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Lesson One-Hardware
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CallCAB, Inc. Guide to Basic Computer Use
What you need to know about computers to get ready for going
back to college
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Guide to Basic Computer Use
This curriculum has several Lessons:1) Hardware
2) How to work with windows (not Microsoft Windows, but the screens that appear on your monitor)
3) Basic Software
4) Troubleshooting
5) Accessing and navigating the internet
Search engines
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Performance-based Objective One• Be able to point out and explain the functions
of all hardware parts of a computer.
• Be sure to read and understand this objective-you will be assessed on it later-
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Performance Based Objective Two• Perform a shutdown/restart sequence with
100% accuracy.
• Remember-you will be assessed on this later-
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Lesson One-HardwareComputers are made of 4 basic parts
Monitor or screen
Keyboard
Mouse
Drive Tower and CPU (central processing unit)
Laptops or Notebooks
have all these combined into 1 unit.
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Using a mouse
Left mouse
Wheel for scrolling
Right mouse
Left mouse click- moves cursor to that location
Left mouse click and drag- selects multiple objects
Left mouse double click- quick double click ‘opens’ a file or software application
Wheel scrolls up or down through a page or website
Right click-opens a menu with options for formatting
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The Keyboard
Esc F1
PrtScPause Break
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Shift Ctrl Alt Del Ins
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The monitor
This is a Flat screen LCD monitor
This is a CRT Monitor
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The tower• The tower components
– On/off switch– CD/DVD drive– Headphone and/ or
speaker jacks– USB port (s)– Digital card port (for
photo upload)
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The Motherboard
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RAM
stands for Random Access Memory
ROM
stands for Read Only Memory
RAM, ROM and roll!kilobyte
megabyte
GIGABYTE
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Peripheral equipment
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Hardware ReviewThe main computer hardware components are:
mouse keyboard, monitor, tower
The mouse has three sections: left, middle wheel, right
The keyboard differs from a regular keyboard: because of the specialized keys
The tower contains: the operating hardware and the drives
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Hardware ReviewTwo kinds of storage in a computer are:
RAM and ROM
Storage is expressed in terms of: Bits, byts, megabytes, kilbytes, and gigabytes
The motherboard contains: CPU, expansion slots, USB ports, Serial ports
Peripheral devices are used to:Enhance the experience of the computer user!