Introduction to Computers

Instructor: Heman Lee www.aeromaniacs.com/class

Jan 2012 October 2001

This Course is for YOU!

Basic components of the PC Speak Computerese (Geek Language) Use Mouse and Keyboard Navigate Windows OS Copy/Cut & Paste Concepts Safely turn off and on

The ENIAC
First Computer Unveiled 1946 $500,000 17,468 Vacuum Tubes 8.5 X 3 X 80 feet
Electronic Numerical Integrator & Computer
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Altair 8800 1975

Kit only BASIC Intel 8080 CPU 8 bit MSAI 8080

The IBM PC 1981

August 12th, 1982

Cost $1665 with no drive.

160 K single sided floppy drive optional PC DOS OS Intel 8080 4.77 MHz RAM: 16K-640K A complete system with monitor, floppy drive, printer would run about $3,000

Apple Macintosh 128K 1984

GUI Mouse 1 Floppy 400K $2,495

What is a Computer?
Accepts/Inputs Data Processes Data Output Data Stores Data
Computer

Hardware vs Software
Physical part of the computer You can touch it

Information or application programs used by the computer. You can not touch it.

The Operating System

User Interface Host for applications Manages Hardware (ie Memory, Keyboard, Mouse) Interface to Computer Hardware
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Computer Process
Input
Mouse Windows

Output
Monitor

CPU
Keyboard Printer

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What is a PC (personal computer)?

Monitor (LCD) System Unit
Motherboard Hard Drive Floppy Drive CD-ROM/DVD

Keyboard and Mouse Peripherals OS Software

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The Motherboard

CPU

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Hard Drive C:

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RAM
Random Access Memory Tied to the CPU Main or primary storage Volatile Temporary (Volatile) Speed 400MHz (Speed of Light)

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Hard Drive vs RAM

Access Time 20 40 ms Transfer Rate: 70-100 KB/s

RAM Access 20-60ns Transfer 2-6 G/s

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Removable Storage

Floppy CD DVD Flash Portable HD

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What is a Bit?
0 or 1 On or Off

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A Byte
In computer memory terms, the definition of a byte is a collection of eight bits. 0100 0010 = A 0100 0011 = B

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Storage Size
How much data?
Unit Bit Byte Kilobyte Megabyte Gigabyte Abb. Size 1 bit 8 bits K 1,025 bytes MB 1,048,576 bytes GB 1,024 Megabytes Equivalent 1 text character 1/2 page of text A novel An encyclopedia

A Picture file from a 5 M Pixel Camera ~ 2 MB 4 minutes of uncompressed video ~ 100 MB 2 pages in Office Word take up 50K
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Media Size
How much data?
Media Floppy CD DVD 4G Flash 1TB (Tera) Hard Drive Size 1.44MB or 1,440K 700MB 4.7GB 4,700MB 1,048,576 bytes 1,024 Gigabyte Equivalent 50pWord Doc 300 Photos 2,300 Photos 1,600 Photos 500 hours of video.

Peta 1015 , Exa 1018 , Zeta 10121 , Yolta 1024

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Microsoft Windows OS
Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista,7 ? Desktop and icons Task bar Start button Built-in Programs (WordPad, Paint) Internet Explorer Web Browser

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The Mouse
Left Button Only Click Drag Double-Click Right-Button (Shortcut Menu) Scroll Button
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Mouse Alternative
Trackball Touchpad Drawing Pad

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QWERTY KEYBOARD
Help Key Refresh Print Screen to Clipboard Back when screens was green

Windows Key

Application Key

Text Editing Navigation

NumLock On Numeric Keypad

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Before you turn on your PC

Before starting your computer make sure you do not have a meda, Floppy, CD, Flash Drive, etc in the drive. Turn on the Monitor. If this does not happen, check the led light which is usually on the lower corner of the monitor unit.

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Problems: Black or Blue

If computer was shut improperly, you may see a screen saying Windows would like to check your files for errors.

If you get a black or blue screen, the computer may not have been shutdown properly. Try to continue by pressing Enter for Normal Boot.

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How to power up you PC (Booting)

1. Turn on the monitor 2. Turn on any peripherals attached to you computers system unit. 3. Locate the power bottom on the computers system unit. 4. Press it once.

