Computer Technology Overview for Educators

Types of Hardware

Measuring the Data

Measuring the Data (cont.)

Measuring the Data (cont.)

Where is the Information Stored?

Central Memory

External or Permanent Memory

Disks, Floppy Disks, or Diskettes

Hard Drives

CD-ROM drives

Networks

LAN

Input and Output (I/O)

Multimedia

Obtaining MM Materials

Graphics (overview)

Graphics (creating )

Graphics (digitized)

Graphics (converting)

Audio (overview)

Audio (creating)

Audio (digitized)

Audio (converting)

Audio (I/O)

Video (overview)

Video (creating)

Video(digitized)

Video (converting)

Video (direct usage)

Video (I/O)

Communications