Vocabulary

Computer Components (5)

1. Input Devises

-keyboard (enhanced)

-mouse (pointing sticks, touchpads, trackballs) Right/Left Click

-scanner (text, image)

-digital cameras

-audio/vidio

-modems w/ ISP

2. Output Devises

-printers (impact, laser, inkjet)

-monitors (CRT Cathode Ray Tube, LCD Liquid Crystal Display, Flat Screen))

-speakers

3. Memory Cards

-random access memory (RAM)

-kilobytes (KB), megabyte (ie. 64MG), Gigabyte

4. Storage Devises

-floppy formatting (tracks, sectors, access time)

-megabytes (MG), gigabytes (GB)

-floppy (1.44MG), zip (100MG), CD-ROM (700 MG), CD-RW, DVD-ROM (5-17 GB), hard disk (10-20GB)

5. Central Processing Unit (CPU)

-Control unit and Arithmetic/Logic unit

-Celeron, Pentium, Xeon processors

Computer Software (2)

1. System Software

-Operating System OS (Windows 98)

-GUI (graphical user interface w/ icons)

-DOS (text based)

2. Application Software

-Windows Explorer

-Internet Explorer

-Office 2000 (WP, SS, DB, PS, PP, FP)

Networks and Internet

1. Networks

-LAN, WAN, Internet

2. Internet

-Browsers

-Hyperlinks

-Uses (email, accessing information, shopping conversing)

-Providers (ISP, online)

-Modems (56K, DSL, Cable, Wireless)

3. World Wide Web

-Web Pages (text, backgrounds, tables, images, sound, video, links)

-URL (Uniform Resource Location address)

-http:// (hypertext transfer protocol)

-Domain name, Path

Windows 98 Operations

Objectives

Students will have mastered the material when they can:

l       Describe the Microsoft Windows 98 user interface

l       Identify the objects on the Microsoft Windows 98 desktop (Icons, Task Bar, Quick Launch, Tray Status, My Computer Window, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer)

l       Perform the basic mouse operations: point, click, right-click, double-click, drag, and right-drag

l       Open, minimize, maximize, restore, scroll, and close a window

l       Move and resize a window on the desktop

l       Understand keyboard shortcut notation

l       Identify the three desktop views: Classic style, Web style, and Custom style

l       Launch and quit an application program

l       Identify the elements of the Exploring – My Computer window (Windows Explorer)

l       Create, expand, and collapse a folder

l       Select and copy one file or a group of files

l       Rename and delete a folder or file

l       Use Windows 98 Help

l       Quit Windows Explorer and shut down Windows 98

l       Identify each application in Microsoft Office 2000

l       Define World Wide Web, intranet, and Internet

l       Explain how each Microsoft Office 2000 application uses the Internet

l       Understand the Microsoft Office 2000 Help system