Republic of the Philippines

Province of Cebu
City of Talisay
TALISAY CITY COLLEGE
Población, Talisay City, Cebu
1st Semester, Academic Year 2021-2022

COMP1:OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Course Facilitator PERFECTO A. PERALTA Department Industrial Technology

Teacher Contact No.

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Program & Year COMPUTER & ELECTRONICS – 1 YEAR Credit Units 3
This course emphasizes the significance of the Elements of Computer System, the basic
components, its parts and its function. This course also provides basic computer literacy
training and operation focusing on the evolution and future developments in computer
technology. This also elaborates the different software application and the relevant to their
Course Description
course and soon as an IT specialist. Furthermore, this course will hone students on the
theoretical operation of Office Software Application underpinned at the concepts on
developing competencies of students toward productivity and solution for small business or
home environment.
Operate properly the computer office application software for personal and corporate
Culminating Outcome
works.
Prelim Unit Outcome Familiarize the computer system, their Operating system and work with files and folder

Student’s Name Curricular Yr.& Sec.

Contact No. Time Allotment 15 hours
Residence Inclusive Date/s

COURSE MATERIAL 1 COMPUTER SYSTEM (HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE)

CONTENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 Overview of a Computer Hardware At the end of this course material, you will…
 Types of Software  Identify the Personal Computer hardware, other computer
1. Application Software devices and their operating systems
2. System software  Examine the functions of an input and output devices and how
computer works with the software
 Explore the different parts of computer system software
ENGAGE
This module discusses the overview of a Computer Hardware and Types of
Software, in which all of the topics, deals with the overview of computer hardware and to
know the types of software compatible to the hardware.
First it will cover the types of computer and other devices in which driven by a
computer; it discusses also the components of a computer hardware and how the computer
process data.

Here are some questions I have to ask.

1. Have you taken a subject about computer in the 6. If Yes, is it a Desktop?______, a Laptop? _______, a
previous years? ________ Tablet? _________ , or a Smartphone? _______.
2. Have your seen a Computer? ______ 7. Do you have any idea about Operating System?
3. Have you tried using a Computer? _____ _____
4. Do you have any idea what the Computer is all 8. Is the OS of your Smartphone is
about? ______  Android? [ ]
5. Do you have a Computer? _________  IOS(iphone)[ ]
Please check:

These questions help you to assist in learning this subject. As we go along; this learning module is intended
only those who wants to learn the essential knowledge about computer hardware and software.

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EXPLORE
WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
A computer is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory,
which can accept data (input), process the data according to specified rules, produce information (output), and store
the information for future use. Computers contain many electric, electronic, and mechanical components known as
hardware.
One popular category of computer is the personal computer. A personal computer (PC) is a computer that
can perform all of its input, processing, output, and storage activities by itself and is intended to be used by one
person at a time. Most personal computers today also can communicate with other computers and devices. Types of
personal computers include laptops, tablets, and desktops, with the first two sometimes called mobile computers. A
mobile computer is a portable personal computer, designed so that a user can carry it from place to place. A user is
anyone who interacts with a computer or mobile device, or utilizes the information it generates.

LAPTOP COMPUTER TABLET COMPUTER DESKTOP COMPUTER

 A Laptop, also called a notebook computer, is a thin, lightweight mobile computer with a screen in its lid and
a keyboard in its base.
 A Tablet usually smaller than a laptop but larger than a phone, a thin, lighter-weight mobile computer that
has a touch screen.
 A desktop, or desktop computer, is a personal computer designed to be in a stationary location, where all of
its components fit on or under a desk or table.

Which type of computer you prefer? Laptop, Tablet, or Desktop?

It depends on your needs. Because laptops can be as powerful as the average desktop,
more people today choose laptops over desktops so that they have the added benefit of
portability. Tablets are ideal for those not needing the power of a laptop it is good for searching
information, communicating with others, and taking notes in lectures, at meetings, conferences,
and other forums where a laptop is not practical. Desktops often have larger displays than
laptops and tablets, which make them well suited for developing software, editing large
documents, or creating images and videos.
You can have all if it fits on your needs, where you are comfortable in working with the desktop at home or
in a work place, and having laptop or notebook so you can work anywhere you want, and a tablet for your personal
net browser and media player.

Computer can be found in other devices:

 Cell phones
 Mobile gaming devices
 Digital camera
 Media players
 Wearable devices

COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTER
1. INPUT DEVICES – is any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer or
mobile device.
a. Keyboard – is an input device that contains keys you press to enter data and
instructions into a computer or mobile device. Nearly all keyboards have a
typing area, function keys, toggle keys, and navigation keys.

b. Mouse - e is a pointing device that fits under the palm of your hand comfortably. As you move
a mouse, the pointer on the screen also moves. The bottom of a mouse is flat and contains a
mechanism that detects movement of the mouse.

