If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Identify and discuss the four main components of computer hardware: input, processing, output, and storage
- Identify and describe major hardware components
- Identify major steps in the historical development of computers and information systems
- Identify, describe and use communications and networking terminology and technology to include
Internet operations and its uses
- Describe the major operating system functions and demonstrate usage of operating system services to include: disk management, file management, and memory management
- Identify and discuss computer ethics and security issues
- Demonstrate searching, validation, and evaluation of information found in library databases
- Identify, discuss and use important categories of application software: word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics
- Identify and discuss software development processes and programming languages and database systems
- Create a Web site with HTML tags and post to a Web server