Software is often divided into two categories: 1. System Software: Includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function. 2. Application software: Includes programs that do real work for users. For examples‚ word processor‚ spreadsheets‚ and database management systems fall under the category of applications software. 2.0 THE LATEST OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM(OS) 2.1 Meaning of open source OS Open Source Operating System is the most important program that
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Some of us may understand a little about word processor or maybe even about PowerPoint but do we know enough to get a job doing these skills. Word processor is the most basic of all skills. Word Processor involves typing basically‚ but when using computers it deviates a little from the common typewriter. There is the enter key replacing the career movement and there are commands (simple ones) for paragraph‚ indent‚ spacing and so on. The best of word processing is that it modifies with ease any
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EXERCISE 2.1 Individually or in a group find as many different examples as you can of physical controls and displays. (a) List them (b) Try to group them‚ or classify them. (c) Discuss whether you believe the control or display is suitable for its purpose. (section 3.9.3 may also help) answer open-ended investigation EXERCISE 2.2 Exercises 2.2 and 2.3 involve you examining a range of input and output devices in order to understand how they influence interaction. A typical computer system
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alternatives. 2.0 COMPUTER HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS 3.1 Processor:Intel Core i3 duo-core processor @3.3GHz‚ 3MB full speed L2 cache. This processor is fast enough (3.3 GHz means 3‚300‚000‚000 instructions executed per second) and allows programs that are designed to use two processor cores to take advantage of its duo core design. 3 MB full speed L2 Cache is an added bonus because it allows the processor to operate more efficiently by immediately accessing data and instructions that are needed
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for a microprocessor’s instruction set is called machine language. (Answer: True) 011100 A microprocessor holds data in the interpreter register. (Answer: False) 011200 A dictionary attack is a virus that hides out in the spelling checker for your word processing software. (Answer: False) 012100 Computers and the digital revolution have changed our lives in many fundamental ways. If you were on the front lines of the digital revolution when computers were first developed to break codes and calculate
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Assess Your Skills When applying for a job‚ you need to have some basic computer‚ word processing‚ internet‚ and email skills. Use the checklists below to see if you have the basic skills necessary in these areas. This exercise can help you self-assess areas/skills that you need to brush up on. If you could not answer "yes" to all the above questions
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HISTORY OF COMPUTER Abacus - The First man-made computing device. - It can perform addition and subtraction - invented in China Pascal’s calculating machine/Pascaline - The first mechanical calculator - Invented by Blaise Pascal - Can perform addition & subtraction Leibnitz calculator - First general-purpose calculating machine - Extended version of Pascal Calculating machine - Can perform multiplication and Division - Invented by Gottfried Leibnitz Automatic
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Word-formation in English by Ingo Plag Universität Siegen in press Cambridge University Press Series ‘Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics’ Draft version of September 27‚ 2002 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 1. Basic concepts 1.1. What is a word? 4 4 1.2. Studying word-formation 12 1.3. Inflection and derivation 18 1.4. Summary 23 Further reading 23 Exercises 24 2. Studying
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each other. The typed scripts were created using Exam4 software produced by Exegrity.1 This software runs on the students own laptop (mac or windows)‚ ’locks’ down the machine preventing access to the hard-drive or Internet and provides a simple word processor. All the students taking part in the practice exam were able to provide a laptop‚ although we had offered to provide loan machines to those who were not able (or unwilling) to use their own. Power was provided to each machine if required. The
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submit a 30 - 50 word response in each box that describes the purposes for each system‚ and gives examples and uses for each system. In addition‚ prepare and submit an APA-formatted reference page with at least five references. System Purposes Examples Uses Word processor A word processor is used to write documents‚ letters‚ memos‚ reports‚ books‚ articles‚ notes‚ and faxes. According to Keizer (1992) “Word processing is the post popular use of a PC‚ with 1991 North American word-processing software
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