1. Hardware / Software Intro Professor Pepper

2. Major Objectives §Hardware vs Software §Operating System vs Application Software §Basic measures §Familiar with windows operating system names

3. Hardware vs Software §Programs §Set of instructions §Hardware runs it §See good movieSee good movie § Touch § Physical

4. Input vs Output §Puts something into the computer §Prints something out §Displays something

5. Measures BYTE – a unit of information computer can see – 8 bits (1/0 combinations) §Bit1/8 of a byte §Kilo1 thousand (kilometer) §Mega1 million (megamillionaire) §Giga1 billion(gigantic) §Tera1 trillion(the earth) §Peta1 quadrillion

6. The Operating System §Behind the scenes §All software depends on the OS §Utility programs are available §Multitask OperatingSystem GUI

7. Operating System Movie §Play moviePlay movie

8. PC Operating Systems and Platforms §Legacy Versions l Windows NT l Windows 2000 l Windows CE §Modern PC OS l Windows XP l Vista l Windows 7 l Windows server 2008 l http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Timeline_of_Micr osoft_Windows http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Timeline_of_Micr osoft_Windows

9. PC Operating System Flavors §Windows §Macintosh / Apple l OS 9 l OS 10 l Leopard (os 10.5) l Snow Leopard (10.6) l Note: 10.6 on only supports intel processors §Linux

10. Course Application Software §Word - Word Processor §Excel - Spreadsheet §Access - Database §PowerPoint - Presentation Tool §Netscape Composer - Web Development

11. Objective Summary §Operating System vs Application Software §Familiar with windows operating system names