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Windows Operation (Windows 7) : Aroroy Municipal College Aroroy, Masbate

This document provides definitions and descriptions of the key components that make up a computer system. It discusses both internal components like the motherboard, CPU, memory modules, and hard drive, as well as external components like the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer. It also defines common computer terms like files, icons, bits, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, booting, rebooting, hardware, software, and dialogue boxes. The document is intended to inform readers about the basic parts and terminology associated with personal computer systems.

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Windows Operation (Windows 7) : Aroroy Municipal College Aroroy, Masbate

This document provides definitions and descriptions of the key components that make up a computer system. It discusses both internal components like the motherboard, CPU, memory modules, and hard drive, as well as external components like the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer. It also defines common computer terms like files, icons, bits, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, booting, rebooting, hardware, software, and dialogue boxes. The document is intended to inform readers about the basic parts and terminology associated with personal computer systems.

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AROROY MUNICIPAL COLLEGE

Aroroy, Masbate

WINDOWS
OPERATION
(Windows 7)
MR. HERMINIO VICTOR R. VALDEMORO, III
Instructor
WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
• Computer is an electronic programmable device that can store, retrieve and
process data. It is also a device that processes information with astonishing
speed and accuracy. Computers process information by helping to create it and
by displaying it, storing it, reorganizing it, calculating with it, and communicating it
to other computers. Computers can process numbers, words, still pictures,
moving pictures, and sounds.29-30,31,32-desktop parts. 33,34,35-taskbar
 SYSTEM UNIT – it houses the motherboard, video card, sound card, hard
disk, internal modem, and other internal parts of the computer.28
 MONITORS have a screen much like a television screen. Modern monitors
offer millions of color combinations. The most common type of monitor used
with a desktop machine is a cathode-ray tube (CRT)24, a vacuum tube like a
television picture tube.23
 PRINTERS produce output on paper. There are three major types: (1) laser,
(2) inkjet, and (3) dot matrix.

1. Laser printers operate by electrically charging a special cylinder in


patterns that represent a computer document, including text and
illustrations.25
2. Inkjet printers spray ink onto paper using a tiny nozzle that quickly moves
back and forth to form text and illustrations. Color inkjet printers have
separate ink tanks for each primary color and for the color black.26
3. Dot-matrix printers use tiny pins that strike an inked ribbon positioned in
front of the paper. Laser and inkjet printers have largely replaced dot-
matrix printers. But dot-matrix printers are still used in situations that
require impact, such as printing on multiple-sheet forms.27
 The main circuit board of a computer is called the MOTHERBOARD. The
MOTHERBOARD houses the main memory modules and one or more
microprocessors (electronic devices that control the computer's systems and
processes). The motherboard may also have sockets into which other
electronic components or even additional circuit boards may be inserted.21

 VIDEO CARD is a board that plugs into a personal computer to give it


displays capabilities. The display capabilities of a computer, however,
depend on both the logical circuitry (provided in the video card) and the
display monitor. Video Cards or Adapters are often called GRAPHICS
ACCELERATORS.
 KEYBOARD is the main input device of most computers. Modern computer
keyboards have letter and numeral keys, and several other character keys,
organized in the same way as typewriter keyboards. However, they also have
a number of keys that typewriter keyboards do not have. Along the top of the
keyboard of a desktop PC, or sometimes along the left side, is a set of function
keys, which are designated F1, F2, F3, and so on. Function keys perform
special tasks, depending on the program that is running.22

 MODEM is a device that enables computers to transmit and receive


information over the telephone network. The word modem stands for
modulator-demodulator. A modem modulates (translates) a computer's digital
electrical signals into tones that can travel over telephone lines. A modem at
the other end demodulates (retranslates) the tones back into computer
information. Modems can send and receive not only text information, but also
sound, still pictures, and moving pictures.
 MEMORY MODULES are small circuit boards built for computer’s RAM or
main memory.

 CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the computer’s brain. This device does
all of the processing within the computer.18-19cpu

 HARD DISK stores the files and programs in the computer. It is permanently
connected to your computer.17

 CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) can store files of text,


pictures, sound, and other data, as well as video game programs and other
software.20
 MOUSE is a palm-sized device that the computer user moves about on a flat
surface. The mouse has two functions: (1) to move the insertion point15
and (2) to give commands to the computer16. Computer users commonly
operate the mouse on a smooth sheet of plastic or rubber called a mouse
pad. Built into the bottom of a standard mouse is a ball that rotates when the
user moves the mouse. An optical mouse does not use a ball but instead uses
small light sources and detectors to determine the movement of the mouse. A
cordless mouse uses radio waves to communicate with the computer.
 CLICKING means pressing and releasing one button at a time. The result
of this action varies depending on the software you are using and button
you click.11
 DOUBLE-CLICK command means press and release the left mouse
button TWICE in quick succession.12
 DRAGGING is the procedure for moving or copying an object from one
place to another on the screen with the mouse. Click and hold down the left
mouse button while the pointer is on the object, move the pointer to the
new location, and release the mouse button.13
 RIGHT CLICK an item by pressing and releasing the right mouse button.
Right clicking an item displays a short-cut menu with commands that relate
to the item.14
COMPUTER TERMS AND DEFINITIONS YOU SHOULD KNOW

 FILE is a collection of text and data saved under a unique name. Most of the
information stored on your computer is stored in files. Every file has its own icon.
If you double click the file icon or its filename, the file will be open. (In Windows
XP you can use Long Filename. You can also use spaces.7
 ICONS are small graphic images that appear on your desktop or within a
program. An icon may represent a file, folder, command, program or a web page.
Once it is double clicked by the mouse, it automatically executes the command it
represents.8
 BUTTONS are 3-D control on the screen that looks like it is pushed in when you
click on it. To differentiate Icons and Buttons, Icons usually get double-click
while Button gets a single click.6
 BIT (also called binary digit) is the smallest unit of information handled by a
computer. One bit expresses a 1 or a 0 in a binary numeral, or a true or false
logical condition. A group of 8 bits makes up a byte.9-10
 ONE KILOBYTE is ONE THOUSAND BYTES. (1024 bytes to be exact)
 ONE MEGABYTE is ONE MILLION BYTES (1,048,576 bytes)
 ONE GIGABYTE is ONE BILLION BYTES (1,073,741,824 bytes)
COMPUTER TERMS AND DEFINITIONS YOU SHOULD KNOW

 BOOT – the process of starting up a computer.1


 REBOOT – the process of re-starting the computer.
 COLD BOOT – turning off the computer and turning it on again or using the reset
button.
 WARM BOOT – pressing CTRL,ALT,DEL twice simultaneously.2
 CMOS – the term has been popularized to mean a small storage area where
your system keeps track of certain hardware parameters, such as the size of your
hard disk, the number of serial ports your computer has, etc.
 DEFAULT – an original factory setting.5
 DRIVER – a software that assists your computer in using specific device such as
printer, scanner.
 HARDWARE – the physical components of a computer system, including any
peripheral equipment such as printers, modems, and mouse devices.3
 SOFTWARE – a program that can be used on a computer.4
 DIALOGUE BOX – a window in which you provide an information to a program.

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