Create your free account to read unlimited documents. This chapter covers: - What computers are, how they work, and how they are used - Computer terminology - An overview of the history of computers - The basic types of computers in use today - An overview of networks and the Internet - Societal impacts of computers.
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Define a computer and describe its primary operations. List some important milestones in computer evolution. Identify the major parts of a personal computer, including input, processing, output, storage, and communications hardware. Define software and understand how it is used to instruct the computer what to do. List the six basic types of computers, giving at least one example of each type of computer and stating what that computer might be used for. Explain what a network, the Internet, and the World Wide Web are, as well as how computers, people, and Web pages are identified on the Internet.
Describe how to access a Web page and navigate through a Web site. Discuss the societal impact of computers, including some benefits and risks related to their prominence in our society. WordPress Shortcode.
Share Email. Top clipped slide. Download Now Download Download to read offline. Related Books Free with a 30 day trial from Scribd. Related Audiobooks Free with a 30 day trial from Scribd. Elizabeth Howell. Name several general properties of storage systems. Describe the two most common types of hard drives and what they are used for today. Discuss the various types of optical discs available and how they differ from each other. Identify some flash-memory-based storage devices and media and explain how they are used today.
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