Part 1 Fundamentals of Computers

Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers

1.1 What Is a Computer?

1.2 Getting Started with Your Computer

1.2.1 System Unit

1.2.2 Storage Devices

1.2.3 Monitor

1.2.4 Mouse

1.2.5 Keyboard

1.2.6 Printer

1.3 Getting Started with Software

1.3.1 Components of Windows Desktop

1.3.2 Windows So ftware Controls

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Chapter 2 Computer System Basics

2.1 The Von Neumann Model of the PC

2.2 CPU

2.3 Memory vs.Storage

2.4 Input and Output

2.5 Computer Bus

2.6 Computer Networks

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Chapter 3 Data,Information and Files

3.1 Data and Computers

3.2 Analog and Digital Information

3.3 Computer Files

3.3.1 File Types

3.3.2 Directories

3.3.3 File Path

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Chapter 4 A Look Inside the Computer Case

4.1 Integrated Circuits

4.2 The Motherboard

4.2.1 CPU

4.2.2 RAM Chios

4.2.3 Expansion Slot/Card

4.2.4 BIOS Chip

4.3 Storage Drives

4.4 Power Supply Unit

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Part 2 Computers Software

Chapter 5 Data and Its Represen-tation

5.1 Types of Data

5.2 Data inside the Computer

5.3 Representing Data

5.3.1 Representing Text

5.3.2 Representing Numbers

5.3.3 Representing Images

5.3.4 Representing Sound

5.3.5 Representing Video

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Chapter 6 Computer Software Basics

6.1 Computer Programs

6.2 Computer Software and Categories

6.2.1 System Software

6.2.2 Application Software

6.3 Software Piracy

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Chapter 7 System Software

7.1 System Software and Its Components

7.2 Operating System

7.2.1 Basics of Operating System

7.2.2 Types of Operating System

7.3 Utilities

7.4 Device Drivers

7.5 Language Translators

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Chapter 8 Common Operating Systems

8.1 Microsoft DOS and Windows

8.2 Mac OS

8.3 UNIX and Linux

8.4 Mobile Operating Systems

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Chapter 9 Application Software

9.1 Business Application Software

9.2 Communications Application Software

9.3 Multimedia Application Software

9.4 Education and Training Software

9.5 All the Other Ware Terminology

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Chapter 10 Computer Program-ming

10.1 Building a Program

10.2 Algorithm

10.2.1 What is an Algorithm?

10.2.2 Algorithm Representation

10.3 Three Constructs

10.4 Programming Language

10.4.1 Low-level Language

10.4.2 High-level Language

10.5 Structured Programming and Object-oriented Programming

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Part 3 Computer Application

Chapter 11 Data Commu-nication

11.1 Data Communication

11.2 Communications Channels

11.3 Communication Media

11.3.1 Twisted Pair Wire

11.3.2 Coaxial Cable

11.3.3 Fiber Optic Cable

11.3.4 Wireless Media

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Chapter 12 Computer Networks

12.1 Evolution of Computer Networks

12.2 Protocol

12.3 Topology

12.3.1 Types of Physical Topology

12.3.2 Types of Logical Topology

12.4 Network Operating System

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Chapter 13 Internet and WWW

13.1 The Origin ofthe Internet

13.2 TCP/IP

13.3 ISP

13.4 Intemet Address and Domain Name

13.5 Worid Wide Web（WWW）

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Chapter 14 Data Security

14.1 What Can Go Wrong?

14.1.1 Operator Error

14.1.2 Power Failures,Spikes and Surges

14.1.3 Hardware Failure

14.2 Viruses

14.2.1 Types of Computer Viruses

14.2.2 Worms and Trojan Horses

14.3 Protecting Yourself

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Chapter 15 Data Compression

15.1 What Is Data Compression?

15.2 Lossless Compression and Lossy Compression

15.3 Text Compression

15.4 Image Compression

15.5 Video ＆ Audio Compression

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Chapter 16 Artificial Intelligence

16.1 Artificial Intelligence and Turing Test

16.2 Branches of AI

16.3 Applications of AI

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