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Summary of Introduction to CompTIA

IT Fundamentals
 What is IT fundamentals is foundational certification that validates essential IT
skills and knowledge.
It covers hardware, networking, mobile, device, security and troubleshooting.

 CompTIA IT Fundamentals certification covers IT concepts and terminology,


 infrastructure, applications and software, software development, database
fundamentals, and security.
 IT concepts and terminology include data representation, data processing, and
information value.]
 Infrastructure includes devices, components, networking, and Internet services.
Applications and software include operating systems, applications, and uses.
 Software development includes programming languages and program
structure.
 Database fundamentals include database concepts and use.
 Security includes security concepts and best practices, as well as business
continuity through fault tolerance and disaster recovery.

Notation systems

Decimal values

 A numeral system is a writing system for expressing numbers; that is, a


mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using digits or
other symbols in a consistent manner.
 A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary
numeral system, which uses only two symbols: typically "0" (zero) and "1" (one).
 The decimal numeral system (also called base-ten positional numeral system) is
the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers using the
symbols "0"–"9".
 Hexadecimal (also base 16, or hex) is a positional system that represents
numbers using a base of 16. Unlike the common way of representing numbers
with ten symbols, it uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols "0"–"9"
to represent values zero to nine, and "A"–"F" (or alternatively "a"–"f") to represent
values ten to fifteen.

Data representation

Unicode

 Character encoding is used to represent a repertoire of characters by some kind


of encoding system. Depending on the abstraction level and context,
corresponding code points and the resulting code space may be regarded as bit
patterns, octets, natural numbers, electrical pulses, etc.
 ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character
encoding standard for electronic communication used to represent text in
computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.
 Unicode is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding,
representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing
systems.
 Unicode can be implemented by different character encodings. The Unicode
standard defines UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32.
 UTF-8 is the dominant encoding used on the World Wide Web and uses one byte
for the first 128 code points, and up to 4 bytes for other characters.
 The first 128 Unicode code points represent the ASCII characters, which means
that any ASCII text is also a UTF-8 text.

Information Systems

Input - Processing - Output - Storage

 Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit,


and manipulate data or information.
 A data processing system is a combination of machines, people, and processes
that for a set of inputs produces a defined set of outputs. The inputs and outputs
are interpreted as data, facts, information etc. depending on the interpreter's
relation to the system.
 Input/output or I/O (or, informally, IO) is the communication between an
information processing system, such as a computer, and the outside world,
possibly a human or another information processing system.
 Inputs are the signals or data received by the system and outputs are the signals
or data sent from it.
 Processing includes any computations performed by an information system on
the inputs in order to generate the associated outputs.
 Computer data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and
recording media that are used to retain digital data.
 In practice, almost all computers use a storage hierarchy which puts fast but
expensive and small storage options close to the central processing unit (CPU)
and slower but less expensive and larger options further away.
 Generally the fast volatile storage technologies (which lose data when power
is off) are referred to as "memory", while slower persistent technologies are
referred to as "storage".
 A peripheral or peripheral device is an ancillary device used to put information
into and get information out of the computer.

Data and information

Data Information Intellectual property

 Data is any sequence of one or more symbols given meaning by specific act(s) of
interpretation. Data requires interpretation to become information.
 Information is associated with data, as data represents values attributed to
parameters, and information is data in context and with meaning attached.
 A digital asset is anything that exists in a binary format and comes with the right
to use.
 Information security, sometimes shortened to infosec, is the practice of
protecting information by mitigating information risks.
 Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible
creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property,
including copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.

A trademark is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign,


design, or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source
from those of others.

Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative work to


reproduce the work, usually for a limited time.

A patent is a form of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to
exclude others from making, using, selling and importing an invention for a
limited period of years, in exchange for publishing an enabling public disclosure
of the invention.
Digital products are those represented and stored using the binary number
system of ones (1) and zeros (0).

Data-informed decision-making (DIDM) gives reference to the collection and


analysis of data to guide decisions that improve success.

Data-informed decision-making is based on a sequence of data collection, data


analysis, and data reporting.

Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on


targeted variables in an established system, which then enables one to answer
relevant questions and evaluate outcomes

Data analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming and modeling


data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusion and
supporting decision-making.

Data reporting is the process of collecting and submitting data which gives rise
to accurate analyses of the situation.

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