MY DESKTOP

Desktop elements resoults

POSICION

SOFTWARE/HARDWARE

SOFTWARE

photoshop

Chrome

Security tool

Sony vegas

Word

Spotify

Utorrent

HARDWARE

Pendrive

Monitor

Speakers

Mouse

Keyboard

ACTIVITIES: COMPUTER HARDWARE

Video activities: computer hardware

1)      At the beginning of the video what 3 types of computers can you see?

 laptop, tower pc and desk computer.

2)      Listen and complete the text:

You’ve seen them. They come in all shapes and types but work pretty much in the same ways. In fact, if you could watch inside these computers, they have the same basic parts. It’s these parts, the processor that do all of the work in computers.

3)      What can be compared to the basement of a house? Why?

 Hard disk, stores somethings.

4)      What disadvantage do hard disks have?

Few more things you have, the slower it goes.

5)      What can be compared to a closet? Why?

 RAM, you can clean quickly. 

6)      What can be compared to a butler? Why?

The processor, because it help you all time.

7)      Match the two parts of the sentences:

1-The hard disk	a-out every time you restart your computer.
2-RAM	b-takes too much time whenever you need something.
3-RAM gets cleaned	c-makes some information quick and easy to access.
4-Going to the basement (hard disk)	d-stores all the things you need for later.
5-The bigger the hardware,	e-makes things work together.
6-The processor  1-d 2-c 3-a 4-b 5-f 6-e	f-the more you can store.

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

SOFTWARE


Computer instructions or data. Anything that can be stored electronically is software. The storage devices and display devices are hardware.
The terms software and hardware are used as both nouns and adjectives. For example, you can say: "The problem lies in the software," meaning that there is a problem with the program or data, not with the computer itself. You can also say: "It's a software problem."

The distinction between software and hardware is sometimes confusing because they are so integrally linked. Clearly, when you purchase a program, you are buying software. But to buy the software, you need to buy the disk (hardware) on which the software is recorded.

Software is often divided into two categories:

- systems software : Includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function.
- applications software : Includes programs that do real work for users. For example, word processors, spreadsheets, and database management systems fall under the category of applications software.

HARDWARE


Refers to objects that you can actually touch, like disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboards, printers, boards, and chips. In contrast, software is untouchable. Software exists as ideas, concepts, and symbols, but it has no substance.
Books provide a useful analogy. The pages and the ink are the hardware, while the words, sentences, paragraphs, and the overall meaning are the software. A computer without software is like a book full of blank pages -- you need software to make the computer useful just as you need words to make a book meaningful.



VOCABULARY:

-DATA:dades
-SOTRED:guardar 
-STORAGE:magatzem
-DISPLAY:mostrar
-OBJECTS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOUCH:objectes ques es poden tocar.
-SOFTWARE IS UNTOUCHABLE:el programari és no es tangible.
-A COMPUTER WITHOUT SOFTWARE IS LIKE A BOOK FULL OF BLANK PAGES:Un ordinador sense programari és com un llibre ple de pàgines en blanc.

INPUT / OUTPUT

• Input device is any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system (such as a computer).
• Output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) to the outside world.

INPUT

Network card

motherboard

scanner

cd drive

RAM card

keyboard

mouse

microphone

OUTPUT

Network card

Screen