✅ 1. What is a Computer?
Consider a computer as a super-smart machine that is theoretically always on and is ready to accept just about anything you throw at it: input, processing, storage and output. They include laptops, desktops, smartphones and even ATMs.
✅ 2. Main Parts of a Computer
✅ 3. Types of Computers
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There are three major types of computers which are studied in computer science classes, desktops, laptops, and tablets or mobiles. Desktop computers are the old school that you would imagine when you look at an ordinary office environment or a home office. Laptops are actually mini desktops- they can essentially run almost any program and do most of the same boring stuff, only added to that is the fact that they are small enough to carry with you around campus. Tablets and smart phones are not so much about serious computing but rather touchscreen and ease. They can do simple things, streaming, and communicating, just fine but they are not designed to perform like a high-level engineering analysis tool and process big datasets. Next, there are servers. These are some of the powerful machines which rest in data centers and process massive network traffic.
✅ 4. Basic Computer Operations
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Consider a computer to be a large modern desk with plenty of implements resting upon it. You have to first plug in your ideas in order to get anything done. To plug-in is to tap on the keyboard or click the mouse as it were- provide the machine with something to work on. When the info is present, it makes use of the CPU (central processing unit) and takes care of the real math and logic that is involved. Next, in case you prefer to have those calculations on standby, you are able to store them to storage- either external drive or folder will suffice. And finally, the results can be displayed on the screen or for the old schoolers a printer spatters out a hard copy.
✅ 5. Common Software
| By far, Windows, macOS, and Linux are the popular operating systems among students. All of them occupy their niche, and they all have their advantages: Windows has the most recognizable interface, macOS is sleek in design, and Linux is beyond customizable. At the end of the day, the decision to choose one will be based on personal preferences: Windows is much faster and cross-platform-compatible; macOS is more design-oriented and easy to use; Linux is best suited to advanced users and those who are developing software. #2 Office Tools Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint take over assignments in the Office Suite wars. To the majority of students, the applications are pre-installed on their school or personal computers, and it is no wonder they are the default ones. With that said, solutions such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides have been steadily gaining popularity because of browser-based, real-time collaboration and cross-platform support. #3 - The browsers Chrome and Firefox are the browsers on the top of the hierarchy that offer quick page-rendering, helpful extensions, and syncing. Microsoft entry, Edge, has returned to the field with its accelerated speed and an emphasis on privacy. Chrome provided by Google is the most popular, whereas its rivals are Firefox and Edge. #4 Design Tools The range of student design work is handled by Canva and Photoshop. Canva is excellent with straightforward graphics and structure, Photoshop is the Swiss army knife of picture editing, as it helps layers, masks, filters and a lot. They are both free to students, and thus the decision to use one or the other will be driven by personal preference and needs of individual projects. |
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✅ 6. Internet Basics
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The internet is in essence a giant network all over the world. When you Google something, or watch a YouTube video, or send an email, or chat on WhatsApp or post a story on Instagram you are on this global information superhighway.
✅ 7. Computer Uses in Daily Life
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We all use computers to do most of our tasks including completing our tedious course assignments and to watch new series. So here is a brief overview of how we use them in our everyday lives: 1. Office work. Be it pumping out a paper at the cafe at 3 o-clock in the morning or working on a group project at the lab, chances are you are using a computer as the tool of choice. 2. Banking. Paying bills, keeping tabs on costs, even seeing how much money you have in your account, what is the point of standing in bank lines when you can do everything in the comfort of your computer desk? 3. Education. Lectures online, databases of research, chat sessions in groups, without the computer, it would be a lot harder to balance the courses requirements. 4. Communication. Whether it is a GroupMe rant at 3 am or memes in the class chat, messaging apps ensure we stay in touch when we cannot even meet in a real study group. 5. Gaming. In case the library is too noisy, you may play a little League of Legends or Overwatch and clear your head a moment. 6. Content creation. It is easy to create and share something interesting whether you are recording a YouTube vlog or editing a podcast episode with the help of computers. These are just the tip of the iceberg on the vast influence of computers in our lives but in all they are a fair assessment of why we all are willing to carry a laptop to campus at all costs.
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