Call Cab, Computer Basics Lesson One

CallCAB, Inc. Guide to Basic Computer Use

What you need to know about computers to get ready for going

back to college

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Guide to Basic Computer Use

This curriculum has several Lessons:1) Hardware

2) How to work with windows (not Microsoft Windows, but the screens that appear on your monitor)

3) Basic Software

4) Troubleshooting

5) Accessing and navigating the internet

Search engines

E-mail

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Performance-based Objective One• Be able to point out and explain the functions

of all hardware parts of a computer.

• Be sure to read and understand this objective-you will be assessed on it later-

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Performance Based Objective Two• Perform a shutdown/restart sequence with

100% accuracy.

• Remember-you will be assessed on this later-

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Lesson One-HardwareComputers are made of 4 basic parts

Monitor or screen

Keyboard

Mouse

Drive Tower and CPU (central processing unit)

Laptops or Notebooks

have all these combined into 1 unit.

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Using a mouse

Left mouse

Wheel for scrolling

Right mouse

Left mouse click- moves cursor to that location

Left mouse click and drag- selects multiple objects

Left mouse double click- quick double click ‘opens’ a file or software application

Wheel scrolls up or down through a page or website

Right click-opens a menu with options for formatting

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The Keyboard

Esc F1

PrtScPause Break

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Shift Ctrl Alt Del Ins

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The monitor

This is a Flat screen LCD monitor

This is a CRT Monitor

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The tower• The tower components

– On/off switch– CD/DVD drive– Headphone and/ or

speaker jacks– USB port (s)– Digital card port (for

photo upload)

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The Motherboard

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RAM

stands for Random Access Memory

ROM

stands for Read Only Memory

RAM, ROM and roll!kilobyte

megabyte

GIGABYTE

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Peripheral equipment

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Hardware ReviewThe main computer hardware components are:

mouse keyboard, monitor, tower

The mouse has three sections: left, middle wheel, right

The keyboard differs from a regular keyboard: because of the specialized keys

The tower contains: the operating hardware and the drives

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Hardware ReviewTwo kinds of storage in a computer are:

RAM and ROM

Storage is expressed in terms of: Bits, byts, megabytes, kilbytes, and gigabytes

The motherboard contains: CPU, expansion slots, USB ports, Serial ports

Peripheral devices are used to:Enhance the experience of the computer user!

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