The document discusses various types of computer hardware and software components, including different categories of computers, common input and output devices, storage devices, and how software programs are installed and uninstalled. It also covers operating systems, software licenses, programming languages, and how to open command prompts in Windows.

3. Computer Components

4. Hardware Devices Software

5. Category Size Users Price
PC
Mobile
Computers
Game Consoles
Servers
Mainframes
Embedded
Computers

6. DOS and GUI

7. To open a Microsoft DOS command prompt shell window, first click the
Start menu at the lower-left of your computer's desktop and select
"Run...".
Then if you are using Windows XP or Vista, type "cmd" (without the
quotation marks) into the Run box and click "OK".
Otherwise, type "command" (without the quotation marks) into the Run
box and click "OK".

9. ◦ Office winword
◦ Calculator calc
◦ Time time
◦ Notepad notepad

10.  GUI – Graphical User Interface

11.  Go to Start Menu – Control Panel
◦ System Folder
◦ Taskbar and Start Menu
◦ Display
◦ Folders

12.  Windows
◦ Scroll bars
◦ Status Bars
◦ Menus
◦ Toolbars
 Dialog Boxes
◦ Minimize, Restore, and Close

13.  Accessories
◦ Paint
◦ Word pad
◦ Note pad

14.  Disk Defragmenter
 Disk Clean up

15.  Virus Protection
◦ Online Scans
 Computer Maintenance
◦ PC Tools

16.  Installing software
 Uninstalling software

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 Software may come on a CD or DVD, or as a Web
download
 Today’s software is generally comprised of many
files

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 Installing software places the files in appropriate
folders on your hard disk

21.  Download winzip100.exe file from Manhattan.
 Install executable file.
 Watch as the “wizard” installs all the files needed to
run the software program.

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 Uninstall routines delete the software’s files from
the various folders on your computer’s hard disk

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 A copyright is a form of legal protection that
grants the author of an original “work” exclusive
rights
◦ Copyright notice
 Software licenses define the ways in which you
may use a computer program
◦ Single-user
◦ Site
◦ Multiple-user
◦ Concurrent
◦ Shrink-wrap

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 A EULA (end-user license agreement) is
displayed on-screen when you first install software
 Different types of software licenses
◦ Commercial software
◦ Shareware
◦ Freeware
◦ Open source
◦ Public domain

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 Microprocessors understand only machine
language
 A compiler translates high-level language
instructions to object code (machine language
instructions)

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An interpreter converts high-level
instructions into machine
language instructions while the
program is running.
An interpreted program runs
more slowly than a compiled
program because the translation
process happens while the
program is running.

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28.  Google Earth
◦ Select Download button
◦ Save .exe file to desktop
◦ Install software program

29.  Install the application, Google Earth.
◦ Click on the installer and select, Run.
 Observe the many files that need to be installed.
 Open the Google Earth folder in the program
folder in the C Drive.
◦ What type of files were installed?
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30.  What is a computer?
 How is an input device different from an output
device?
 What are 5 common storage devices?
 How is hardware different from software?