
Computer Competencies
Input Devices 3.2.4
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Scanner
- Digital Camera
- CD-ROM drive
Media
- CD-ROM disk
- Floppy disk
- Video tape
- Slides
- Paper and Mylar
CPU 3.2.1
- Function
- Main subsystems
- CPU chip
- Cache
- RAM
- Display
- Disk I/O
- Networking
- Popular types
- Intel x86, Pentium
- PowerPC 60x
Data Storage 3.2.6
- Removable
- Floppy
- Zip, Jaz
- CD-ROM, CD-R
- SyQuest
- Tape - Travan, DAT
- Fixed
Output devices 3.2.5
- Printer
- Plotter
- Video
- Monitor
User interface
- WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer)
- Command line
- Other (Voice, etc.)
Networking
- Local Area Network
- Standards - Ethernet, Token ring
- Protocols - TCP/IP, IPX, LocalTalk
- NIC (Network Interface Card)
- Wire - Coax, Twisted pair
- Hub - Switched, unswitched
- Backbone
- Wide Area Network
- Service level - ISDN, T1, T3
- Routers
- Bridges
- Modems
Advantages and Disadvantages of Computers
- Drawing/rendering time
- Accuracy/realism
- Appearance and readability
- Ease of duplication and modification
- Ease of display
- Portability
Computer File Management skills
- Hot keys, macros
- Formatting media
- Locating and opening files
- Saving files to different media
- Transfer/translate data among different media
- Generating output from a file
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