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 c. Touchpad – is a small, flat, rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and
motion. Touchpads are found most often on laptops and convertible tablets.

d. Audio/Voice Input - is the process of entering input by speaking to

microphone. Voice input is part of a larger category of input called
audio input. Audio input is the process of entering any sound into the
computer, such as speech, music, and sound effects.

e. Scanner – is a light-sensing input device that reads printed text and graphics and then
translates the results into a form the computer can process. A flatbed scanner works in a
manner similar to a copy machine except it creates a file of the document in memory
instead of a paper copy

2. OUTPUT DEVICES – An output device is any hardware component that conveys information from a computer or
mobile device to one or more people. Output is data that has been processed into a useful form.
a. Screen/Display – is an output device that visually conveys text, graphics, and video information.
Information on a display exists electronically and appears for a temporary period. Displays consist
of a screen and the components that produce the information on the screen

b. Printer – is an output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium, such as
paper. Printed information (hard copy) exists physically and is a more permanent form of
output than that presented on a display.

c. Speakers – Most personal computers and mobile devices have a small internal speaker that
usually emits only low-quality sound. Thus, many users attach surround sound speakers or
speaker systems to their computers, game consoles, and mobile devices to generate higher-
quality sounds for playing games, interacting with multimedia presentations, listening to
music, and viewing movies

3. SYSTEM UNIT – is a case that contains electronic components of the computer

that are used to process data. The circuitry of the system unit usually is part of
or is connected to a circuit board called the motherboard.

TWO MAIN COMPONENTS ON THE MOTHERBOARD:

A. The Processor, also called the CPU (central processing unit), is the
electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions
that operate the computer. The processor
significantly impacts overall computing power
and manages most of a computer’s
operations. On a personal computer, all
functions of the processor usually are on a
single chip.

B. The Memory consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data
needed by those instructions. Most memory keeps data and instructions temporarily, which means its
contents are erased when the computer is shut off.

Types of Memory
The system unit contains two types of memory: volatile and nonvolatile. When the computer’s power
is turned off, volatile memory loses its contents, so the data is temporary. Nonvolatile memory, does not lose
its contents when power is removed from the computer; so the data is permanent. Examples of nonvolatile
memory include ROM, Flash Memory, and CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, pronounced
as “SEE-moss”)
 ROM – Read-only memory (ROM pronounced rahm) refers to memory
chips storing permanent data and instructions. The data on most ROM
chips cannot be modified — hence, the name read only. ROM is
nonvolatile, which means its contents are not lost when power is
removed from the computer. Manufacturers of ROM chips often
record data, instructions, or information on the chips when they
manufacture the chips. These ROM chips, called firmware, contain
permanently written data, instructions, or information.

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  RAM – Users typically are referring to RAM when discussing computer
memory. RAM (random access memory), also called main memory,
consists of memory chips that can be read from and written to by the
processor and other devices. When you turn on power to a computer,
certain operating system files (such as the files that determine how the
desktop appears) load into RAM from a storage device such as a hard
disk. These files remain in RAM as long as the computer has continuous
power. As additional programs and data are requested, they also load
into RAM from storage.

Can you answer this?

Identify and explain briefly each hardware

devices.
1. ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
2. ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
3. ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________

4. STORAGE DEVICES - A storage medium, also called secondary storage, is the physical material on which a
computer keeps data, information, programs, and applications. Storage, by contrast, holds data, instructions, and
information for future use. Examples of storage media include hard disks, solid-state drives (both of which can be
internal or external), memory cards, USB flash drives, optical discs, network attached storage devices

Hard disk on a External hard disk Memory card USB (universal serial bus)
computer flash drive

Data Storage.
 Did you know that Computer does not understand character we have known e.g.
letters (a,b,c..A,B,C), numbers (1,2,3,4), special characters (#,*,&). What computer
understood are digits. Yes, digits called binary numbers composed of zero’s (0) and
one’s (1)
 Binary means by 2, so computers read your entry as binary numbers or group of binary
numbers.

Example: let say you press letter “a” from the keyboard; the computer does not understand what is
“a”, what they understand is the value assigned to the letter “a”, which is the binary numbers.

From keyboard (input) Computer Process Screen Display (Output)

You press small letter  a 01100001 a

You press capital letter  A 01000001 A

A waveform that switches representing the two states of a Boolean value (0 and 1, or low and high,
or false and true) is referred to as a binary signal when it is interpreted in terms of only two possible digits

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 Bits and Bytes
So every character that you keyed in from the keyboard, computer convert that into binary numbers
in a fast speed, a Bit in computer terminology is a single number either zero(0) or one(1), a group of binary
digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit is a Byte.

