Brands of computersDell

Apple

Gateway

HP

Acer

Toshiba

IBM

Lenovo

Fujitsu

Asus

Samsung

Amazon Kindle

Chrome Book

Software programs

• Microsoft Word Internet Explorer

• Microsoft Excel Firefox

• Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Access

• Windows xp, 7, 8,8.1,10 Safari

• Photoshop Adobe Acrobat

• Chrome Adobe Flash

APPS (angry birds)

What is a computer

• A programmable electronic device that can store/save, retrieve, process data and provide output according to specific instructions

• An electronic device will (1) accept user-supplied data, (2) input, store, and execute programmed instructions, (3) perform mathematical and logic operations, and (4) provide output according to user specifications

The Difference between a Tablet and a computer

Operating SystemData InputMemorySpeedGeneral purpose-FunctionCostServiceable/maintenanceBattery Life

What is a hard drive?

A hard disk drive (HDD, also known as hard disk, hard drive, fixed disk, fixed drive, fixed disk drive is a digitally encoded data storage device that stores data on the magnetic surfaces of hard disk platters. Hard disks do one thing well -- they store changing digital information in a relatively permanent form. They give computers the ability to remember things when the power goes out.

SOLID STATE HARD DRIVE

Flash Drive or Memory Stick

A USB mass storage device. Stores files magnetically on an insulated circuit board

USB

UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS

Type of connection that allows different devices to connect to each other and transfer data

The purpose of a word processor?

• TYPE!

Purpose of a spreadsheet

• spreadsheet program is designed to perform general computation tasks

What is Microsoft

• World’s largest software company. - Founder -- Bill Gates

• Founded 1975

Windows 10 released July 2015 – current

Web Browsers

• Internet Explorer

• Firefox

• Chrome

Software used to “browse” the internet

How long has the internet been in existence

1962?

Approximate year of the 1st computer

ENIAC Museum OnlineCelebrating 60 Years of Computing 1946-2006

ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer[1], was the first large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problem

1. ENIAC was developed as a weapon of war, a machine that could calculate firing tables for World War II artillery guns?

2. by the fall of 1945, just as the war was over, ENIAC was finally up and running? It had taken 200,000 man-hours of work and cost $486,804.22.

3. ENIAC cost $650 per hour in electricity when it was running idle?

4 ENIAC was labeled the Giant Brain by the press? • It occupied over 1,800 square feet, weighed 30 tons, • used hundreds of miles of wiring, and 18,000 vacuum tubes!

What is a Web Page?

• A document or file, written in HTML, that is stored on a web server and can be viewed over the Internet using an web browser.

What is email?

• short for electronic mail, the transmission of messages over communications networks

How much is a gigabyte

Approximately 1 BILLION +

What is Gigahertz?

• Definition of: gigahertz One billion cycles per second

What is a i7 processor

This quad-core processor features 8-way multitasking

Social Media• Internet sites used to promote “social

interaction”

Life B.G?• Before Google

http://www.google.com/about/company/http://www.google.com/about/company/

GOOD Computer

#1 What are you going to use it for?

Hard drive 16 GB on iPad?

250 GB hard drive

RAM 6-8 GB

DVD/RW

Speed GHZ + Processor – Monitor LCD –

Cost -- $500+

What is a tablet?iPad, Surface, Kindle,

What is Cloud Storage