REVIEWER IN COMPAP Mobile and Game Devices

• Smartphone
Module 1
• Digital camera
Introducing Today’s Technologies Computers, • Portable and digital media player
Devices, and the web • E-book reader
• Wearable device
Today’s Technology • Game device Figure 1-13 Users have a variety of options for entering
 Because technology changes, you must keep up with typed text.
the changes to remain digitally literate Data and Information
 Digital literacy involves having a current knowledge  A pointing device is an input device that allows a user
and understanding of computers, mobile devices, the to control a small symbol on a screen, called the
web, and related technologies pointer
 Some mobile devices and computers enable you to
Figure 1-1 People use a variety of computers, mobile speak data instructions using voice input and to
devices, and apps capture live full-motion images using video input
every day.

Computers
 A computer is an electronic device, operating
under the control of instructions.

Figure 1-12 A computer processes data into information. In Figure 1-14 A mouse and a touchpad.
this simplified example, the item ordered, item price,
quantity ordered, and amount received all represent data
(input). The computer processes the data to produce the
cash register receipt (information, or output).
 Laptop
Figure 1-2 A laptop is a widely used type of computer. Data and Information
• A keyboard contains keys you press to enter data
 Tablet and instructions into a computer or mobile device
Figure 1-3 A slate tablet.

 Desktop and All-in-One Figure 1-15 You can speak instructions into a microphone
Figure 1-4 Some desktops have a separate tower; all-in- or wireless headset and capture live video on a webcam
ones do not. for a video call.

 Server  A scanner is a light-sensing input device that converts

Figure 1-5 A server provides services to other computers or printed text and images into a form the computer can
devices on a network. process
Figure 1-16 A Scanner.

• An output device is any hardware component that Figure 1-18 Displays vary depending on the computer or
conveys information from a computer or mobile mobile device.
device to one or more people
• A printer is an output device that produces text • Speakers allow you to hear audio such as music,
and graphics on a physical medium, such as paper voice, and other sounds
or other material – Earbuds
– A 3-D printer can print solid objects, such as clothing, – Headphones
prosthetics, eyewear, implants, toys, parts, prototypes,
and more

The Web

• The Internet is a worldwide collection of computer

networks that connects millions of businesses, government
Figure 1-19 In a crowded environment where speakers are
agencies, educational institutions, and individual
not practical, users can wear headphones to hear music,
Figure 1-17 A printer can produce a variety of printed voice, and other audio.
output including photos and 3-D solid objects.
• Memory consists of electronic components that
store instructions waiting to be executed and the
• A display is an output device that visually conveys
data needed by those instructions
text, graphics, and video information
• A computer keeps data, instructions, and
information on storage media
• A storage device records (writes) and/or retrieves
(reads) items to and from storage media
Figure 1-27 The Internet is the largest computer network,
connecting millions of computers and devices around the
world.
 • Strategies include:
• The World Wide Web (or web, for short) is a global – Recycling
library of information available to anyone – Using energy efficient hardware and energy saving
connected to the Internet features
• The web consists of a worldwide collection of – Regulating manufacturing processes
electronic documents, each of which is called a – Extending the life of computers
webpage – Immediately donating or properly disposing of replaced
• A website is a collection of related webpages Computers
• A web server is a computer that delivers
requested webpages to your computer or mobile • An online social network, also called a social
Programs and Apps
device networking site, is a website that encourages
• Software, also called a program, tells the
members in its online community to share their
computer what tasks to perform and how to
interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos
perform them
with other registered users
– System Software
▪ Operating system
▪ Tools

Figure 1-28 Webpages, such as the one shown here, can

display text, graphics, audio, and video on a computer or
mobile device. Pointing to a link on the screen typically
changes the shape of the pointer to a small hand with a
pointing index finger.

• A browser is software that enables users with an

Internet connection to access and view webpages Figure 1-29 When Facebook users share, comment on, or
Figure 1-30 Shown here are the macOS and Windows
on a computer or mobile device “like” a post, the post appears on their own personal
operating systems for laptops and desktops and the
Facebook pages.
Android and iOS operating systems for smartphones. You
interact with these operating system interfaces by clicking
Digital Safety and Security or tapping their icons or tiles.

• It is important that users protect their computers and – Applications

mobile devices
– Viruses and Other Malware
– Privacy
– Health Concerns
– Environmental Issues
• A search engine is software that finds websites,
webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other
• Green computing involves reducing the electricity • Installing a program is the process of setting up the
information related to a specific topic
consumed and environmental waste generated program to work with a computer or mobile device,
when using a computer printer, and/or other hardware
• Once installed, you can run a program so that you • Business Networks
can interact with it – Facilitate communications
• You interact with a program through its user – Share hardware
Interface – Share data, information, and software
• A software developer, sometimes called a Technology Uses
developer or programmer, is someone who • Education
develops programs and apps or writes the • Government
instructions that direct the computer or mobile Figure 1-32 Modems, wireless access, and routers are • Finance
device to process data into information examples of communications devices that enable • Retail
communications between computers/ mobile devices and • Entertainment
the Internet. Notice that some computers • Health Care
• Science
• Examples of wireless communications • Travel
technologies include: • Publishing
– Wi-Fi • Manufacturing
– Bluetooth
– Cellular radio

A network is a collection of computers and devices

Figure 1-31 A software developer writes instructions using connected together, often wirelessly, via
Visual Basic (a) to create Payroll Information window communications devices and transmission media
shown here (b).

Communications and Networks

• 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 Figure 1-33 A server manages the resources on a network,
– FTP and clients access the resources on the server. This
– GPS network enables three separate computers to share the
– Instant messaging same printer, one wirelessly.
– Internet Summary
– Newsgroups • Home Networks • Basic computer concepts
– RSS – Connect to the Internet • Various methods for input, output, memory, and
– Videoconference – Share a single high-speed Internet connection storage
– Voice mail – Access photos, music, videos, and other content • The Internet
– VoIP – Share devices • Digital security and safety risks and precautions
• A communications device is hardware capable of – Play multiplayer games • Uses of technology applications in society
transferring items from computers and devices to – Connect game consoles to the Internet
transmission media and vice versa – Subscribe to and use VoIP
– Interact with other devices in a smart home