Essential Computing Concepts
Objectives

  1. Describe components of a computer system.

  2. Describe the contribution of IBM, Microsoft, and Intel in the evolution of the PC.

  3. Distinguish between system software and application software.

  4. Describe how to safeguard a system through acquisition of an anti-virus program and through systematic backup.

  5. Define a local area network; distinguish between a server and a workstation.

  6. Define the Internet and the World Wide Web.

  7. Draw several parallels between e-commerce and traditional commerce.

  8. Describe e-mail.



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