viernes, 18 de diciembre de 2009

powerpoint

1-Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft.

2-PowerPoint is widely used by business people, educators, students, and trainers and among the most prevalent forms of persuasive technology.

3-History
The first version of PowerPoint was initially developed on 14 August 1984 by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin of Forethought, Inc.

4-The original version of this program was created by Dennis Austin and Thomas Rudkin.

5-One of the significant changes introduced with PowerPoint 2000 was a clipboard that could hold multiple objects at once.

viernes, 4 de diciembre de 2009

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viernes, 2 de octubre de 2009

A computer system

1. What is an input device? Writte down which input devices you know and post an image of each one.



An input device is any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system (such as a computer).










2.What is an output device? Writte down which output devices you know and post and image of each one.



An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) to the outside world.














3. What is the difference between RAM and ROM?


Random-access memory (usually known by its acronym, RAM) is a form of computer data storage. Today, it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow stored data to be accessed in any order (i.e., at random).



4. What is a backing storage? Which types of backing storage do you know?

In computing, memory outside the central processing unit (CPU) used to store programs and data that are not in current use. Backing storage must be nonvolatile – that is, its contents must not be lost when the power supply to the computer system is disconnected.

EXAMPLES:

Hard drives
CD,DVD,and Blu-Ray
All types of cards(SD,XD...)
USB



























































jueves, 1 de octubre de 2009

Data

1. What is data?
Data is information that has no meaning.

2.Explain the difference between data and information.
Data: has no meaning
Information:has meaning

3. How many bits are in a byte? 8 bites in a byte.
And in a gigabyte? There are thousand milion bytes.
And in a kilobyte or KB? There are thousand bytes.
Search the net for image of: 25KB. Post in your blog.




















4. What do the letters LAN and WAN stand for?
LAN is Local Area Network.

WAN is Wide Area Metwork.

5. Search the internet and look for images that explains what is:

A star network














A line network









A ring network



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