Computer Technology Overview for Educators

Table of Contents

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