Activity: How-to
Study these instructions for moving a file from one folder to another using Windows Explorer. Then write your own instructions for the actions in the table below. Compare your instructions with those given in the Help facility on your computer.
How-to: moving a file
1 If you want to move a file that was saved in a different folder, locate and open the folder.
2 Right-click the file you want to move; then click Cut on the shortcut menu.
3 Locate and open the folder where you want to put the file.
4 Right-click the folder; then click Paste on the shortcut menu.
You may need these verbs:Right-click/left-click/double-click on/ hover/ drag and drop/ select
HOW TO:
1 …create a folder? |
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2 …start a program? |
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3 …shut down the system? |
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4 …adjust the speaker volume? |
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5 …arrange the icons? |
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6 …display the date? |
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7 … in Windows, show Tooltips? |
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Extend your Knowledge
U
NIX
Ken
Thompson and Dennis Ritchie first wrote UNIX at AT&T Bell Labs
in the early 1970s as a replacement for an earlier system called
Multics. UNIX is noteworthy because, although developed by a small
team of about four people, it is in many ways superior to operating
systems developed by large teams at tremendous expense. It was the
first popular multi-user, multi-tasking operating system. The most
popular versions of UNIX today are SOLARIS and LINUX. The current
version of the Mac OS X is based on UNIX. There are many other
versions, and it is still popular for large networks and university
systems.
One of the things a Windows user has to get used to is the console mode with command line where you have to type series of characters in response to command prompt, ending each command by pressing Enter. Command prompt is a series of characters produced by the machine such as “C:\TEMP”> or “unix% “ indicating that the operating system is ready for the user to type a command. Some of the common UNIX commands:
cp copy a file onto a file or into a directory ls list contents of a directory mkdir create a directory lpr print a file rm remove a file rmdir delete a directory (which must be empty).
Give a written translation of the text.
Watch and Speak
R ecord 5a UNIX History and Structure
Watch the movie and answer the questions:
When was UNIX first started?
What are the names of UNIX OS developers?
Why did they decide to start UNIX? What was the major reason for developing it? What else did they aim the system at?
What computers was it most used on?
What are the advantages of UNIX that allow to use it in large offices?
What is the structure of a UNIX OS?
Kernel is__________________________________________________ the functions:_________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shell is_______________________________the functions:_______ __ __ _________________________________________________________
Utility programs are_________________________________ __ __
they provide_________________________________________________ _________________________________________________