REVIEW FOR EXAM I
Exam 1 will consist of concepts presented in the lectures concerning essential concepts and software. 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 & Microsoft Office 2010 Shareware / 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 Homebrew 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, Linux, 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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