CSC 110 – Fluency in Information Technology Chapter 1: Defining Information Technology

1. CSC 110 – Fluency in Information TechnologyChapter 1: Defining Information Technology Dr. Curry Guinn

2. Quick Info • Dr. Curry Guinn • CIS 2045 • guinnc@uncw.edu • www.uncw.edu/people/guinnc • 962-7937 • Office Hours: MTWRF: 10:00am-11:00pm and by appointment • Course HomePage: http://people.uncw.edu/guinnc/courses/Fall08/110/CSC110.htm

3. Who Are You • Majors: • Clinical Research (5) • Nursing (3) • Marketing (2) • Film Studies (2) • Biology • Communications Studies • Computer Science • Creative Writing • English • Finance • History • Operations Management

4. Minors (2nd Majors) • Information Technology (IT): 9 • Spanish (2) • Biology • Business • Chemistry • Communications Studies • Film Studies • Interior Decorating • Psychology • Theater

5. Prior Computing Experience • 20 out of 22 have taken something in computing • High school keyboarding: 13 • High school programming: 6 • CSC/MIS 105: 9 • MIS 213: 5 • CSC 112: 3 • Community college computer applications: 1

6. Do You Own A Computer • Windows (not Vista): 17 • Vista: 4 • Mac OS: 1

7. What is CSC 110? • Fluency in Information Technology • Focus on • Skills • Concepts • Capabilities • In practice • Hands-on experience • Understanding how computers work • JavaScript programming

8. Words, words, words • The IT world has its own jargon • Online glossaries • http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0006024.html • http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/ • Wikipedia has particularly good references on IT topics • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_access_memory

9. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • Bogosity • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Kilogoogle

10. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Proficient using a mouse with both the left and right hand • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • Bogosity • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Kilogoogle

11. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • The quintessential naïve user that must be taken into account when designing software. To pass the Aunt Tillie test means the software is idiot proof. • Batman factor • Bogosity • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Kilogoogle

12. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • A measure of electronic geekness that looks at the size and number of items attached to one’s belt. For instance, having a Palm Pilot, a cell phone, and a walkie-talkie would grant you a very high Batman factor. • Bogosity • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Kilogoogle

13. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • Bogosity • The degree to which something is bogus. • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Kilogoogle

14. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • Bogosity • Chickenboner • A spammer generally thought to be a redneck in a darkened trailer with a litter of KFC chicken bones surrounding the workstation. (Link) • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Kilogoogle

15. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • Bogosity • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • A computer bug that will not manifest itself when someone else is watching over your shoulder. (Remember the Warner Brothers frog that sang and danced for only one person?) • Geekasm • Kilogoogle

16. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • Bogosity • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Best understood by reading this quote by MIT professor Alex Slocum: “When they build a machine, if they do the calculations right, the machine works and you get this intense … uhh … just like a geekasm, from knowing that what you created in your mind and on the computer is actually doing what you told it to do.” • Kilogoogle

17. Some of my favorites • Ambimousterous • Aunt Tillie • Batman factor • Bogosity • Chickenboner • Dancing frog • Geekasm • Kilogoogle • Unit of measurement to indicate the number of hits made on a term by a Google search. “UNCW” has 756 kilogoogles.

18. The Hard Stuff • Computer hardware • Monolithic vs. Component Approach

19. What’s Inside?

20. Inside the Tower • A Motherboard is a printed circuit board. • Contains most of the circuitry including the processor … Intel Core 2 Duo is an example of a processor • The motherboard also contains connections for additional devices • Mouse • Keyboard • Hard drives • CD-ROM

21. A Motherboard

22. Slots • The motherboard may contain additional slots for cards • Graphics cards, sound cards, internet cards.

23. Why Almost All of Us Work on IBM PC Clones • IBM, Intel & Microsoft • Apple Computer • In 1977, Ken Olsen, the founder and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, said, "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."

24. … And now for the Lab • Activity 1: • Open the control panel. • Select Performance and Maintenance • Select System • Tells you what OS you are running • And what Service Pack • Chipset • Speed? • Ram? • See if you can find your computer’s name

25. Activity 2 • Defragmenting the hard drive • Find the tool to defragment • Choose Analyze • What’s this mean?

26. Memory

27. Figure 1.12. A hard disk.

28. How much faster? • A 1-Ghtz machine can do one billion instructions per second • A mechanical storage disk spins at around 7200 RPM • 8.3 ms to spin once • We can do 120 disk accesses per second • Hmm… 120 vs. 1 billion • You can do 8.3 million operations while during one disk access

29. Activity 3 • Display Properties • Screen Resolution • How many pixels? • Screen Saver • Why were screen savers invented?

30. Activity 4 • Taking Screenshots • Print Screen button • Try it • Now open Paint (Under Start – All Programs – Accessories) • Inside of Paint, choose Paste • What if you just want a single window? • Hit Alt-Print Screen

31. Wrap-up • Homework • Read Chapter 2 • Chapter 1,2 Short Ans/Multiple Choice due 11:59pm, August 24 (Sunday) • Use Blackboard to submit