COMPENDIUM OF NOTES IN TLE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

(COMPUTER SYSTEMS SERVICING)
First Quarter
(Week 4)
(EXPLORATORY – GRADE 7)

Prepared by:
RAYMOND G. PUNO
Teacher I

Noted by: Approved by:

NELIA P. ABAYA, Ed.D. ANGEL M. VILLAMIN, Ed.D.
Head Teacher VI, TLE Principal III
COMPENDIUM OF NOTES IN TLE – INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
(EXPLORATORY – GRADE 7)
Week 4 LO 3. Access information using a computer

The desktop is a fundamental part of the default GUI (graphical user

interface) in Windows. It is a space where you can organize applications,
folders, and documents, which appear as icons. Your desktop is always in the
background; behind any other applications you are running.

Parts of a desktop
1. Start button. The access point for all programs and special Windows
places (Documents, Pictures, Music, Games, Computer, Control
Panel), with "most recently used" lists for quick access to recently
used programs and documents.
2. Taskbar. The access point for running programs that have desktop
presence. While technically the taskbar spans the entire bar from the
Start button to the notification area, in most contexts taskbar refers
to the area in between, containing the taskbar buttons.
3. Notification area. A short-term source for notifications and status, as
well as an access point for system- and program-related features that
have no presence on the desktop.
4. Icon. A small graphical representation of a program or file. When you
double-click an icon, the associated file or program will be opened.
5. File. A file is an object on a computer that stores data, information,
settings, or commands used with a computer program.
6. Folder. A folder, also called a directory, is a space used to store files,
other folders, and shortcuts on a computer.

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File explorer. A file browser used to navigate and manage the drives, folders,
and files on your computer.
Window. A section of the computer's display in a GUI that shows the program
currently being used.
• Minimize button. Alternatively referred to as a collapse box, minimize
box, and minimize button, minimize is an action in GUI operating systems to
hide a window but keep the program running in the background.

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• Maximize button. Maximize allows the user to enlarge a window,

usually making it fill the entire screen or the program window in which it is
contained.

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• Close button. Close is the action performed to terminate a program or

exit a file.

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• Title bar. The title bar is a horizontal bar located at the top of a window
in a GUI. It displays the title of the software, name of the current document,
or other text identifying the contents of that window.

Top Keyboard shortcuts you should know.

• Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert. Copy selected item.
• Ctrl+X. Cut selected item.
• Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert. Paste copied or cut item.
• Ctrl+Z. Undo last action.
• Ctrl+Y. Redo last action.
• Ctrl+F. Open find window for current document or window.
• Alt+Tab. Switch between open programs.
• Ctrl+Backspace. Deletes a full word at a time.
• Ctrl+Left arrow. Moves one word to the left at a time.
• Ctrl+Right arrow. Moves one word to the right at a time.
• Ctrl+S. Save current document file.
• Ctrl+Home. Goes to beginning of document.
• Ctrl+End. Goes to end of document.
• Ctrl+P. Print the current page or document.

LO 4. Produce output/ data using computer system

Output Devices
Any piece of computer hardware that displays results after the computer
has processed the input data that has been entered.

Types of output devices

Monitor. It displays information in visual form, using text and graphics.
The portion of the monitor that displays the information is called the screen
or video display terminal.
• CRT Monitors - Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT)

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• LCD Monitors - Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

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• LED Monitors (Light Emitting Diode)

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LCD Projector. An optical device that projects an image (or moving images)
onto a surface, commonly a projection screen.

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Smart Board - A type of display screen that has a touch sensitive transparent
panel covering the screen, which is similar to a touch screen.

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Printer. Prints paper documents, photographs, and other outputs called hard
copies which are physical versions of the documents.
Types of printer
Ink-Jet or Bubble-Jet Printer - Ink- jet printers produce high-quality
graphics.

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Laser Printer - Uses the same technology as copy machines. Laser

printers produce very high quality text.

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Speakers. Sound system device that produce audio output from the computer.

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LO 5. Use of basic functions of a www-browser to locate information

The Internet is a global network of billions of computers and other electronic

devices. With the Internet, it's possible to access almost any information,
communicate with anyone else in the world, and do much more.

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You can do all of this by connecting a computer to the Internet, which is also
called going online. When someone says a computer is online, it's just another
way of saying it's connected to the Internet.

The World Wide Web—usually called the Web for short—is a collection of
different websites you can access through the Internet. A website is made up
of related text, images, and other resources. Websites can resemble other
forms of media—like newspaper articles or television programs—or they can
be interactive in a way that's unique to computers.

Browser. Alternatively referred to as a web browser or Internet browser, a

browser is a software program to present and explore content on the World
Wide Web.

List of current Internet browsers

Name Icon
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Apple Safari
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Search engine. A search engine is software, usually accessed on the Internet,

that searches a database of information according to the user's query. The
engine provides a list of results that best match what the user is trying to find.

Examples of search engine

Name Logo
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MSN Search Image source:

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URL. Also known as a web address, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a form
of URI and a standardized naming convention for addressing documents
accessible over the Internet and Intranet. An example of a URL is
https://www.computerhope.com, which is the URL for the Computer Hope
website.

Website. A site or website is a central location of web pages that are related
and accessed by visiting the home page of the website using a browser.

Sections of URL
Example.
https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/u/url.htm

http:// or https://. The "http" stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It let's
the browser to know which protocol it is going to use to access the information
specified in the domain. An "https" protocol is short for "Hypertext Transfer
Protocol Secure" and indicates that information transmitted over HTTP is
encrypted and secure.

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www. Stands for World Wide Web and is used to distinguish the content. This
portion of the URL is not required and many times can be left out.

computerhope.com. The domain name for the website. A domain or domain

name is the location of a website.

/jargon/u/. The directories where the web page is located on the server.

url.htm. The actual web page on the domain you're viewing.

Bookmark. A bookmark or electronic bookmark is a method of saving a web

page's address.
A bookmark is handy when you find a web page that you want to remember
and be able to look at another day. When you bookmark a web page, you are
creating a shortcut for quick access to that web page.
Bookmark shortcuts for browsers
- Google Chrome - Ctrl+Shift+O or Cmd+Shift+B on
- Mozilla Firefox - Ctrl+B or Ctrl+Shift+B
- Microsoft Edge - Ctrl+I
- Internet Explorer - Ctrl+I
- Opera - Ctrl+Shift+B

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 ACTIVITY SHEETS FOR TLE TLE – COMPUTER SYSTEM SERVICING
(EXPLORATORY – GRADE7)
Week 4 LO 3. Access information using computer

Activity 4.1.
Direction. Label the parts of a windows desktop user interface you can find. Draw a
line to specify the part you are identifying.

Activity 4.2.
Direction. Using the following illustrations, identify what keyboard shortcuts are being
described/ represented.

______ 1. ______ 4.

______ 2. ______ 5.

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______ 3.

LO 5. Use basic functions of a www- browser to locate information

Activity 4.3.
Direction. Essay. Write an essay about the importance of the internet in today’s daily
life and how will you use the internet to help you in your studies. Minimum of 50
words.

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