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Living in The IT Era
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DEFINITION OF COMPUTER moving the rods around and placing
them in specially constructed boards.
- an electronic machine that accepts
information (Data), processes it SLIDE RULE
according to specific instructions, and
- Invented by William Oughtred in 1622.
provides the results as new information.
- Based on Napier's idea about
EARLIEST COMPUTER logarithms.
- Used primarily for: – multiplication –
- Originally calculations were computed
division – roots – logarithm –
by humans, whose job title was
Trigonometry
computers.
- Not normally used for addition or
- These human computers were typically
subtraction.
engaged in the calculation of a
mathematical expression. PASCALINE
- The calculations of this period were
- Invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642.
specialized and expensive, requiring
- It was its limitation to addition and
years of training in mathematics.
subtraction.
- The first use of the word "computer"
- It is too expensive.
was recorded in 1613, referring to a
person who carried out calculations, or STEPPED RECKONER
computations, and the word continued
to be used in that sense until the middle - Invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in
of the 20th century. 1672.
- The machine that can add, subtract,
HISTORY OF COMPUTER multiply and divide automatically.
JACQUARD LOOM
TALLY STICKS - mechanical loom, invented by Joseph-
Marie Jacquard in 1881
- an ancient memory aid device to record
- automatic loom controlled by punched
and document numbers, quantities, or
cards.
even messages.
ARITHMOMETER
ABACUS
- mechanical calculator invented by
- mechanical device used to aid an
Thomas de Colmar in 1820
individual in performing mathematical
- first reliable, useful and commercially
calculations
successful calculating machine
- invented in Babylonia in 2400 B.C.
- could perform the four basic
- abacus in the form we are most familiar
mathematic functions
with was first used in China in around
- first mass-produced calculating
500 B.C.
machine.
- used to perform basic arithmetic
operations DIFFERENCE ENGINE AND ANALYTICAL
NAPIER’S BONES ENGINE
QUERIES
REPORT - user-constructed statement that set
conditions for selecting and
- printed information that, like a query
manipulating data
result, is assembled by gathering
data based on supplied criteria in REPORT
fact, report generation in most
DBMS's create report from queries - user- generated sets of data usually
- can range simple lists of records to printed as document
customized formats for specific
THE BEGINNING OF "NETWORK OF
purpose, such as invoices
NETWORKS"
- Report generators can use selected
data and criteria to carry out - The seeds of internet was planted in
automated mathematical 1969, when the Advance Research
calculations as the reports are Projects Agency (ARPA), of the US
printed Department of Defense began
connecting computers at different
SUMMARY
universities and defense contractors.
- The resulting network was called
ARPANET.
DATABASE
- The goal of this early project was to
- repository for collections of related create large computer network with
data / facts multiple paths in the form of telephone
line that could survive a nuclear attack
or other disaster.
- If one part of the network were
destroyed, other parts of the network
would remain functional because data - Therefore, several private
could continue to flow through the telecommunication companies built
surviving lines. their own network backbone that
- Initially the network included our function in match the same manner as
primary host computers. NSFNET.
- A host is like a network, providing - Network backbone is the central
services to other computer that connect structure that connects other elements
to it. ARPANET host computers (like of the network.
those on today's Internet) provided file - The original ARPANET was shutdown
transfer and communications services in 1990, and the ARPANET
and gave connected systems access to discontinued in 1995. By the mid of
the networks high speed data lines. 1990 interest in the internet expands
- The system grew quickly and spread dramatically
widely as the number of host grew.
USING YOUR WEB BROWSER AND THE
- The network jumped across the Atlantic
to Norway and England in 1973, and it WORLD WIDE WEB
never stopped growing.
- To access the web you need a special
- In the mid of 980, another federal
software program called a Web
agency, the National Science
Browser.
