Chapter 1: Our Digital Planet

Objectives:
1. Evolution of Computers
2. Types of Computers

1. Agricultural agethe time when people lived and

worked on farms, exchanging goods and services in
nearby towns.
2. Application program (application)Software that
enables a computer to be used for a specific purpose.
3. Desktop computera personal computer designed
to be set up on a desk or table and used in a single
place for extended periods of time.
4. Digitally native a term recently given to the new
generation raised among this pervasive technology
environment
5. IT - the application of computing devices to create,
store, manipulate and exchange data.
6. Embedded systema special purpose systems
dedicated to perform specific tasks.
7. Firmwarea hybrid of hardware and software.
9. Industrial agethe time when the majority of
people worked in factories with large machinery.
10. Industrial RevolutionAdvances in machine
technology triggered a change in the focus of daily
lives.
11. Information agethe time when most people
earn their living working with words, numbers, and
ideas.
12. Integrated circuit a small silicon chip containing
hundreds of transistors and other electronics.
13. Internetthe global network that radically
transformed the way the world uses computers.
14. Laptop computer a lightweight computer that is
portable.
15. Microprocessora single silicon chip containing
all of a computers computational components.
16. Moores lawa prediction by Gordon Moore that
the power of a silicon chip would double every 2
years but the cost would remain the same.
17. Networkcomputers that are able to
communicate with a central server for processing.
18. Notebook computera lightweight computer
that is portable.
19. Peripheralsexternal devices, such as a keyboard
or monitor, connected via cables to the system
central processing unit.
20. Personal computer (PC)Desktop, laptop, or
workstations designed to be used by one person at a
time as a tool for enhancing productivity, creativity,
or communication.
21. Serverthe brains of a network; the location
where processing occurs in a networked
environment. It also provides services to other PCs
over the network.

3. Internet and Information Technology

4. The Information Age

22. Silicon chipa storage place for many tiny

transistors that are used in an integrated chip.
23. Supercomputerthe fastest, most powerful
computer in use today.
24. Transistora device used in early computers to
transfer electricity across a tiny transistor.
25. Workstationa high-end desktop computer with
massive computing power.
34. World Wide Web (Web)A portion of the
Internet that is available to all users.