Computers in Libraries LIBR 56 Anthony Costa –

Name What you want to learn from this course.

LIBR 51 If you haven’t completed LIBR 51, you need to talk to me about taking this class.

Motherboard Sound Card Networking Card Mouse Memory

Terminology ASCII – American Code for Information Interchange Cache – space used for temporary storage Card – wired panel that contains memory and a chip Chip – tiny calculator inside a PC

Input devices – keyboard, mouse Output devices – monitor, speakers Operating system Web browser Word processor Spreadsheets network

Client/Server Software troubleshoot

Networking Basics A network is a group of 2 or more computer systems linked together –LAN –WAN mlhttp://webopedia.com/TERM/n/network.ht ml Additional reading – 29http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=9 29

Troubleshooting A single public workstation produces an error message as soon as it is turned on, at the beginning of boot up. Could it be: –Workstation CPU –Workstation hard disk –Workstation monitor –Router –Web server

Troubleshooting A staff PC sounds like it is booting up, but the screen remains blank. Could it be: –Workstation CPU –Workstation disk storage –Workstation monitor –Router –Web server

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Additional reading for next week –

Binary Computers think in binary code All data is represented in 0s and 1s. This means every character (textual or numeric) must be converted to binary code to be processed by a computer. Additional reading –