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Chapter 01: Information Technology, The Internet, and You

This document provides an overview of key concepts in information technology including the five components of an information system: people, procedures, software, hardware, and data. It describes the different types of hardware including microcomputers like desktops, laptops, and tablets. It also discusses the different types of software like system software which manages computer resources and application software for specific tasks. The document outlines how connectivity through computer networks and the internet allows for sharing of digital data and cloud computing which shifts computing activities to remote servers.

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Chapter 01: Information Technology, The Internet, and You

This document provides an overview of key concepts in information technology including the five components of an information system: people, procedures, software, hardware, and data. It describes the different types of hardware including microcomputers like desktops, laptops, and tablets. It also discusses the different types of software like system software which manages computer resources and application software for specific tasks. The document outlines how connectivity through computer networks and the internet allows for sharing of digital data and cloud computing which shifts computing activities to remote servers.

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Chapter 01: Information Technology,

the Internet, and You

What is INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY?

What is INFORMATION SYSTEMS?

Five Parts of an Information System


1.

2.
3.
4.
5.

People
Procedures
Software
Hardware
Data

PEOPLE
Most important part of any system.
Contact is
Direct
Indirect
Computer Uses

SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE is another name for programs
Two major kinds of software
System Software
Application Software

SYSTEM SOFTWARE
A collection of programs not a single program
Enables the application software to interact with the

hardware
Helps the computer manage its resources

SYSTEM SOFTWARE (cont.)


OPERATING SYSTEMS
Programs that coordinate computer resources
Provide an interface between users and the computer and run
applications
UTILITIES
Tasks related to Managing computer resources
DEVICE DRIVERS
Designed to allow particular input or output devices to
communicate with the rest of the computer system

APPLICATION SOFTWARE
End user software
Two major basic categories
Basic Applications
Specialized Applications

APPLICATION SOFTWARE (cont.)


BASIC APPLICATION
General Purpose or Off-The-Shell programs

SPECIALIZED APPLICATION
Narrow focus on specific disciplines and occupations

HARDWARE
TYPES OF COMPUTER
Supercomputers
the most powerful; special high-capacity computers used in very large

corporations
Mainframe Computers
are capable of great processing speed and data storage; occupy

specially wired, air-conditioned rooms; insurance companies use to


process information about millions of policyholders
Minicomputers
known as midrange computers, are refrigerator sized machines used in

medium sized companies or departments in large companies


Microcomputers
least powerful but most widely used and fastest-growing type of

computers

TYPES OF MICROCOMPUTERS
Desktop

Media center system units


Notebook or laptop
Netbooks
Tablet PC
Handheld

MICROCOMPUTER HARDWARE
Four basic categories of equipment:
System Unit
Input/Output
Secondary Storage

Communications

SYSTEM UNIT
Two important components
Micoprocessor
Controls and manipulates data to produce information

Memory
Holds data & program instructions for processing the data
Holds the processed information before it is output
Temporary storage

INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES
Input devices
Translate data and programs from a form humans to understand to
a form computers
Output devices
Translate the processed information from the computer into a form
that humans can understand.

SECONDARY STORAGE
Holds data and programs even if electrical power is not

available
Most Important Types of Secondary Media are:
Disks
Solid-state storage
Optical disks

DATA
Raw, unprocessed facts

Processed data becomes information


Digital data is stored electronically in files
Document files
Worksheet files
Database files
Presentation files

CONNECTIVITY, the WIRELESS


REVOLUTION, the INTERNET & CLOUD
COMPUTING
Connectivity
Sharing of information
Wireless communication has widespread use
Computer networks
Connected communication system of computers
Largest network is the Internet
Cloud Computing

Uses the Internet and the Web to shift many computer

activities from a users computer to computers on the


Internet

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