The Parts of A Computer

Bytes and Megabytes

Hardware
Inside the box
Processors
Intel Inside
Internal Memory
Motherboards
Towers

Input Devices
The Keyboard
The Mouse
The Joystick
Trackball
The Scanner

Output Devices
The Monitor
The Printer
How Dot Matrix and Laser Printers Work.
The Modem

Memory
Tape
Floppy Disks
How a Disk Drive Works.
Things that can cause a Disk Drive to not work.
Care of Floppy Disks
Hard Disks
CD-ROM
How a CD-ROM Drive Works.
Zipp Disks
Jaz Disks
Flopticals
DVD-ROM
A Jaz disk and a Zip disk

Formatting A Disk
Storage Capacities
Comparison of Storage Capacity of Floppy, Hard and CD-ROM disks

Computer Types

Software
Example of a Computer Program
Operating Systems
Application programs
Word Processors
Spreadsheets
Databases

Using Your Computer
Starting the Computer
Shutting Down the Computer
Saving Your Work (in more ways than one)
Backing Up

Using Your Computer
Minimise, Maximise and Close buttons.
Toolbar, Statusbar, Taskbar, Menubar, Titlebar.
Scrolling

Ergonomics
Ideal Ergonomic Positions for Desk and Chair.
Ideal Ergonomic Positions for the Desktop
Ideal Ergonomic Positions for Vision.

Viruses