Information & Communication Technology

3 PARTS OF A COMPUTERINPUT

DEVICESPROCESS OUTPUT

DEVICEMOUSE CPU PRINTER

KEYBOARD RAM VDU

SCANNER ROM SPEAKER

FLOPPYDISK(WITH INFO)

FLOPPYDISK

MEMORYSTICK (WITH INFO)

MEMORYSTICK

HARDWARE PARTS OF THE

COMPUTER YOU CAN TOUCH AND SEE.

SCREEN KEYBOARD MOUSE

SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT

RUN THE COMPUTER

MICROSOFT OFFICE

MS WORD MS EXCEL MS POWERPOINT

SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESS

1. MS WORD FOR DOCUMENTS

2. MS EXCEL FOR BUDGETS

3. MS ACCESS FOR ELECTRONIC FILING

BENEFITS OF THE INTERNET

1. ADVERTISING & SELLING TO A LARGE GLOBAL MARKET

2. QUICKER COMMUNICATION THROUGH E-MAIL

USES OF A COMPUTERHOME BOOK HOLIDAYS HOUSEHOLD

ACCOUNTS

BUSINESS DOCUMENTS & BOOKKEEPING

SENDING E-MAILS

COMMUNICATION

SATELLITE TV E- MAILS,WEB CAMVIDEOCONFERENCING

BANKS ATM &24 HOUR BANKING

KEEPING CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS

WHEN BUYING A COMPUTER DO I NEED IT & CAN I AFFORD IT?

DOES IT HAVE SOFTWARE?

IS THE MEMORY LARGE ENOUGH?

FINANCING THE PURCHASE OF A COMPUTER

TERM LOAN GET A LOAN FROM A BANK AND PAY IT BACK IN FIXED INSTALLMENTS

HIRE PURCHASE PAY HP COMPANY IN INSTALLMENTS. OWN THE COMPUTER ON PAYMENT OF LAST INTALLEMNT.

LEASING RENT THE COMPUTER FROM A LEASING CO. NEVER OWN IT BUT YOU CAN UPGRADE.

COMPUTER PARTS (A) VDU/MONITOR/SCREEN

(B) MOUSE

(C) CPU

(D) KEYBOARD

STORAGE DEVICES FLOPPY DISK

MEMORY STICK

COMPACT DISK

AbbreviationsIT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ICT INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY

RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY(TEMPORARY)

ROM READ ONLY MEMORY (PERMANENT)

CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(TOWER)

VDU VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT (MONITOR)

ABBREVIATIONSCAD COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

CAM COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURE

WWW WORLD WIDE WEB

CD COMPACT DISK

E-MAIL ELECTRONIC MAIL

PC PERSONAL COMPUTER