1. MIGRANTE-EUROPE SKILLS TRAINING CENTER
PAARALANG MIGRANTE
MIGRANTE-EUROPE
SKILLS TRAINING CENTER

2. COMPUTER BASICS

3. Course Description:
Directed at the new computer user, this course
provides a basic understanding of hardware, software, and computer maintenance.
gives an overview of computer parts and peripherals such as scanners and printers.
Includes topics such as data storage, licensing basics, installing software, file maintenance,
and cleaning your computer.

4. Course Outline: Unit 1: Hardware Lesson 1: What is a Computer?
Lesson 2: Input Devices
Lesson 3: Output Devices
Lesson 4: Data Storage
Lesson 5: Types of Computers
Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 2: Software
Lesson 6: Types of Software
Lesson 7: Licensing Basics
Lesson 8: Installing Software
Unit 2 Quiz
Unit 3: Maintenance
Lesson 9: Cleaning your Computer
Lesson 10: File Maintenance
Lesson 11: ScanDisk
Lesson 12: Defragmenting
Lesson 13: Backing Up
Lesson 14: Virus Protection
Unit 3 Quiz

5. Lesson 1: What is a Computer?
Lesson 2: Input Devices
Lesson 3: Output Devices
Lesson 4: Data Storage
Lesson 5: Types of Computers
Unit 1 Quiz
UNIT 1 H A R D W E

6. Lesson 1 - What is a computer?
By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:
Define "computer“
Discuss the history of computers
Name the parts of a computer

7. What is a computer?
A computer is a machine that manipulates information or "data."
You can use a computer to type documents, send , and surf the Internet.
You can also use it to handle spreadsheets, accounting, database management, presentations, games, and desktop publishing (DTP).

8. Brief history of computers
The first electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), was developed in It measured 18 feet by 80 feet and weighed 30 tons. Today's desktop computers weigh much less, can store a million times more information, and are 50,000 times faster.

9. First generation computers

10. Early computers

11. Early computers

12. Parts of the computer Computer Case Drives Ports Monitor Keyboard
Mouse (or trackball, touchpad, and touchscreen)
Printer
Modem