Harry Bray

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Harry Bray

• Hardware and software
• Harry Bray Form7bm

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Content Page

• Software
• Input device Keyboard, mouse, scanner and
  digital camera.
• Output device Printer.
• Storage device Hard drive and USB stick.
• Processor/Memory
• Memory stick, list of software, spread sheet
  software, database software ,word processor,
  presontaion, graphics ,desktop publishing.

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Keyboards

• A keyboard is a sort of hardware on the computer
  you use to type to get words on the computer
  screen. Keyboards are always used on a computer
  so it is one of the most common pieces of
  equipment you use on a computer.

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Mouses

• A mouse is a piece of hardware but it does have
  some software in it. Like a keyboard it is a very
  common thing when using a computer. A mouse
  controls what u click on when using the computer
  and it tells you what you are doing and where you
  go.

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Printers

• After the monitor, the second most common
  computer output device is the printer. Printers
  can be connected to an individual computer, or to
  a network and shared by a number of computers.
  Printing out work from the computer is referred
  to as obtaining a hard copy.

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Scanners

• You can use a scanner to input pictures and text
  into a computer. The most common type is the
  flat-bed scanner which works by placing the
  picture to be scanned face down on a glass plate,
  like a photocopier.

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Digital cameras

• The images taken on a digital camera are held in
  the computer memory instead of an photographic
  film. The pictures can then be displayed on the
  computer monitor printed or imported into a
  graphics/art package for editing .

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Output

• When data has been processed, it needs to be
  output in a way which is meaningful to the user.
• The most common output devices are the computer
  monitor and a printer. Others include devices for
  a control applications such as switches and
  actuators.

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Input devices

• There is a range of input devices these can use.
• Human touch, sound, magnetism, electric sensors,
  light, control.
• Each type of input device is designed for a
  specific purpose. See sections 3 to 5 for more
  details.

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Memory sticks

• Memory is needed to both programs and any data
  (information) entered by the user or generated by
  the programs.

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software

• Software is a name given to the programs that run
  on computers. Hundreds of thousands of programs
  have been written to
• Help businesses run
• Control robots in building cars
• Generate weather forecasts
• Provide educational packages
• Be destructive, computer viruses

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Hard disk

• The hard disk unit is mounted inside the computer
  and stores computer programs and your data. A
  microcomputer used at home or at school would
  have a hard disk capacity of 20 to 40 gigabyte.
  This would hold the operating system, the
  applications, games systems, the hard disks may
  hold many terabytes of storage.

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List of software

• Ms word processing-Email
• Ms excel (spreadsheet)-Internet Explorer
• Ms access (database)-macromedia dream weaver
• Ms publisher (DTP)
• Ms power point (presentation

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Spreadsheetsoftware

• Spreadsheet-To calculate the selling price for
  each item and work out the monthly and yearly
  sales figures.

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Databasesoftware

• Database-Holds details of all the good things
  sold in the shop including the type of garment,
  the size and the number in stock.

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Word processor software

• Word processor-To write to parents, place orders
  with suppliers and prepare price list each term.

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presentation

• Presentation-As part of a presentation evening to
  parents with children moving up to secondary
  school

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Graphics package software

• Graphics package-To create and design the
  graphics used in the uniform stop brochure and
  the presentation.

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Desktop publishing software

• Desktop publishing-To produce brochures and
  posters advertising the shop and its opening
  times.