Multitasking ✓ Highlight ✓ Copy/Cut and Paste text ✓ Save and/or Save As ✓ Print Command ✓ New Folder ✓ Copy/Move files ✓ Drag and Drop ✓ File types with varying extensions ✓ Create shortcuts ✓ Hard drive and floppy drive ✓ Rename/Delete Windows and its Components The main components of Windows when you start your computer are the Desktop‚ My Computer‚ Recycle Bin‚ Start Button‚ Taskbar‚ and shortcuts to applications. After opening an application
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devices‚ such as disk and tape drives (www.webopedia.com). In this paper I will explore different types of storage devices and which ones are optimal for different situations. I will also explain what situations are appropriate for the following devices and explain why: a. Hard disk b. Floppy disk c. RAM d. CD ROM e. Tape Hard Disk A hard disk is a magnetic disk on which you can store computer data. The term hard is used to distinguish if from a soft‚ or floppy‚ disk. Hard disks hold more
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physical components of your computer such as the system unit‚ mouse‚ keyboard‚ monitor etc. The software is the instructions that makes the computer work. Software is held either on your computers hard disk‚ CD-ROM‚ DVD or on a diskette (floppy disk) and is loaded (i.e. copied) from the disk into the computers RAM (Random Access Memory)‚ as and when required. Types of Computers Mini and Mainframe Computers Very powerful‚ used by large organisations such an banks to control the entire business
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PARTS OF THE COMPUTER All computer systems need two types of parts that work together to make them run. These parts are: 1. Hardware - The hardware is the part of the computer you can touch and see. Eg: Keyboard‚ Mouse‚ Hard disk etc. 2. Software - The software is a part of the computer you cannot touch but is very important. The software is all the programming that makes the computer run; controlling everything that the computer does.
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Data Input‚ Output‚ Storage and Access Methods The purpose of this paper is to highlight some best practices for data input and output. In addition‚ this paper will highlight appropriate uses of various storage means. Lastly‚ it will address the effect certain components of a computer have on its overall speed. Accuracy of Data Input There are various methods for entering data into a computer system. Depending on the medium in which the original data is contained‚ and how it is to be stored
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Secondary storage is much cheaper than primary storage and is also used to back up for later use. Storage media Storage media are the physical hardware on which a computer keeps data‚ instructions and information. E.g. a CD‚ a DVD‚ a floppy disk‚ hard disk. Storage device Storage devices record and retrieve data‚ instructions and information to and from storage media. Accessing Files Serial access means the records are accessed in the order in which they were stored. To read a serial
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Unit 6 – Storage Devices & Memory Videos 1.06 and 1.08 covered Storage Devices and Memory. The 1st one covered all the different types of storage devices. It started with hard drives and went on to floppy drives‚ cd’s‚ dvd’s‚ solid state removable and tape drives. It also covered all the interfaces that can be used with them. The video also touched on power connections used to power up the different storage devices. Video 1.08 covered memory. It went through the two different types of memory
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storage devices. Two main categories of storage technology used today are magnetic storage and optical storage. Primary magnetic storage o Diskettes o Hard disks (both fixed and removable) o High capacity floppy disks o Disk cartridges o Magnetic tape Primary optical storage o Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD ROM) o Digital Video Disk Read Only Memory (DVD ROM) o CD Recordable (CD R) o CD Rewritable (CD RW) o Photo CD Magnetic Storage Devices Purpose of storage devices à to hold data
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major benefit‚ especially for a server OS. Administrators can partition the system’s hard drives during setup. More importantly‚ they can install the necessary AHCI or RAID storage drivers from a CD/DVD or even a USB thumb drive. Thus‚ error-prone floppies can finally be sent to the garbage bin. Windows Server 2008 can also be installed as a Server Core installation‚ which is a cut-down version of Windows without the Windows Explorer GUI. Because you don’t have the Windows Explorer to provide the
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responsibility was simply to support all Inditex stores worldwide from that location and develop the applications used in the company. The IT employees weren’t even needed in the process of opening a new store because all it required was a packet of floppy disks that were simply copied to the point-of-sale terminals and the PDAs by the store manager. The information systems supporting Zara’s operations in La Coruña included applications responsible for: preparing the offer‚ distributing it‚ than receiving
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