Here’s the equivalence:

1 Bit = 0 or 1
Group of Bits (10110011) = 1 byte 1 byte is equivalent to 8 bits

Now since we do not used the word “character” for the size of file, instead we used byte or group of
bytes.
Therefore:
1 byte = 1 character

Capacity is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold.

Below is a table representing the storage terminology.

terminologies Approximate number of bytes Exact number of Bytes

1 Kilobyte (KB) 1 thousand 1024 bytes
1 Megabyte (MB) 1 million 1024 Kilobytes or 1,048,576 bytes
1 Gigabyte (GB) 1 billion 1024 Megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
1 Terabyte (TB) 1 trillion 1024 Gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
1 Petabyte (PB) 1 quadrillion 1024 Terabyte or 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes

Can you solve this?

1. Approximately how many bytes can floppy disk are

be stored in a microfloppy disk popular
(1.44Mb) _________ storage devices
used in late
2. Approximately how many bytes can 70’s up to late
be stored in a 2 Gigabyte flash drive 90’s. vary is
________ different capacity. The floppy disk capacity at the
middle have a maximum of 720Kb and the micro
3. If the file size is 5Mb, how many Kb floppy at the right have a maximum of 1.44Mb
are there in a file? Write the actual
size. ________

5. COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES – the process in which two or more computers or devices transfer data, instructions,
and information is known as digital communications. Today, even the smallest computers and devices can
communicate directly with one another, with hundreds of computers on a corporate network, or with millions of
other computers around the globe — often via the Internet.
A sample communications system. Some communications involve cables and wires; others are sent wirelessly
through the air. For successful communications, you need the following:
 A sending device that initiates an instruction to transmit data,
instructions, or information. A communications device that connects
the sending device to transmission media
 Transmission media, or a communications channel, on which the data,
instructions, or information travel
 A communications device that connects the transmission media to a
receiving device
 A receiving device that accepts the transmission of data, instructions, or
information

USERS /PEOPLEWARE
A User does not communicate directly with the computer hardware. Instead, system software is the
interface between the user, the application software, and the hardware. For example, when a user instructs the
application software to print a document, the application software sends the print instruction to the system
software, which in turn sends the print instruction to the hardware.

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 End users are the ultimate human users (also referred to as operators) of a software product. The end user
stands in contrast to users who support or maintain the product such as an administrator of a multi-user computer
system, database administrators and computer technicians. The term is used to abstract and distinguish those who
only use the software from the developers of the system, who enhance the software for end users.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_(computing))

TYPES OF END USER

 Small Office/Home Office User – assist small business and home office users in managing their resources
effectively. A small office/home office (SOHO) includes any company with fewer than 50 employees, as well
as the self-employed who work from home.
 Power User – Another category of user, called a power user, requires the capabilities of a powerful desktop
computer, called a work station. Examples of power users include engineers, scientists, architects, desktop
publishers, and graphic artists. Power users typically work with multimedia, combining text, graphics, audio,
and video into one application. These users need computers with extremely fast processors because of the
nature of their work.
 Enterprise User An enterprise has hundreds or thousands of employees or customers that work in or do
business with offices across a region, the country, or the world. Each employee or customer who uses a
computer in the enterprise is an enterprise user. Many large companies use the words, enterprise computing,
to refer to the huge network of computers that meets their diverse computing needs. The network facilitates
communications among employees at all locations. Enterprise Users access the network through desktop
computers, mobile computers, and mobile devices.

Can you answer this?

List down the different type of computer user. Explain what their capabilities are.

1. ____________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Software, also called a program, is a series of related instructions, organized for a common purpose, that tells
the computer what task(s) to perform and how to perform them. You interact with a program through its user
interface. Software today often has a graphical user interface. With a graphical user interface (GUI pronounced
“gooey”), you interact with the software using text, graphics, and visual images such as icons. And there are two
types of computer software; these are the system software and the application software.

SYSTEM SOFTWARE
System software consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer
and its devices. System software serves as the interface between the user, the application software, and the
computer’s hardware.

Two types of system software

1. Operating system (OS) – is a set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware
devices.
2. Utility programs – allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related to managing a
computer, its devices, or its programs.

System software serves as the interface between the user, the application software, and the
computer’s hardware.

Three popular personal computer operating systems are Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Each time you start a
computer, the operating system is loaded from the computer’s hard disk into memory. Once the operating system is
loaded, it coordinates all the activities of the computer. This includes starting application software and transferring
data among input and output devices and memory. While the computer is running, the operating system remains in
memory.
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 APPLICATION SOFTWARE
People interact directly with computers in fields such as education, finance, government, health care,
science, publishing, travel, and manufacturing. In addition, they can reap the benefits from breakthroughs and
advances in these fields.
Application software consists of programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist them
with personal tasks. Applications include programs stored on a computer, as well as those on a mobile device or
delivered to your device over the Internet. A widely used type of application software related to
communications is a Web browser, which allows users with an Internet connection to access and view Web
pages or access programs.
 A desktop app is an application stored on a computer.
 A web app is an application stored on a web server that you access through a browser.
 A mobile app is an application you download from a mobile device’s app store or other location on the
Internet to a smartphone or other mobile device. Some applications are available as both a web app and
a mobile app.

