...Discovering Computers 2012 Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World Objectives Overview Define system software and identify the two types of system software Summarize the features of several stand-alone operating systems Describe the functions of an operating system Summarize the startup process on a personal computer Briefly describe various server operating systems Summarize the features of several embedded operating systems Explain the purpose of several utility programs See Page 397 for Detailed Objectives Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 8 2 System Software • System software consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices Operating systems Page 398 Utility Programs Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 8 3 Operating Systems • An operating system (OS) is a set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware resources Start and shut down a computer Coordinate tasks Provide a user interface Manage programs Establish an Internet connection Control a network Manage memory Configure devices Monitor performance Provide utilities Pages 398 - 399 Automatically update Administer security 4 Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 8 Operating Systems Pages 398 – 399 Figure 8-1 Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 8 5 Operating System Functions • The process of starting or restarting a computer is...
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...INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS C. Minor – SP 13 IAI – BUS 902 3 cr. (2-2) COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides an overview of the computing field and its typical applications. Key terminology and components of computer hardware, application software, and system software (including operating systems) are covered along with the development and management of information systems. Other topics include computer career opportunities, various networks (including the Internet), and World Wide Web technologies. This course also provides students with training in the use of business productivity software, including word processing, database management, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics along with web browser software. PREREQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of the course, the student will be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Recognize the importance of computer literacy. Utilize computers and the Internet effectively and understand the issues associated with their use. Describe the capabilities of today’s computers and explain how various hardware components work. Explain the different software categories and what each can do. Identify various computer files and describe how to keep them organized and protected. Compare the characteristics of various networks. Describe the technologies that power the Web. Outline the development of today’s computer technology. Identify computer professional...
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...Discovering Computers 2011 Living in a Digital World Objectives Overview See Page 257 for Detailed Objectives Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 2 Objectives Overview See Page 257 for Detailed Objectives Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 3 What Is Input? • Input is any data and instructions entered into the memory of a computer Pages 258 – 259 Figure 5-1 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 4 What Is Input? • Instructions can be entered into the computer in the form of programs, commands, and user responses Pages 258 - 259 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 5 What Are Input Devices Page 260 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 6 The Keyboard • A keyboard is an input device that contains keys users press to enter data and instructions into a computer Page 260 Figure 5-2 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 7 The Keyboard • Most desktop computer keyboards have… Pages 260 - 261 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 8 The Keyboard • The insertion point, also known as the cursor, is a symbol on the screen that indicates where the next character you type will appear Page 261 Figure 5-3 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World Chapter 5 9 The Keyboard ...
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...Discovering Computers Technology in a World of Computers, Mobile Devices, and the Internet Chapter 7 Input and Output Objectives Overview Differentiate among various types of keyboards: standard, compact, on‐ screen, virtual, ergonomic, gaming, and wireless Describe characteristics of various pointing devices: mouse, touchpad, pointing stick, and trackball Describe various types of pen input: stylus, digital pen, and graphics tablet See Page 288 for Detailed Objectives Describe various uses of touch screens Describe various uses of motion input, voice input, and video input Discovering Computers 2014: Chapter 7 2 Objectives Overview Differentiate among various scanners and reading devices Explain the characteristics of various displays Identify the purpose and features of speakers, headphones and earbuds, data projectors, interactive whiteboards, and force‐feedback game controllers and tactile output See Page 288 for Detailed Objectives Summarize the various types of printers Identify various assistive technology input and output methods Discovering Computers 2014: Chapter 7 3 What Is Input? • Input is any data and instructions entered into the memory of a computer • • • Instructions can be in the form of software (programs and apps), commands, and user response Command is an instruction that causes a program or app to perform a specific action...
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...Republic of the Philippines OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE Rizal Street, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Website: www.omsc.edu.ph Email address: omsc_9747@yahoo.com Telefax No.: (043) 491-1460 COLLEGE OFARTS, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY VISION: OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE is envisioned to be an agent of change for the development of the total person responsive to the challenges of globalization. MISSION: To train and develop a new breed of highly competitive, innovative, resourceful and values-oriented graduate through quality instruction, relevant research, community based extension and sustainable production. Department Goal: The Information Technology shall provide its students with the necessary knowledge, values and skills through research – basedendeavor in order to prepare them to meet the demands and challenges of the time. Program: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Program Objectives: The BS Information technology program includes the study of the utilization of both hardware and software technologies involving planning, installing, customizing, operating, managing and administering, and maintaining information technology infrastructure that provides computing solutions to address the needs of an organization. The program prepares graduates to address various users’ needs involving the selection, development, application, integration and management of computing technologies within an organization Course Title: Free Elective II...
