REVIEW FOR EXAM I

Exam 1 will consist of concepts presented in the lectures concerning essential concepts and . Below is a brief summary of test topics. I suggest you look up each bulleted topic in your lecture outlines and become familiar with all associated information. In addition, please ensure you're familiar with all concepts from the tutorial lessons completed in class and identified below.

Lecture 1 (Chapter 1 – Discovering  Licenses / Installation agreement Computers & Office 2010  / Public domain / Open source  Computer definition  Suites  Definition and benefits of computer  Installation & Uninstalling issues literacy  EULA  Charles Babbage  Proprietary  Classification of computers – super,  Patches, updates mainframe etc…  GASP, activation  Compatibility, clones  Beta  Multi-User environments  Compression – benefits  PC environments  Windows registry  Four conceptual components of a  Service packs computer system, (IPOS) cycle  Backward compatible associated devices & functions  .PDF format  Hardware devices  Web applications  Peripherals  Windows 95 – significance?  User interfaces  Hardcopy/softcopy Tutorial Lessons  GIGO  Convergence • Two Computer Museum Tours, you're  Legacy only responsible for the following:  Advantages & disadvantages of using computers  Platforms  Computer Club (PC History) Lecture 2 – (Chapters 3 & 4 - Discovering Computers & Microsoft Office 2010,  Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak (PC Chapter 5 (pages 193-194) History)

 Software definition / where does  Bill Gates Paul Allen (PC History) software reside?  Systems software vs. applications  PCs Limited Clone (PC History) software  How is software loaded into memory?  Manchester Baby (Computer  Operating systems – Windows, , Museum Tour) OS/2, etc.  Drivers  Who created the first computer  Utilities (Computer Museum Tour)  Programming languages (source code vs. object code)  Categories of application software • User Interfaces Lesson  Ethics / Piracy  SPA / SIIA

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