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Computer Basics I
Fill out the Worksheet as you watch this most fun
and exciting lesson.
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Your computer screen has a certain namewhat is
it?
Hint 1 Its not called a monitor
Hint 2 It starts with the letter D
And the answer is..
(I can feel the excitement building)
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Desktop
Its what shows up on the computer monitor when
its running.
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WHAT IS AN ICON?
Dont know?
Look at your desktop (see how I just used the
term DESKTOP??)
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THOSE ARE ALL ICONS.
See those small pictures on your desktop.
Each of those pictures (Icons) will open a
program or file when you click on them.
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What is OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE?
Lets break the term down

• Operate means to run something
• System is your computer
• Software tells the computer what to do.

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So Operating System Software is the software
program responsible for running your
computer. Without it, youre computer wouldnt
turn on.
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What OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE do we use?
WINDOWS!
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What is the combination of the type of computer
and its Operating System Software called?
Hardware Operating System Software ?
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Does this help-There are only 2 types
PC (Personal Computer) and Macintosh
PCs operating system software is Windows.
Macintoshs operating system software is OS10.
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Lets try again.
The combination of the type of computer and its
Operating System Software is called
Platform
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Moving on
Any idea what a GUI is?
What if I told you GUI stands for Graphical User
Interface?
Does that help?
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What if I told you Windows is a GUI...
Now do you know?
NO?
Give up??
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A Graphical User Interface is a computer program
that uses graphics (pictures) to represent
programs and folders
Remember Windows is a GUI
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Lets break the term down so you understand it.

• Graphic means picture
• User is whos using the computerYOU
• Inter means between, and face means surface. So
  an Interface enables a user to interact with a
  computer surface (desktop) using graphics (icons).

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Before Graphical User Interfaces came along,
there were no graphics on the computer screen. It
was a black screen with text.THATS IT!
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To get the computer to do something back then,
you had to type in the correct command. For
example, to open a document you would type in
c\gtopen assignment.doc
When the document opened, it was again, just a
black screen with words. No windows, no drop
down menus, no toolbarsjust a black screen with
textkinda like this.
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• Ahh, those were the days. Memorizing
  commands just to open, save, copy, modify, and
  print documents (to name a few). Only simple
  documents could be created, and a book listing
  all the computer commands was necessary.

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Then along came Graphical User Interfaces and
mice and the computer world was changed for ever.
All we have to do now is click on a picture and
the file is opened. Computers are so much easier
to use with GUIs.
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Moving on..
What does it mean to MULTITASK?
If you said to do more than one thing at the same
time, youre right!
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Computers can MULTITASK. They can do more than
one thing at a time.
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If Operating System Software runs the computer,
what do Application Software Programs do?
Im glad you asked
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Applications are software programs YOU yourself
choose to put on your computer that perform
specific tasks. Examples are Word, Games,
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc.
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When you load APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROGRAMS on
your computer you are loading instructions.
These instructions tell your computer what to do
and what to show on the desktop.
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Lets talk MENUS-
Ill have a Veggie burger with fries, please.
No, not that kind of menu.
Menus give you a list of choices. For example,
when you right click on your desktop you get a
menu with different options that you can choose
from
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PAIR SHARE

• Finish your worksheet.
• Then, pair up with another student and compare
  answers.
• Make adjustments to your worksheet where
  necessary.
• Hand in.