Monday, September 28, 2009

Sofware

The program we will use in this subject is Open Office. You can download the portable version from the website:


http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable.

Download it in a pen drive and make the installation in the pen drive (F:) following the instructions. The portable version allows you to use this English version no matter which computer are you working with.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

A computer system

Post the answers in your blog:

1. What is an input device? Writte down which input devices you know and post an image of each one.
2.What is an output device? Writte down which output devices you know and post and image of each one.
3. What is the difference between RAM and ROM?
4. What is a backing storage? Which types of backing storage do you know?

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Data

Post in your blog:

1. What is data?
2. Explain the difference between data and information.
3. How many bits are in a byte? and in a gigabyte? and in a kilobyte or KB?
 Serch the net for a image of: 25KB. Post it in your blog.
4. What do the letters LAN and WAN stand for?
5. Search the internet and look for images that explains what is:
  • A star network
  • A line network
  • A ring network