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...Chapter 12 Enhancing Decision Making Case 2: IBM and Cognos: Business Intelligence and Analytics for Improved Decision Making Tags: business decision making; business intelligence software; decision support systems; management reporting systems; executive dashboards; mobile delivery platforms. Summary In this video from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Dan Fulwiler and Steve Segalewitz from IBM, discuss how understanding your online data more clearly can improve decision-making. Video demonstration of IBM/Cognos BI software applications. In the accelerating media industry, discovering relevant business insights within the chaos of available information can lead to substantial competitive advantage. IBM Business Intelligence and Analytics is designed to integrate all data providers and in-house sources to reveal timely and actionable business insights. The software collects, connects and leverages information from consumers to suppliers. L= 5:06 URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI59ZgyQqBc Case IBM has been known for most of its recent history as the world's largest computer company. With over 388,000 employees worldwide, IBM is the largest and most profitable information technology employer in the world. It is still selling computers today, and is still one of the biggest computer companies in the world, and it has also been known to produce very efficient computers as well. IBM holds more patents than any other U.S. based technology company...
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...4/7/2012 Learning Objectives Lecture ONE Introduction to Computers Reference: Shelly Cashman, Discovering Computers 2011, Living In Digital World, International Thompson Publishing, •Define the computer terms. •Describes 5 components of computer. •Discuss advantages and disadvantages using computers. •Distinguish between system software and application software. •Differentiate among types, sizes and function of computer in each categories. Describes computer users. Describes how society uses computers. About The Computer Why is a computer so powerful? What does a computer do? What is a computer? Chapter1 / slide 4 About The Computer The Computer System The electronic, electric & mechanical equipment or physical components that make up a computer DEFINITION A Computer is An electronic machine Control instruction The series of instruction or programs that tells the hardware how to perform tasks Chapter1 / slide 5 Chapter1 / slide 6 1 4/7/2012 Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers Tasks Perform By Computer produces results The Information Processing Cycle accept data manipulate data INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT store data link data STORAGE Chapter1 / slide 8 Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers The Components of a Computer The Characteristics of Computer WHY IS COMPUTER SO POWERFUL? INPUT devices Software PROCESS devices (system unit) Software OUTPUT devices Speed COMM. devices Communication...
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...people. Tadashi Yanai, the founder and chairman of Fast Retailing—the parent company of UNIQLO— set out to change all that, aiming to provide consumers with casual clothes that were affordable and yet of good quality, and to expand the market for casual clothes to the entire population. In 1998, UNIQLO began a revolution in the Japanese fashion industry with a now-legendary line of fleece garments that came in a gradient of colors and were sold at an affordable price of ¥1,900 each. It proved to be UNIQLO’s best selling item and is still one of its most popular products today. Suddenly, fleece garments—and UNIQLO— were “cool” and hip, and the demand for UNIQLO’s affordable, casual wear exploded. LearNING OBJectIVeS After reading this chapter you should be able to: Define marketing and identify the requirements for marketing to occur. Explain how marketing discovers and satisfies consumer needs. Distinguish between marketing mix elements and environmental forces. Explain how organizations build strong customer relationships and customer value through marketing. Describe how today’s customer relationship era differs from prior eras oriented to production and selling. Explain how marketing creates utilities for consumers. LO6 3 UNIQLO has continued to innovate...
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...1.0 Introduction International Business Machines, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" (for its official corporate color) was incorporated in the State of New York on June 16, 1911, is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. Now, the chairman and CEO of IBM Company is Samuel J Palmisano. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM has been well known as one of the world's largest computer companies and systems integrators. With over 388,000 employees worldwide, IBM is one of the largest and most profitable information technology employers in the world. IBM holds more patents than any other U.S. based Technology Company and has eight research laboratories worldwide. The company has scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals in over 170 countries. IBM employees have earned Five Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science. IBM competitors IBM's main competitors are Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) but each of these companies has a different focus area. Dell makes most of its money on PC and server hardware, while Hewlett-Packard is more diversified as the leader in PCs and Imaging & Printing as well as offering IT services. Since IBM relies heavily on...
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...personalized covers, excerpts of existing books, or books with corporate logos, can be created in large quantities for special needs. For more information, contact Premium Sales at (212) 572-2232 or e-mail specialmarkets@randomhouse.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request. ISBN 978-0-307-88623-1 eISBN 978-0-307-88625-5 Printed in the United States of America Book design by Robert Bull Jacket design: TK Author photograph: TK 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition Rume_9780307886231_2p_all_r1.indd vi 3/17/11 11:46 AM CONTENTS ■ INTRODUCTION OVERWHELMING OBSTACLES 1 PART I GOOD AND BAD STRATEGY CHAPTER 1 GOOD STRATEGY IS UNEXPECTED 9 11 How Steve Jobs saved Apple • Business 101 is surprising • General Schwarzkopf ’s strategy in Desert Storm • Why Plan A remains a surprise CHAPTER 2 DISCOVERING POWER 21 David and Goliath is a basic strategy story • Discovering Wal-Mart’s secret • Marshall and Roche’s strategy for competing with the Soviet Union CHAPTER 3 BAD STRATEGY...
