1 Introducing Today’s Technologies:

Computers, Devices, and the Web

Objectives Overview (slide 1 of 2)

Describe the purpose and

uses of smartphones, digital
Differentiate among laptops, Describe the relationship
cameras, portable and digital
tablets, desktops, and between data and
media players, e-book
servers information
readers, wearable devices,
and game devices

Differentiate the web from

the Internet, and describe Explain the purpose of a
Briefly explain various input
the relationship among the browser, a search engine,
options
web, webpages, websites, and an online social network
and web servers

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Objectives Overview (slide 2 of 2)

Briefly describe digital

Differentiate between wired
security risks associated
Differentiate between an and wireless technologies,
with viruses and other
operating system and and identify reasons
malware, privacy, your
applications individuals and businesses
health, and the
use networks
environment

Discuss how society uses

Identify technology used by
technology in education,
home users, small/home
government, finance, retail,
office users, mobile users,
entertainment, health care,
power users, and enterprise
science, travel, publishing,
users
and manufacturing

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Today’s Technology

• Because technology changes, you

must keep up with the changes to
remain digitally literate
• Digital literacy involves having a
current knowledge and
understanding of computers,
mobile devices, the web, and
related technologies

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Computers (slide 1 of 2)

• A computer is an electronic device, operating under the control

of instructions stored in its own memory

Accepts Produces
data Processing information
(input) (output)

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Computers (slide 2 of 2)

• Laptop
• Tablet
• Desktop
and All-in-One
• Server

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Mobile and Game Devices

Smartphone

Digital camera

Portable and digital media player

E-book reader

Wearable device

Game device
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Data and Information (slide 1 of 10)

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Data and Information (slide 2 of 10)

• A keyboard contains keys

you press to enter data
and instructions into a
computer or mobile
device

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Data and Information (slide 3 of 10)

• A pointing device is an
input device that allows a
user to control a small
symbol on a screen, called
the pointer
• Some mobile devices and
computers enable you to
Mic speak data instructions
using voice input and to
capture live full-motion
images using video input

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Data and Information (slide 4 of 10)

• A scanner is a light-
sensing input device
that converts
printed text and
images into a form
the computer can
process

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Data and Information (slide 5 of 10)

• An output device is any hardware component that conveys

information from a computer or mobile device to one or more
people
• A printer is an output device that produces text and graphics on
a physical medium, such as paper or other material
– A 3-D printer can print solid objects, such as clothing, prosthetics,
eyewear, implants, toys, parts, prototypes, and more

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Data and Information (slide 6 of 10)

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Data and Information (slide 7 of 10)

• A display is an output device that visually conveys text, graphics,

and video information

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Data and Information (slide 8 of 10)

• Speakers allow you to

hear audio such as music,
voice, and other sounds
– Earbuds
– Headphones

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Data and Information (slide 9 of 10)
CPU
Memory consists of electronic components that store
instructions waiting to be executed and the data needed by
those instructions

A computer keeps data, instructions, and information on

storage media
SD card / hard disk

A storage device records (writes) and/or retrieves (reads) items

to and from storage media
card reader
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Data and Information (slide 10 of 10)

Hard Disk Solid-State USB Flash Drive

Drive

Memory Card Optical Disc Cloud Storage

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The Web (slide 1 of 6)

• The Internet is a worldwide collection of computer networks that

connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational
institutions, and individuals

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The Web (slide 2 of 6)

The World Wide Web (or web, for short) is a global library of
information available to anyone connected to the Internet

The web consists of a worldwide collection of electronic

documents, each of which is called a webpage

A website is a collection of related webpages

A web server is a computer that delivers requested

webpages to your computer or mobile device
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The Web (slide 3 of 6)

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The Web (slide 4 of 6)

• A browser is software that enables users with an Internet

connection to access and view webpages on a computer or
mobile device

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The Web (slide 5 of 6)

• A search engine is software that finds websites, webpages,

images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a
specific topic

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The Web (slide 6 of 6)

• An online social network,

also called a social
networking site, is a
website that encourages
members in its online
community to share their
interests, ideas, stories,
photos, music, and videos
with other registered users
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Digital Safety and Security (slide 1 of 2)

• It is important that users protect their computers and mobile

devices
Viruses and
Other Privacy
Malware

Health Environmental
Concerns Issues

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Digital Safety and Security (slide 2 of 2)

• Green computing involves reducing the electricity consumed and

environmental waste generated when using a computer
• Strategies include:
– Recycling
– Using energy efficient hardware and energy saving features
– Regulating manufacturing processes
– Extending the life of computers
– Immediately donating or properly disposing of replaced computers

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Programs and Apps (slide 1 of 3)

• Software, also called a program, tells the computer what tasks

to perform and how to perform them

System Software
• Operating system
• Tools

Applications

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Programs and Apps (slide 2 of 3)

• Installing a program is the process of setting up the program to

work with a computer or mobile device, printer, and/or other
hardware
• Once installed, you can run a program so that you can interact
with it
• You interact with a program through its user interface

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Programs and Apps (slide 3 of 3)

• A software developer, sometimes

called a developer or programmer,
is someone who develops programs
and apps or writes the instructions
that direct the computer or mobile
device to process data into
information

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Communications and Networks (slide 1 of 5)

• In the course of a day, it is likely you use, or use information

generated by, one or more of these communications
technologies
Chat rooms Email Fax FTP GPS

Instant
Internet Newsgroups RSS Videoconference
messaging

Wireless Wireless
Voice mail VoIP Internet access messaging
points services

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Communications and Networks (slide 2 of 5)

• A communications device is hardware capable of transferring

items from computers and devices to transmission media and
vice versa

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Communications and Networks (slide 3 of 5)

• Examples of wireless communications technologies include:

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Cellular radio
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Communications and Networks (slide 4 of 5)

• A network is a collection of
computers and devices
connected together, often
wirelessly, via
communications devices and
transmission media

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Communications and Networks (slide 5 of 5)

Home Networks Business Networks

• Connect to the Internet • Facilitate communications
• Share a single high-speed Internet • Share hardware
connection • Share data, information, and software
• Access photos, music, videos, and
other content
• Share devices
• Play multiplayer games
• Connect game consoles to the Internet
• Subscribe to and use VoIP
• Interact with other devices in a smart
home
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Technology Uses

Education Government Finance Retail

Entertainment Health Care Science Travel

Publishing Manufacturing

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Technology Users

Home User Small/Home Mobile User Power User

Office User

Enterprise User

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Summary

Various methods
Basic computer for input, output,
The Internet
concepts memory, and
storage

Digital security and Uses of technology

safety risks and applications in
precautions society

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