wk01 Introtocomps

Intro to Info Tech
Introduction to
Computers
This presentation can be viewed on line at:

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http://web.fscj.edu/Janson/cgs1060/wk01.IntrotoComps.ppt
Copyright 2003 by Janson Industries
Objectives
 Explain
 Steps to success in this class
 Basic computer concepts
 Computer system
► Hardware
► Software
► Categories
 Applications
 User types
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Class Success
 Take good notes and read the
book before you come to class
 Suggestion: print out PP and use
as basis for notes
 A memory stick
 Put a file called IFFOUND or ICE
with some contact info in it
► For when you lose it ;-)
 Organize your work. Pay attention
to file:
 Naming
 Location
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User Ids and Passwords
 If you want to use the lab
computers you will need to know
your FSCJ user id and password
 User ids are usually the first 4

letters of your last name, followed
by first and middle initial
 John Quincy Adams user id would
be: adamjq
 If it doesn’t work, call the FSCJ

Help Desk
 632-3151
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Class Software
 If you want Access (DBMS
which is needed for a class
assg) for free
 Microsofthas a site named Azure
Development Tools for Teaching
were you can get it for free
 Here’s the link
https://azureforeducation.microsoft
.com/devtools
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Class Software
Once signed in, click on Software, then Access

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Class Software
You will download one file, double click it
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Class Software
Then double click Setup.exe and follow the

instructions
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Class Software
 As a student you can get a free
copy of Office 365
 This is the FSCJ blog link with

the tutorial:
http://at.fscj.edu/blog/download
ing-microsoft-office-for-
free?rq=microsoft
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Tests (for classroom classes)
 If you are late for a test, you will only
be able to take it if no other student
has left the room
 If you cannot make a test, you must

arrange a make up before hand
 If an emergency arises you, must

contact me and arrange for a makeup
 You cannot show up to the next class
and expect to take a make up
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Textbooks
 Two are required, lots of options:
Discovering Computers 2016 Office 2016

Hardcopy New-Follet $219.50 $211.00
Used-Follet $164.75 $158.25
Used-Bookface.com $13.50 $101.33
Used Rental-Follet $87.80 NA
E-book Rental $37.99 $60.49

6 month subscription $119.99
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Textbooks
 Can return purchased books and
get up to 50% back
 Subscriptions:
Give access to E-versions of all
Cengage texts
►Can get a loose-leaf hardcopy
rental of a text for $7.99
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Textbooks
 If you aren’t familiar with BookFace
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Concepts
 Computer
 Electronicdevice that processes data
into information according to specific
instructions
 Data: raw facts

 Can be text, numbers, images
 Information: useful/meaningful
knowledge
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Data vs. Information
 Data processing
 Selection
 Sorting
 Summarizing
 Information Retrieval
 Updating
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Data vs. Information
 QBs plays:
 1st incomplete
 2nd 4 yard left side pass
 3rd run 6 yards
 : : : : :
 95th interception
 Raw facts: how well did the QB

play?
 What if data processed into info:

 72% completion for 288 yards
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 3 interceptions
Information
 QBs data for day vs. night:
Game 1pm/4pm/Night Passing Yds Completion %
1 1 228 78
2 N 196 82
3 4 233 67
: : : :
16 1 245 72
 What if instead processed into:

# Games 1pm/4pm/Night Avg Passing Yds Completion %
7 1 234 78
6 4 205 72
3 N 166 61
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Concepts
 Information processing cycle
Input Processing Output
Storage
 Computer can store input and

output
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Concepts
 Input comes in two forms:
 Data
 Instructions
 Software (s/w): group of

instructions
 Like a recipe
 Hardware (h/w): the computer

machinery
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Hardware Device Categories
 Input device: converts human
understandable input into machine
understandable input
 Processing device: converts input into
output
 Output device: converts machine
understandable output into human
understandable output
 Storage device: reads and writes input
or output to a storage media
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Concepts
 Computer Hardware
Input Input Input Output Output

Processing Output
Device Device
CPU
Keyboard Printer
Microphone Monitor
Scanner Speakers
Storage
Mouse
Device
Hard drive
Thumb drive
CD/DVD drive
Memory card slot
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Concepts
 External vs. Internal Storage
 Internal also called Main Memory or
RAM
 Many differences between the two

 Speed, capacity, persistence
 For now, key difference is, that MM

managed by CPU
 External memory has a separate
device that manages the media
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Concepts
 How Internal and External memory
work with application s/w
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Run Input Run 3
Device Word CPU Word RAM
Word
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Copy of Word
Storage
Device
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Concepts
 Communication Devices
 Enable computers to send and receive
input and output to other computers
 Example: Modem
 Input and output sent over a "line"

