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Guide 19 Intro to Windows Operating System Instructor Santiago Loayza WHAT IS A COMPUTER A computer is an electronic device with the ability of processing information It allows you to manipulate retrieve store and or edit all types of data For example you

Intro to Windows Operating System Instructor Santiago Loayza WHAT IS A COMPUTER A computer is an electronic device with the ability of processing information It allows you to manipulate retrieve store and or edit all types of data For example you can browse the internet send emails create documents and save them as ?les in your computer You can also move ?les to di ?erent locations within the operating system or even to external storage devices such as a hard drive CD DVD or USB memory Computers give you the power to manipulate the information anyway you want it All computers consist of two parts hardware and software WHAT IS DATA In general data is any set of character s a character is a single visual object used to represent text numbers or symbols that has been gathered and translated for some purpose usually analysis It can be any character including text and numbers pictures sound or video WHAT IS HARDWARE Hardware includes all the physical components of a computer such as the keyboard mouse monitor computer case The parts inside of the case such as the mother board video card sound card system memory RAM power supply USB memory card DVD player hard drive and any other internal peripheral that may go inside the computer case Also external peripherals like speakers external hard drive printers etc All of these are examples of hardware WHAT IS A COMPUTER PERIPHERAL A computer peripheral is any external device that provides input and output for the computer For example a keyboard and mouse are input peripherals while a monitor and printer are output peripherals Computer peripherals or peripheral devices are sometimes called I O devices because they provide input and output for the computer Some peripherals such as external hard drives provide both input and output for the computer WHAT IS SOFTWARE Software is the bridge that connects and communicates with the hardware It consists of any set of instructions that tells the computer what to do The mouse pointer for example the arrow that you see on the screen moves because of the set of instructions given by the Operating system the software to communicate with the mouse the hardware when it ? s connected to the computer DESKTOP The main screen that you see when you turn your computer on is called the desktop Here is where you can change and customize the look and feel of your computer to have it the way you want it You can also add shortcuts to programs and ?les for easy and quick access CICONS An icon is a small graphical representation of a program or ?le When you doubleclick an icon the associated ?le or program will be opened For example if you were to double-click on the My Computer icon it would open Windows Explorer TASK BAR The taskbar located at the bottom of the screen is also part of it Here is where you can see all of the programs ?les