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Page 1: Hardware / Software Intro Professor Pepper. Major Objectives §Hardware vs Software §Operating System vs Application Software §Basic measures §Familiar

Hardware / Software Intro

Professor Pepper

Page 2: Hardware / Software Intro Professor Pepper. Major Objectives §Hardware vs Software §Operating System vs Application Software §Basic measures §Familiar

Major Objectives

Hardware vs SoftwareOperating System vs Application SoftwareBasic measuresFamiliar with windows operating system names

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Hardware vs Software

ProgramsSet of instructionsHardware runs itSee good movie

Touch Physical

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Input vs Output

Puts something into the computer

Prints something outDisplays something

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Measures BYTE – a unit of information computer can see –

8 bits (1/0 combinations)Bit 1/8 of a byteKilo 1 thousand (kilometer)Mega 1 million (megamillionaire)Giga 1 billion (gigantic)Tera 1 trillion (the earth)Peta 1 quadrillion

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The Operating System

Behind the scenesAll software depends

on the OSUtility programs are

availableMultitask

OperatingOperatingSystemSystem

GUI

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PC Operating Systems and PlatformsLegacy Versions

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows CE

Modern PC OS Windows XP Vista Windows 7 Windows server 2008 http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Microsoft_Windows

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PC Operating System FlavorsWindowsMacintosh / Apple

OS 9 OS 10 Leopard (os 10.5) Snow Leopard (10.6) Note: 10.6 on only supports intel processors

Linux

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Course Application SoftwareWord - Word ProcessorExcel - SpreadsheetAccess - Database PowerPoint - Presentation ToolNetscape Composer - Web

Development

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Objective Summary

Operating System vs Application SoftwareFamiliar with windows operating system

names