(transmission media)
 Phone line, cable, wireless
 A group of linked computers is

called a network
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Network
 Network hardware consists of
 Transmissionmedia
 Communication device(s)
 User nodes
 Television network?
 Phone network?
 Computer network?
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Internet
 Transmissions over the common
carrier networks
 Phone, cable, satellite and computer
networks
 ...that follow the rules of TCP/IP
 WWW is one part of the Internet

that sends information as web
pages
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Concepts
 Software (instructions) consist of
many programs
 Types of Software
 System
► Enables the computer to work
► Provides basic functions for applications
► Enables the computer to work more

efficiently
 Application
► Perform user functions
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Computer Software
 System software
 Operating systems
 Windows, Linux, OS10, IBM i, MVS
 Utility programs
 WINZIP, Bluetooth, anti-virus, FLAC to
MP3 converter
 Application software
 Productivity
 Entertainment
 Education
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Applications
 Need to be installed
 Download
 Purchase on a disk
 Insert disk and an "install"

program begins to run
 Copies application to the hard
drive
 Puts list item in Program menu
 Creates desktop icon 29
Applications
 Created by programmers
 Written in programming
languages
 Java
 Visual Basic
 C++
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Common Application Types
 Financial
Online banking, tax prep, online
investing
 Government
Access to govt records, criminal
DBs, facial recognition
 Health Care
Online patient records, patient
monitoring, online diagnosis,
insurance claims, virtual operations31
 Science
Space exploration robots, camera
pill, nano-bots
 Publishing
Books, mags, newspapers created
electronically, online books
 Travel
Online reservations, GPS,
directions
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 Manufacturing
Robots used in hazardous env,
CAD, CAM
"Fabbers“/ 3D printers
 AKA desktop fabricators
 Essentially a robot
 Feed product specs, out pops product
 "Instead of printing a picture of a screw,

you print the screw"
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Makerbot’s Cupcake CNC
 $750 - $1300
You build from a kit
Designs available at
 www.thingiverse.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NueRhgISweE&feature=related
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Digital Fabricators/3D Printers
 How about skipping the middle men?

Who needs a design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgaurYNPWu8
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Digital Fabricators
Besides building a house in a day:

Drastically reduce costs, injuries, waste and environmental
impact
Automatic embedding of communication network wiring,
electrical, reinforcement, plumbing, and sensor modules
Automated painting (using inkjet technology for wallpaper
designs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdbJP8Gxqog
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http://www.contourcrafting.org/
Computer System Categories
 Personal Computer
 Midrange (minicomputer)
 Mainframe
 Supercomputer
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Types of Computers
Size/
Capacity
Speed
Users
Super
PC Midrange Mainframe Computer 39
Types of PCs
Size/
Capacity
Mobile Devices
Speed
Handheld/PDA Laptop/ Desktop

(Palm Pilot, Smart Phone) Tablet
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Specialty Computer Types
 Game console
 Some can do (or be converted to do)
general computer processing
 Embedded – very specific functions

 Most major appliances have these
► Cars, washing machines, etc.
 Servers - store and disburse a

networks resources (s/w, info, music)
 Any general computer can be a server
 Though some computers built
specifically to be servers 41
Computer User Categories
 Home user has PC(s) and uses if for
 Information – Google, directions
 Entertainment – media player
 Personal finance – tax prep
 Communication – Email, Skype
 Small Office/Home Office: PCs

networked possibly with mobile devices
 Microsoft Office
 Industry specific s/w: inventory, Quark
 E-commerce
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 Enterprise User: Mainframe
networked to all types of
computers
 Enterprise computing
► Financial, marketing, product design,
inventory, sales, etc.
 Database Management System
 Microsoft Office
 E-commerce
 Email
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 Mobile User: FedEx deliveryman,
police, ins adjuster, rental car clerk
 Internetaccess
 Networked to company apps
 Specialty s/w
 Power User: midrange computer,

graphic artist, engineer, architect
 Industry specific s/w
 Internet access
 High end peripherals 44
Points to Remember
 Operating Systems enable the
computer hardware to work
 Windows provides a GUI to
perform system functions
 Many apps allow users to
perform system functions
 Everything on the PC is stored in
files and files are grouped into
directories 45

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Intro to Info Tech

This presentation can be viewed on line at:

 User ids are usually the first 4

 If it doesn’t work, call the FSCJ

Once signed in, click on Software, then Access

You will download one file, double click it

Then double click Setup.exe and follow the

 This is the FSCJ blog link with

 If you cannot make a test, you must

 If an emergency arises you, must

Discovering Computers 2016 Office 2016

E-book Rental $37.99 $60.49

 Data: raw facts

 Raw facts: how well did the QB

 What if data processed into info:

 What if instead processed into:

Input Processing Output

 Computer can store input and

 Software (s/w): group of

 Hardware (h/w): the computer

Input Input Input Output Output

 Many differences between the two

 For now, key difference is, that MM

 Input and output sent over a "line"

 A group of linked computers is

 ...that follow the rules of TCP/IP

 WWW is one part of the Internet

► Enables the computer to work more

 Insert disk and an "install"

 Feed product specs, out pops product

 "Instead of printing a picture of a screw,

 How about skipping the middle men?

Besides building a house in a day:

Handheld/PDA Laptop/ Desktop

 Embedded – very specific functions

 Servers - store and disburse a

 Small Office/Home Office: PCs

 Power User: midrange computer,

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