Revision

What is the difference between:

Software & Hardware
Software: Programs / Data which the computer
runs (things you cannot touch)
Hardware: Physical Parts of the computer
(Components)

Activity
Monitor
Virus Scanner
Modem
Windows
Computer Fan
Video Card
Mouse

Education Program
CPU
CD / DVD
Microsoft Word
Spyware
Hard Disk
Windows Media Player

The Operating System

What is an Operating System?

Group of programs used to control

performance & operations of the computer
Controls:

The Hardware (use of hardware)

The Programs (running of programs)

The Operating System

Can you mention examples of Operating

Systems?
Microsoft Windows
MAC OS X

Files & Folders

What is a File?
It is a collection of information for example
Microsoft Word File
What is a Folder?
It is a group of files (and sub-folders) for
example a group of pictures organized in 1
folder

File Storage
How does an O/S Store Files/Folders?
Root Folder

File

Sub Folder

File

Sub Folder

File

File

Sub Folder

File

File Storage
Write the folder names based on the

information given below:

My Hobbies is a folder which contains three sub-folders named Drawings,

Music, Web Design.

Drawings is the only sub-folder which contains no sub-folders.
However Music has two sub-folders named MP3 and WAV files.
Web Design contains another two folder which are CSS and Pictures.
Pictures in turn has its sub-folders

Files & Folders

From the screen shot below (Properties

Window), write down the following

information:
Folder Name: _____________________
Size: ____________________________
Location on Drive: __________________
Date Created: _____________________

Units of Storage
Every file on the computer takes space.
There are small files (take up a small space

when stored) and larger files (taking up larges

space when stored)
We have a measure to calculate the file sizes

Units of Storage
Byte
(B)

KiloByte
(KB)

MegaByte
(MB)

GigaByte
(GB)

TeraByte
(TB)

1024

1048576
(bytes)

1073741824
(bytes)

10995116277
76 (bytes)

Complete the following table

GigaBytes
(GB)

MegaBytes
(MB)

KiloBytes
(KB)

1024

1048576

30
3
0.01

Help & Support

Windows has the facility of a Help and

Support Centre
Users can search for topics and information is

displayed on screen
To open Help & Support go to:
Start Help and Support

Help and Support

Shortcuts
A desktop shortcut is a fast way to access an

item on your computer.

A file, folder, program etc can have a shortcut

on the desktop to access it immediately

irrespective to where it is located in the
computer

Classwork
1. Open the Help and Support Centre
Type in Picture as a keyword
On a word document, write information on
how to crop a picture
2. Create a desktop shortcut for the calculator

Homework
Use the internet / notes or books to find

information about backups

Write a small paragraph to explain:
What is a backup
Why do we need backups