Basic Computer Operations
Introduction
☞ ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology.
☞ ICT skills helps us to communicate, run our business and stay connected with our near ones.
Computer Hardware and Software
☞ Hardware : The physical components that we can see and touch.
☞ It is manufactured.
☞ For ex, Keyboard, Monitor, CPU etc.
☞ Software : Collection of instructions, procedures and documentation that perform different tasks.
☞ It is developed and engineered.
☞ For ex, MS Word, MySQL, Google Chrome, etc.
Basic Functions performed when a computer starts
☞ When a computer is switched on, it automatically runs a basic program called BIOS.
☞ BIOS (Basic Input Output System) does a self test first and then load the Operating System.