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How to Power Up your PC (Booting)

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The Start Menu

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Shutting down your computer

Windows is very finicky about being shut down properly (do not just shut the power off) Move your cursor to start button and click Click on Shutdown

Sometime Windows will install updated during shutdown, so be patient and wait for the screen to turn black.
Laptops: Closing the lid will put the computer to sleep. You can change this action in your Control Panel>Power Option setting.
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XP Shutdown

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Vista Shutdown

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Windows 7 Shutdown

Windows 7 Shutdown The Vista shutdown debacle is now fixed with Windows 7. Not only is it fixed, it is even better. You can custom what the button does with a simple right-click to launch the properties menu.
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Restarting your computer

Sometimes your computer will start doing funny things or your mouse will stop working Try ALT + CTL + DELETE If you see a program is not responding, you can try to highlight that program and press the End Task button. If nothing happens try ALT + CTL + DELETE again. This will restart your computer

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Mouse
Pointing device that moves pointer or cursor Point and click (tip of the arrow is the point) Left and right buttons Start programs - 2 clicks Highlight text (click and drag) Practice makes perfect

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Mouse Arrow
Arrow Busy Text Double arrow Hand (Panning)

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Scrolling pages
Mouse
Click on up and down arrows or Click on top of and below that darker box without touching the box or Click and drag the darker box

Keyboard (make sure cursor is on page by clicking on empty space)

Use arrow keys Use page up, page down, home and end
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Opening Programs
If on desktop as icon, double click on icon. If does not open press Enter key. Click on Start button, Move cursor up to Programs. After menu on the right appears move cursor over to menu and up or down to required program. Click on program If program has been minimized and appears on task bar, click on square representing program.

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Closing programs
Click on the X icon in the top right hand corner of the window or Put your cursor on File in menu bar and click, then move cursor down the drop-down menu to the bottom to word Quit or Exit or Close. Click on the word or Hold down the Alt key and press F4.

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Windows Controls
Minimize Window

Maximize/Restore
(Full Scrn/Not FS) Close Program

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WHAT IS A WINDOW
Title bar Menu bar

Tool bar

Status bar

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Using Menu Bars

All Windows programs have a menu bar and everything you can do with that program will be available from one of the drop-down menus Place tip of the cursor on the word in Menu bar and click. Move cursor down drop-down menu to selection you want to perform and click. If item has an arrow pointing to the right move cursor to the right to see the submenu with more options.

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Drop Down Menu

With a sub-menu or cascading menu

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List Box
Look for the triangle to launch a List Box menu.

Menu

Menu
The menu appear in the direction of the arrow.

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Buttons
New Help Button

Toggle

Works like a switch (on or off)

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Radio Buttons
Select Only 1 choice

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Check Box Buttons

More than one answer or choices Steak

Potatoes
Dessert

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Menu items common to most Windows programs

File (includes New file, Open file, Save and Print) Edit (includes Find and Cut, Copy and Paste) View (allows you to change the look of screen by adding and subtracting bars like tool bar) Tool Bar (most programs but program specific) F1 Help used to give help in programs functions and gives version number (About)

The File Menu is a legacy menu on Windows 7 The ALT key will display it temporarily.
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Cut/Copy and Paste (Drag)

1. Select the text or object. 2. Click on the selected area and drag it
to another place in the document.

3. The mouse arrow will show a box

next to it.

4. Let go of the mouse button.

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Paste Context Sensitive Choice

When Copy or Cut is performed correctly, the computer knows this.
The only choices left are in bold while the other choices are dimmed out.

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Cut/Copy and Paste (Menu Bar Method)

1. Move cursor to Edit in
Menu bar and select Copy or Cut ( is a Move) 2. Move the cursor to the area of the document or file where you would like to put the text and click. 3. Move cursor to Edit in Menu bar and select Paste
Window 7

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Using Tool Bars

New

Open

Save

Print

Copy

Paste

Icons which represent most frequently used actions. Look at the picture, it tells you what it does or mouse over it.

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Cut, Copy & Paste

1. Drag and Drop
No memorization required Require excellent mouse skills

2. On the Edit or Clipboard Menu

No memorization require, just look for it on the menu.

3. Use Keyboard Shortcuts.

Ctrl+C for Copy; Ctri+X for Cut Ctrl+V for Paste
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Files & Folders

Hard Drive

Folder

File
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Continue to Windows Skill2 or Windows 7 Basic Course

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