Wednesday, March 24, 2010



Binary - # values

1) 110000 equals 48
2) 101011 equals 43
3) 11111 equals 31
4)56 equals 111000
5) 192 equals 11000000
6) 512 equals 1000000000

Thursday, March 18, 2010

window:


A rectangular area to display a program, data, icon, graphics etc.

Toolbar:


Is a bar where icons of options are place.

Title Bar:


Where the name of the software/ application or program is placed.

Task bar:


Is like where the browser you open or program is open is place so it can be minimize or maximize.

Scroll Bar :


Lets you navigate and see the page up and down side to side.

Restore:


lets you go back to the date you want to restore a file you might have deleted by mistake and get it back to your computer.

Pointing Device:


A Mouse use to select an item .

Minimize:


At the top right corner of the page board its just a dash line

Menu bar :


a drop down bar with a list .

Menu:


its a drop down list with option, application etc.

Maximize:


Its at the top right of the page board it look like a square.

icons:


A small picture that represent files, software, command , and others.

Folder:


A way to organize your files and store them .

Desktop:


First thing you see when you turn on the computer.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

How can technology help you in your future career?


Technology is a big part of our lives.
We use it most of the time for text messaging, searching , homework, storage information etc. Technology makes our every day life easier lets us communicate , do chores and other stuff better and faster. To wash your clotehs you dont have to do it by hand anymore just put it in the washer machines and put detergent.

Technology can help us in our future career by being organized, not having to carry so much notebook all you need is your laptop or i pad etc.
let say you have to do homework from college and clean and do the dishes and wash your clothes if you do that all by hand its gonna take you a long time to do it . But if you use the washer machine to wash your clothes, the Dish washer to wash the dishes while that's happening you can clean the house and then do hw and when the clothes and dishes are done you put them in place.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Utility Software:


a program that perform and specific task.

User Interface:


This is a joining of user and the computer program an interface its like a command .

Unix:


multi-user, multitasking operating system.operating systems to be written in a high-level programming language

System Software:


the operating system and all utility programs that manage computer resources.

Software development:


is a computer instructions or information. its also anything that can be saved or stored electronically.

Operating systems:


Operating systems provide a a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs,.


  • multi-user
  • multiprocessing
  • multitasking
  • multithreading
  • real time:
  • Network Operating system


    special functions for connecting computers and devices into a local-area network .

    Multitasking:


    is the ability to do more than one task in one programs at the same times

    Ms-Dos


    is an operating system for X86 this is for personal computers made by Microsoft.



    Language translators


    This translates word from any language to any other for example English to Spanish .

    Graphical User interfaces(GUI,S)


    this allows you do use a program for more than just typing.

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010

    Boot:


    process done by the computer when turned on it loads the operating system and prepares the system to be used.

    Application software:


    This is a computer software design to help the user perform one or more related to and specific task/work.

    Algorithm:


    This creates a logical progression of steps needed to accomplish a task

    Tuesday, March 9, 2010

    10 steps algorithm for making coffee?


    1-first get the coffee maker and the coffee
    2-open up the coffee maker
    3-the put water on it
    4-then the coffee
    5-turn on the stove
    6-put the coffee maker
    7-let it boil
    8-then take a tea cup
    9- pour the coffee on the tea cup
    10- then drink it

    What is a software?


    a software is a term of many kinds of programs used to operate a computer and devices related to this.