Before We Get Started…

• Please turn your cell phone to stun!• Rest rooms are down the hall, on the

right.• We’ll take a 5 minute break at 11:00 a.m.• Please hold questions about your own

computer for the question and answer period at the end.

What In The World Does THAT Mean?

What In The World Does THAT Mean?

Boot• Short for bootstrap.

Bootstrap• Bootstrapping is the leveraging of a small

initial effort into something larger and more significant.

• In computer terms, to bootstrap the computer is to use a smaller program (the BIOS) to start the Operating System.

BIOS• Basic Input/Output System• This is the software – stored in ROM – which

starts the computer and bootstraps into the operating system.

Types of Boots• Soft or warm boot

– When you or some software (think updates and new installations) shuts the computer down and then immediately restarts it.

• Hard or cold boot– When you turn the computer off (shut down)

and leave it off for a minimum of 30 seconds (60 seconds is better!)

Reboot vs. RestartBoth terms mean the same thing.

Browser

Browser• Software which interprets webpage instructions

into a user-friendly page• Examples of browsers:

– Internet Explorer– FireFox– AOL Explorer– Opera– Netscape– Safari

Lesser-known browsers• Avant Browser• BrailleSurf• ImageExplorer• SpaceTime

Home Page• This is the web page which opens when you

first open your browser.• You can change your home page.• In IE: Internet Options• In FireFox: Options• In Safari: Preferences

Tabs• Tabs are really browser windows inside a

browser window• Most browsers now offer tabs. Exceptions

include AOL and Compuserve

Tab Demo

Tool Bar• A collection of graphic icons or a specific

function• A shortcut to certain functions

– Examples• Picture tool bar • Address bar

Tool Bar Mania

Address Bar• The part of the browser which shows the

webpage’s URL (or address)• URL=Universal Resource Locator• Examples:• http://www.keystonecomputerconcepts.com• https://techinline.net

RSS• Really Simple Syndication• A publishing format that lets people view

headlines of the latest updates from their favorite blogs and Web sites all from within a single newsreader program.

ATOM• Atom is the name of an XML-based Web

content and metadata syndication format, and an application-level protocol for publishing and editing Web resources belonging to periodically updated websites.

ExamplesFireFox

Internet Explorer 7.0

Apple’s Safari

Email Client• A software program which resides on the user’s computer to

handle email is called an email client. (As opposed to the software on the server which is called email server.)

• Examples include: – Windows Mail (found in Vista)– Outlook Express– Outlook– Thunderbird – Eudora– Pegasus– IncrediMail

BCC• Blind Carbon Copy• Use BCC whenever you are emailing to a

group of unrelated people

Drafts• You can save your emails as you write• In most clients, you save your email into the

Drafts folder

Email Demo

Error Messages

Help!• Virtually every software program includes a

Help file.• Most Help files allow you to search by

subject, content and word.

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