Foundation (NSF), joined the projects
after the Department of Defense drop
- The two most popular Web Browsers
are Microsoft Internet Explorer and
its funding
Netscape Navigator. There are,
NSF ESTABLISHED FIVE however, many other browsers, each
SUPERCOMPUTING CENTERS THAT with its own unique features and
capabilities.
WERE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO
WANTED TO USE THEM FOR ACADEMIC
- Web browser provide tools that let you
navigate the Web, moving from one
PURPOSES
page to another as easily as you flip
- The NSF expected supercomputing through the pages of a magazine.
users to use ARPANET to obtain
LAUNCHING YOUR BROWSER
access, but the agency quickly
discovered that existing network could - Your Web browser is an application
not handle the load. program that is stored on your
- In response, the NSF created a new computers disk. You must launch the
higher capacity network called program before you can view any Web
NSFNET. The link between the pages. You may need to connect to the
ARPANET and NSFNET and other Internet before launching the browser.
network was called internet. Once you have established a
- A collection of networked network is connection, Launch your browser by
described as being inter-networked, following these steps.
which is where the internet world wide 1. Click the start button on the
network gets its name. Windows taskbar. The start menu
- NSENET made Internet connections opens.
widely available for academic research, 2. Point to programs, to open the
but the NSF did not permit users to program menu. When the program
conduct private business over the menu opens, find the name of you
system browser and click it
- Depending on how your browser is USING THE BROWSER NAVIGATION
configured, a Web page may open in TOOLS
the browser window as soon as you
launch the program. This page is called - Web browsers offer a variety of tools to
the start page. You can set the browser help you move around the Web. These
to open any page (either from a web tools can save you the trouble of typing
site or from your computers disk) when URLs searching for links, and they
it launches it. allow you to quickly go back to pages
that you have already visited.
NAVIGATING THE WEB - The back and forward buttons return
- means moving from one web page to you to recently viewed pages, similar to
another, or from one web site to flipping through a magazine. The back
another. A web page is a document button returns you to previously opened
formatted with Hypertext Markup web pages. After using the back button,
Language (HTML) tags. A web site is a you can click forward to move forward
collection of related web pages. again, returning to the last page you
opened before you click the back button
USING URL - Most browsers allow you to "bookmark"
web pages that you visit frequently.
Every Web page has a unique address, called
Instead of typing the pages URL, you
a uniform resource locator, or URL. When you
simply select the pages title from list of
provide a URL for the browser, the browser
bookmarks. Depending on the browser
loads that URL. You can specify a URL in
you use, your bookmarks may store in
several ways. For example, you can type the
a list called Bookmarks from that list,
URL in the browser address box, or you can
and the browser returns to that page.
click a hyperlink that is linked to the URL in
- When you type URL into the address
your browsers favorites or bookmarks lists..
bar, your browser saves them, creating
USING HYPERLINKS history list for the current session. You
can choose a URL from this list and
- A hyperlink is simply a part of the web return to a previously opened page
page that is link to the URL. When the without having to use the back button or
text has a hyperlink assigned to it, you any other tools
can click it and jumped from present
location to another location to the URL SEARCHING THE WEB
specified by the hyperlink. Hyperlink
It is not easy to find what you want on the Web,
textbox looks different from normal text
that is because there are tens of millions of
in a Web page: It is usually underlined,
unique Web sites, which include hundreds of
but it can be formatted in any number of
millions of unique pages. The two most basic
ways.
and commonly used Web-based search tools
- Many web pages provide hyperlinked
are the following:
pictures or graphical buttonscalled
navigator tools-that direct you to DIRECTORIES
different pages, making it easier to find
the information you need. - A directory enables you to search for
information by selecting categories of
subject matter. The directory separate
subjects into categories, which are
broken into increasingly specific sub
categories. Sites listed in the directory
generally will provide relevant YOU DON'T NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO
information, this is because of adding THE INTERNET
sites to its lists. A directory reviews the
site contents. Example: You can write and design your HTML pages
http://www.looksmart.com/ (that is, your web pages) off-line. If all you are
doing is designing and creating web pages,
SEARCH ENGINE you do not need to go to the Internet. If you
- A search engine lets you search for have a regular telephone, dial up connection,
information by typing one or more and there is only one telephone line in your
words. The engine then displays a list house, there is no need to tie up the line.
