Eng English week 6.ppt

Left button Right button Wheel 3rd button Middle button The Mouse 1 3 2 The left button is generally use for ? The right button is generally use for ? The wheel is generally use for ? Activating commands Summoning menu options Scrolling though the current file CRT Monitor (CRT = Cathode ray tube) Old Technology LCD Monitor (Liquid Crystal Display) Current technology How would you describe these two types of monitor On a computer (or TV) what is a pixel? A pixel is each unit of the display on the screen or a photograph A laptop screen, each red/green/blue group represents one Pixel Each little square is one pixel Pix – picture el - element CPU What is the CPU? The CPU is the Central Processing Unit of the computer The brain of the computer where all the calculations are performed Pentium, Dual Core, Quad core, CPU Fan RAM What is RAM (or DRAM)? RAM is Random access memory (Dynamic RAM) This is the part of the computer where the programs are loaded when they are in operation What units do you measure to size of the RAM? MB or GB Mega bytes or giga bytes Hard Disk What is the hard disk in the computer used for The hard disk in the computer used for storing the files and programs on your computer on a permanent basis What units do you measure to size of the hard disk? GB or TB giga bytes or terra bytes Graphics card What does the graphics card control in the computer? The graphics card is an expansion card that produces the image you see on the screen. To relieve the CPU of producing the graphical images, the graphic card is a dedicated card to produce the image. It may have its own CPU. Also called a “video card”, “video adapter”, “graphics accelerator card” or a “display adapter” Video ports PCI slot interface PCI = Peripheral Component Interconnect Ports On a computer what is a port? A port is a entry or exit point for information or power on a computer Examples USB FireWire (Apple), i.LINK (Sony), Lynx (Texas) IEEE 1394 interface Power supply plug V