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...Submitted By: Arsalan Ahmed Fall’13 Computer systems Submitted To: Fahad Bin Abdullah Submitted By: Arsalan Ahmed Fall’13 Computer systems Submitted To: Fahad Bin Abdullah Contents What is “Systems Development”? 2 Definition 2 The Components/Phases of Systems Development 2 Activities, Tools, and Softwares for different phases 3 What is “Enterprise Computing”? 4 Definitiion 4 Information Systems in the Enterprise 4 Functional Units of Enterprise Computing 5 Computer backup and disaster recovery plan 5 “Uses of Computer Communications” detailed discussion 6 “What are computer communications?” 6 "What is needed for successful communications?” 6 “What are some uses of communications technology? 6 "What are wireless messaging services?” 7 References 8 What is systems development? Systems development may not seem to many, to be critical to market research, but it is fast becoming the framework around which all research techniques are built: online focus groups, one-on-one / ethnographic portals, blogs, mobile tasks, questionnaire and creative whiteboards. Definition: “System development lifecycle (SDLC) is a process of information system (IS) development. Various SDLC models have been created and can be implemented, including waterfall, rapid prototyping, incremental, spiral, fountain, build and fix, synchronize and stabilize and rapid application development (RAD).Incrementally defined SDLC stages include requirement...
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...Chapter 1. A layered model of data-communications 1.0. Abstract. Telecommunications systems can be extremely complex. In order to keep that complexity under control it is necessary to subdivide the systems into a certain number of subsystems, which are as independent from each other as possible. Starting with SNA, announced by IBM in the early seventies, computer networks have systematically been designed as a set of independent functional layers. The principle of such decomposition will first be explained by means of an imaginary example. Thereafter, the principles and consequences of layered systems will be described in a more abstract way, using the terminology introduced by the"Comité Consultatif pour la Télégraphie et la Téléphonie", now renamed "International Telecommunications Union" and the "International Standardization Organization" who have, in the late seventies, tried to develop a formal framework for layered systems, called the “Seven layers OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model" (ITU recommendation X200, ISO standard 7498. Finally, a three-layer model for networked systems will be presented, setting a reference frame for the further chapters of this course. In three sidetracks, the important concepts of open systems and connection oriented vs.connectionless protocols are introduced and the seven layers of the OSI model are briefly presented.. 1.1. An international negotiation. To understand the ideas underlying a layered model, the technical...
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... Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering Submitted by Mudra Hegde 1MS07CS052 Nakul G V 1MS07CS053 Under the guidance of Veena G S Assistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology [pic] DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU) BANGALORE-560054 www.msrit.edu May 2011 Gene Recognition A project report submitted to M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology An Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering Submitted by Mudra Hegde 1MS07CS052 Nakul G V 1MS07CS053 Under the guidance of Veena G S Assistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology [pic] DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING M. S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU) BANGALORE-560054 www.msrit.edu May 2011 Department of Computer Science & Engineering M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU) BANGALORE-560054 [pic] CERTIFICATE ...
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...CHAPTER 20 SYSTEMS DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION In chapter 18 we focused on the first phase of the Systems Development Life Cycle – Systems Analysis. Chapter 20 deals with the remaining four phases: - conceptual systems design - physical systems design - systems implementation and conversion - operation and maintenance CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS DESIGN In the conceptual systems design phase, the developer creates a general framework for implementing user requirements and solving problems identified in the analysis phase. As shown in Figure 20-1 on page 747 HC (page 637 SC), there are three main steps in conceptual design: 1. evaluating design alternatives, 2. preparing design specifications, and 3. preparing the conceptual systems design report. [pic] Evaluate Design Alternatives There are many ways to design an AIS, so accountants and others involved in systems design must continually make design decisions. [pic] The design team should identify a variety of design alternatives and evaluate each with respect to the following standards: 1) how well it meets organizational and system objectives, 2) how well it meets user needs, 3) whether it is economically feasible, and 4) what its advantages and disadvantages are. The steering committee evaluates the alternatives. Table 20-1 on page 748 HC (page 638 SC) presents examples of conceptual and physical design considerations and their corresponding...
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...Wednesday (02:00pm-5:00pm) (Subject to pre-arrangement only) COURSE OBJECTIVE This course is a comprehensive introduction to the realm of Principles of Information Technology. This is an introductory module to the current and evolving technologies in today’s computer systems. It introduces information technology concepts and principles. This module explains major components of information systems and demonstrates applications of information systems in business. Students are provided with sophisticated knowledge and necessary skills of information technology. Principles of Information Technology is a course that will provide students with computer skills necessary to be successful in “real world” personal and business situations. Students will use Microsoft Office to learn word processing, desktop publishing, presentation software, spreadsheets, and databases. COURSE OUTCOMES On completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of basic information technology concepts and principles 2. Describe major components of information systems 3. Discuss business applications of information systems 4. Use Office application software and apply the computer skills effectively METHODS OF TEACHING Lectures and tutorials/lab practices INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Major Reference Texts: |Author |Date |Title/ISBN |Publisher | |Gary...
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