Computer+Assessment+Checklist

Introduction: The following will help me and you understand more your understanding of computers and will help the direction on our study of computer technology. Check which of the following you might be familiar with or need to know. **Part 1.** **Boot-Up Process...** Getting to Know the Hardware..... How Circuits Juggle Data.....  How a PC Comes Alive.....  How an Operating System Controls Hardware.....  **Part 2: How Microchips are the PC’s Brain.....** How Transistors Manipulate Data..... How a Microprocessor Works....  **Part 3: How Software Works....** How Programming Languages Work.... How Windows Works.....  How Software Applications Do Your Work....  **Part 4: Data Storage....** How a Computer’s Long-Term Memory Works..... How Disk Drives Save Information.....  How Little Things Make Drives Faster and Bigger....  How PCs Use Light to Remember Data.....  **Part 5: Input/Output Devices....** How Data Gets Into Your PC..... How Scanners Capture Words and Images....  How Computers Use Power....  How Serial Ports Triumph...  How a Computer Display Works.... How Digital Photography Works..... How Multimedia Sound Works.... How Multimedia Video Works..... How Game Hardware Puts You In the Action.....  How Games Create 3D Worlds.....  **Part 7: How the Internet Works....** How Local Area Networks Work..... How PCs Connect to the Internet.....  How the Internet Moves Data.....  How We Reach Each Other Through the Net.....  How Wireless Sets PCs Free.....  How the Net Provides Video and Audio on Demand....  How the World Wide Web Works.....  How Internet Security Fights Off PC Invaders.....  **Part 8: How Printers Work.....** How Black-and-White Printing Works..... How Color Printing Works..
 * Part 6: Games and Multimedia**.....