Basic information of computer
WHAT IS COMPUTER
The computer is a programmable electronic device designed to
accept data perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high
speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and
laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers;
compare analog computer digital computer
THE TWO TYPES OF COMPUTER STRUCTURE
·
HARDWARE
·
SOFTWARE
OPERATING SYSTEM LAUNCH DATE
- WINDOWS 1.0 1985
- WINDOWS 2.0 1987
- WINDOWS 3.0 1990
- WINDOWS 95 1995
- WINDOWS ME 2000
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WINDOWS XP 25 OCTOBER 2001
·
WINDOWS VISTA NOVEMBER 2006
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WINDOWS 7 22 JULY 2009
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WINDOWS 8 26 OCTOBER 2012
· WINDOWS 8.1 27 AUGUST 2013
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WINDOWS 10 29 JULY 2015
BASIC COMPUTER
DEVICES
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INPUT DEVICE
1.
Keyboard
2.
Mouse
4.
Light pen
5.
Trackball
6.
Scanner
8.
Microphone
9.
Magnetic ink card
reader(MICR)
10.
Optical character
reader(OCR)
11.
Bar code reader
1.
OUTPUT DEVICE
1. Monitor
2. Printer
3. Headphones
5. Projector
6. GPS
7. Sound card
8. Video card
PARTS OF MOTHERBOARD
1. MOTHERBOARD
2. SERIAL PORT
3. CPU
6. CMOS BATTERY
7. AGP SLOT
8. HEAT SINK
9. RAM SLOT
PARTS OF CPU
2.
MAINBOARD
3.
RAM MODULES
4.
HARDDISK
5.
DVD-ROM-DRIVE
6.
POWER SUPPLY
7.
SOUND DRIVE
8.
VGA CARD
9.
CPU FAN
10.
FLOOP DISK
11.
OPTICAL DRIVE
12.
USB PORTS
13.
MICROPHONE JACK
14.
HEADPHONE JACK
15.
RESET BUTTON
16. POWER SWITCH
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