of web pages that contain information
related to your words. This type of look-
up is called keyword search. Any YOU NEED A BROWSER
search engine lets you conduct a Internet Explorer and Firefox are among
search based on a single word. today's most popular browsers for viewing web
Fortunately, most of the search engines pages and for surfing the Internet. Netscape
provides other tool to help you search Navigator (also called Netscape
more accurately and find web pages Communicator), is still being used by many
that are more relevant to your interest. Surfers. In addition, today, web pages are
These include Boolean operator and being viewed in browsers through cell / mobile
advance search tools phones, cars, televisions, plus a host of hand-
META SEARCH ENGINE held wireless devices. and communicators
THE SUFFIX
2.Type at the top of your code. In the File name box, type in a suitable file
name along with an extension (either .htm or
.html).
In the Click on OK and the file (the web page)
is saved. In the case of WordPad, you may be
told that saving the file will remove all
formatting. That is okay because we do not
want any formatting saved with the file.
- most important
H2 PARAGRAPH TAG
PARAGRAPH JUSTIFICATION
- Paragraphs can be formatted in HTML
In order to see the difference in six much the same as you would expect to
available leading, below is an example of find in a word processing program.
HTML code showing the six headings.
JUSTIFY
PARAGRAPH CENTERING
LINE BREAKS
- different than most of the tags we have
seen so far
- ends the line you are currently on and
resumes on the next line
- Placing <br/> within the code is the
same as pressing the return key in word
processor Use the <br/> tag within the
<p> (paragraph) tag
FORMATTING ELEMENTS W/ TAGS HTML COLOR CODING-SYSTEM - COLOR
NAMES
As you begin to place more and more
elements onto your web site, it will become - 3 different methods to set color
necessary to make minor changes to the - simplest being the Generic terms of
formatting of those elements. Several tags colors
exist to further amplify text elements. These - black, white, red, green, and blue
formatting tags can make text bold, italic, - Generic colors are preset HTML coded
sub/superscripted, and more colors where the value is simply the
name of each color
BOLD, ITALIC AND MORE
THE 16 BASIC COLORS
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
7 8 9 A B C D E F
LETTER "F"
HEXADECIMALS
<body> Body of the HTML document <body>The content of Contents of your web
your HTML page</body> page
<br> Line break The contents of your page The contents of your web
<br> The contents of your page
page
The contents of your web
page
<center> center <center> This will center This will center your
your contents </center> contents
<input type="checkbox"
name="selection"> Selection
1 <input type="checkbox"
name="selection checked>
Selection 2 <input
type="checkbox"
name="selection"> Selection
3 <input type="Submit" value
Submit's
</form>
TAG NAME SAMPLE CODE BROWSER
VIEW
<li> Example 1: Example 1: Example 2:
<menu> i. List Item 1
list item <li type="disc">List item 1</li> ii. List Item 2
<li type="circle">List item 2</li> iii. List Item 3
< type="square">List item 3</li> iv. List Item 4
</MENU>
Example 2:
<ol type="i">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2< /li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
<link> link <head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="style.css"/>
<head>
<marques> scrolling text <marquee bgcolor="#eccoco toop="-1"
(Internet scroliamount="2"
Explorer) width="100%">Example
Marquees/marquee>
Spacing must be exactly like this for the comment element, with a space between the beginning
and ending tags.
Comment, are comments that you want behind the scenes within the HTML, not to show up on the
Web page, such as for instructions or details about the page.
In using Header, remember to use them in order, beginning with h1, and do not skip over any of
them (such as from hl to h3, skipping h2).
You can use CSS to style them how to wish, including colors, fonts, font sizes, margins, padding,
and more.