FOUR CATEGORIES OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE

BUSINESS GRAPHICS AND HOME / PERSONAL / COMMUNICATIONS

MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIONAL
 Word Processing  Computer Aided  Personal Software  Web Browsing
 Spreadsheet Design (CAD) Suite Software
 Presentation  Desktop Publishing  Personal Finance  E-mail
 Database  Paint/Image Editing  Legal  Blogging
 Note Taking  Photo Editing  Tax preparation  Instant Messaging
 Business Software for  Video and Audio  Educational Software  Newsgroup/Message
Phones Editing  Home Board
 Accounting  Multimedia Authoring design/Landscaping  Chat Room
 Document  Webpage Authoring software  Video Conferencing
Management  VoIP
 Enterprise Computing

Common office productivity application software are found in the Business category, Word Processing,
Spreadsheets, and Presentation, these will be our topic starting on a third module.

KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING
Assessment Task 1 IDENTIFICATION of COMPUTER HARDWARE and SOFTWARE
Instructions: Briefly write your answers on space provided.
Basis for Rating:  2 points each. 40
Identification.
__________________1. 1 Megabyte is equivalent to how many bytes?
__________________2. A group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit.
__________________3. A set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware
devices.
__________________4. Allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related to managing a
computer, its devices, or its programs.
__________________5. Consists of programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist
ASSESS

them with personal tasks.

__________________6. Is a light-sensing input device that reads printed text and graphics and then
translates the results into a form the computer can process.
__________________7. Is a set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware
devices?
__________________8. Is a small, flat, rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and
motion.
__________________9. Is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its
own memory, which can accept data (input), process the data according to
specified rules, produce information (output), and store the information for
future use?
_________________10. Is an input device that contains keys you press to enter data and instructions
into a computer or mobile device.
_________________11. is a single number either zero(0) or one(1)
_________________12. Is an output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium, such as
paper.

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 _________________13. Is the physical material on which a computer keeps data, information,
programs, and applications.
_________________14. Refers to memory chips storing permanent data and instructions.
_________________15. Approximately how many bytes in a 1 Gigabyte (GB)
_________________16. Serves as the interface between the user, the application software, and the
computer’s hardware.
_________________17. The circuitry of the system unit usually is part of or is connected to a circuit board
called?
_________________18. The process in which two or more computers or devices transfer data,
instructions, and information is known as.
_________________19. These ROM chips, contain permanently written data, instructions, or
information.
_________________20. Type of memory that files remain as long as the computer has continuous
power.

CRITICAL THINKING
Assessment Task 2 ENUMERATION of COMPUTER SYSTEM
Instructions: Write your answers on a space provided.
Basis for Rating: 3 points each 51
1. Give at least two (2) functions of a computer and explain.

2. Enumerate the five (5) Input devices. Explain each device on their purpose and use.

3. Enumerate at least two (2) output devices. Explain each device on their purpose and use.

4. Enumerate the two (2) types of Memory. Explain each type.

5. Enumerate the two (2) types of operating system. Explain each type.

6. Enumerate the three (3) types of end user. Explain each type.

7. Enumerate the three (3) common operating system. Explain each.

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 CREATING
Assessment Task 3 EXPLORATION of COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER
On a separate sheet of paper; write down the proper devices and parts that will build a
Instructions:
complete computer system.
Rubric: 4 3 2 1
Weights
Criteria Well Perform Moderately Fairly Perform Poorly Perform Total
Perform
Mastery of Identification of Moderately Fairly identify Poorly identify
hardware or hardware and its identify the the hardware the hardware
X10
software and functions are hardware and its its functions its functions
its functions very much clear functions.
Ability to Well identify the Moderately Fairly identify Poorly identify
identify the function of a identify the the function of the function of
X6
function of a software function of a a software a software
software software
Organization Well presented, Difficulty in Order of Process of
(flow of in logical understanding hardware order is in order
process) sequence and the procedure process Is not and not in X5
very logically sequence.
understandable sequenced
Relevance Highly relevant Moderately Les Relevant Irrelevant
X4
Relevant
TOTAL

List and Describe the Five Components of a Computer.

REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS

Gary B. Shelly, Discovering Computers. Living in a Digital World Fundamentals, 2011 EBook Edition.
Ed Bott. (2015). Introducing Windows 10. Microsoft Press eBook. S4Carlisle Publishing Services.
Misty E. Vermaat. (2017). Discovering Computers 2017 Enhanced: Tools, Apps, Devices, and the Impact of Technology

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