- •Дәрістік кешен Unit 1 what is a computer?
- •Exercises
- •1.1 Answer the questions.
- •1.2 Which of the listed above statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the
- •1.3 Match the following.
- •Unit 2 hardware
- •Input hardware
- •Processing hardware
- •Storage hardware
- •Output hardware
- •2.1 Answer the questions.
- •2.2 Which of the listed below statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the text.
- •Unit 3 a typical pc
- •3.1 Look at a opposite. Read these quotations and say which computer essential they
- •3.2 Match the terms with their definitions.
- •3.3 Look at b opposite and label this diagram with the correct terms.
- •3.4 Complete the diagram and sentences below with words from c opposite.
- •Unit 4 types of computer systems
- •4.1 Look at a opposite. Which type of computer do these descriptions refer to?
- •4.2 Look at the computer advertisement and find this information.
- •4.3 Read this interview with Adam Hawkins, an it manager, and complete it with words from the pda section opposite.
- •Unit 5 input devices: type, click and talk!
- •Exercises
- •5.1 Look at a opposite. Which input device would you use for these tasks?
- •5.2 Complete each sentence by choosing from the following devices: touch screen,
- •5.3 Label the groups of keys with terms from b opposite. Then identify the keys
- •5.4 Look at c opposite. Complete these sentences with the correct “mouse action”.
- •Unit 6 input devices: the eyes of your pc
- •Exercises
- •6.1 Solve the clues and complete the puzzle with words from a and b opposite.
- •6.2 Decide if these sentences are True or False. If they are false, correct them.
- •6.3 Complete this advertisement with words from the webcam section of c opposite.
- •Unit 7 Output devices: printers
- •Exercises
- •7.1 Complete these sentences with words from a opposite.
- •7.2 Choose the most appropriate type of printer for these situations from the
- •7.3 Find terms in b opposite which correspond to these definitions.
- •Unit 8 Processing
- •Exercises
- •8.1 Look at a opposite. Then match the sentence beginning (1-6) with the correct endings (a-f).
- •8.2 Solve the clues and complete the puzzle with words from the opposite page.
- •Unit 9 Disks and drives
- •Unit 10 Operating systems and the gui
- •10.1 Read a and b opposite and find the following.
- •10.2 Look at b opposite and then identify these interface elements.
- •10.3 Look at c opposite. Which utility would you use to do these tasks?
- •Unit 11 word processing features
- •Exercises
- •11.2 Label these word processing icons with the correct function.
- •You and your computers
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- •You and your computers
Unit 2 hardware
What is hardware? Hardware is the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electric devices composing a computer system.
Computer hardware can be divided into four categories:
Input hardware
Processing hardware
Storage hardware
Output hardware
Input hardware
The purpose of the input hardware is to collect data and convert it into a form suitable for computer processing. The most common input device is a keyboard. It looks very much like a typewriter. The mouse is a hand-held device connected to the computer by a small cable. As the mouse is rolled across the mouse pad the cursor moves across the screen. When the cursor reaches the desired location, the user usually pushes a button on the mouse once or twice to signal a menu selection or a command to the computer.
The light pen uses a light sensitive photoelectric cell to signal screen position to the computer. Another type of input hardware is optic-electronic scanner that is used to input graphics as well as typeset characters. Microphone and digital camera can be also used to input data into the computer.
Processing hardware
The purpose of processing hardware is retrieve, interpret and direct the execution of software instructions provided to the computer. The most common components of processing hardware are the Central Processing Unit and main memory.
The Central Processing unit (CPU) is the brain of the computer. It reads and interprets software instructions and coordinates the processing activities that must take place. The design of the CPU affects the processing power and the speed of the computer, as well as the amount of the main memory it can use effectively. With a well-designed CPU in your computer, you can perform highly sophisticated tasks in a very short time.
Memory is the system of component of the computer in which information is stored. There are two types of computer memory: RAM and ROM.
RAM (random access memory) is the volatile computer memory, used for creating loading, and running programs and for manipulating and temporarily storing data.
ROM (read only memory) is nonvolatile, non-modifiable computer memory, used to hold programmed instructions to the system.
The more memory you have in your computer, the more operations you can perform that is the faster it works.
Storage hardware
The purpose of storage hardware is to store computer instructions and data in a form that is relatively permanent. Storage hardware serves the same basic functions as do office filing system except that it stores data as electromagnetic signals. The most common ways of storing data are Hard disk (HDD), floppy disk and CD-ROM.
Hard disk is a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, for storing programs and relatively large amounts of data.
Floppy disk (diskette) - thin, usually flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material, for storing computer data and programs. There are two formats for floppy disks: 5.25” and 3.5”. 5.25” is not used in modern computer systems because of it relatively large size, flexibility and small capacity. 3.5’ disks are formatted 1.44 megabytes and are widely used.
CD-ROM (compact disc read only memory) is a compact disc on which a large amount of digitized read-only data can be stored. CD-ROMs are very popular now because of the growing speed which CD-ROM drives can provide nowadays.