operating System §Behind the scenes §All software depends on the OS §Utility programs are available §Multitask OperatingSystem GUI
Operating System Movie §Play moviePlay movie
PC Operating Systems and Platforms §Legacy Versions l Windows NT l Windows 2000 l Windows CE §Modern PC OS l Windows XP l Vista l Windows 7 l Windows server 2008 l wiki/Timeline_of_Micr osoft_Windows wiki/Timeline_of_Micr osoft_Windows
PC Operating System Flavors §Windows §Macintosh / Apple l OS 9 l OS 10 l Leopard (os 10.5) l Snow Leopard (10.6) l Note: 10.6 on only supports intel processors §Linux
Course Application Software §Word - Word Processor §Excel - Spreadsheet §Access - Database §PowerPoint - Presentation Tool §Netscape Composer - Web Development
Objective Summary §Operating System vs Application Software §Familiar with windows operating system names