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Consider this!!!
What may be relevant in science and technology education today may be obsolete tomorrow due to constant technological advancement (OTuel & Bullard, 1995).
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Objectives
Computer fluency Computers and careers Computer functions Data vs. information Computer hardware and software Societal challenges and computers Future technologies
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Business The Arts The Medical Field Law Enforcement Legal Fields Education The Sciences Gaming Homes
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Computers in Business
Point of Sale Terminals Tracking merchandise
Data mining
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Computers in Education
Computers in the classroom Distance Education Computerized research The Internet
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Computers in Sports
Training Timing and scorekeeping Data storage and statistics
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Computers at Home
Robotics Smart appliances
Internetconnected refrigerator
Robomower
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Technology of Tomorrow
Nanoscience Biomedical Chip Implants Artificial Intelligence
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Nanoscience
Molecules and nanostructures Nanomachines
Fluid flow inside Nanomachines
5.4n m
Four--helix protein scaffold
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VeriChip
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Artificial Intelligence
Robots Neurons vs Microchips
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Input data Process data Output information Store data and information
DATA IN INFORMATION OUT
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Binary digit 0 or 1 Eight bits Each byte represents a letter, number or special character
Byte
Microchip Switch
OFF
ON
ASCII
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0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
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RELATIVE SIZE
Can hold one character of data. Can hold 1,024 characters or about half of a typewritten page double-spaced. A floppy disk holds approximately 1.4 MB of data, or approximately 768 pages of typed text. Approximately 786,432 pages of text. Since 500 sheets of paper is approximately 2 inches, this represents a stack of paper 262 feet high. This represents a stack of typewritten pages almost 51 miles high. The stack of pages is now 52,000 miles high, or about one-fourth the distance from the Earth to the moon.
B KB MB
1,048,576 bytes
Gigabyte
GB
1,073,741,824 bytes
Terabyte Petabyte
TB PB
1,099,511,627,776 bytes
1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes
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Computer Hardware
Input devices System unit Output devices Storage devices
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Input Devices
Enter data to be processed
Keyboard Scanners Mouse Trackball Touch screen Microphone Game Controller Digital camera
C A D B
T he rai n in Spa in
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System Unit
Cabinet that houses all components Motherboard CPU Memory modules
System Unit
CPU Memory Module Motherboard
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Output Devices
Enable us to see or hear the processed information
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Storage Devices
Enable us to store data or information to be accessed again
Floppy Disk
CD / DVD Drive
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Flash Drive
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Computer Software
Software - programs that enable the hardware to perform different tasks Application software
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Computer Software
System software
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Specialty Computers
PDA Server Mainframe Supercomputer Microcontrollers
PDA Server
Mainframe Supercomputer
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