COMPUTER
Course Contents
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
Introduction about Abacus, Napier bones, Difference engine, Analytical engine and other computing devices used before computers came into existence - Details like Name of the machine, Year of Invention, Country, Inventor and usage in two or three lines.
ABOUT COMPUTER PERIPHERALS & CPU (PROCESSOR)
- Input devices – Keyboard, Mouse etc.
- Output devices – Monitor, Speaker, Printer etc.
- Processor – CPU – Arithmetic & Logic Unit,Control Unit & Memory unit
INTRODUCTION TO WORDPAD
- Overview about Keyboard keys and their usage.
- File menu in WordPad – New, Open, Save & Exit
- Introduction about parts of WordPad window – Title bar, Menu bar, Tool bar, Status Bar etc.
- Formatting the text. – Basic formatting like changing fonts, font size, alignment, Underline, Bold, Italic, Bulleting etc.
- • Viewing tool bars – Adding & Removing tool bars
to the WordPad window
MORE ABOUT PAINT BRUSH
- Edit Menu - Cut, Copy, Paste
- Other Important Tools in Paint Brush – Text, Curve, Zoom, Select, Deselect, Pick color, Polygon etc.
- Flip/Rotate, Attribute, Inverting colors, Stretch,
Viewing of Toolbars.- Text, Color, Toolbox.
INTRODUCTION TO LOGO
- Getting Started – Basic details about LOGO and how to start and work in it.
- Terminology – Graphic area, Text area & Turtle
- Turtle Movement – FD, BK, RT, LT and CS
