COMP 212 LECTURE

COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS
Presented by: COMPUTER DEPARTEMENT
Credits to: Ms. Jermaine Anne Tarriela

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 OLD BUT GOOD
• Supervisor Is Not Much Of
Technology. She Believes That
Through Hard Work And Observing
Deadline One Can Finish The Job.
Through Time It Was Relatively True
Until The Volume Of Work Is Too
Much Handle. How Can You
Convince Her That Its Time Change
Her Ways?

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 TERMINLOGIES To UNDERSTAND
• COMPUTER - electronic device capable of carrying out
sequence of instructions. It has 5 elements namely:

• Hardware
• Software
• People
• Procedures
• Data / information

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Information Technology Vs. Information System

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 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• is the use of any computers, storage,
networking and other physical
devices, infrastructure and processes to
create,
process, store, secure and exchange all
forms of
electronic data.

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 INFORMATION SYSTEM
• is the collection of technical and
human resources that provide the
storage, computing, distribution,
and communication for the
information required by all or some
part of an enterprise.

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 HARDWARE VS. SOFTWARE
• HARDWARE - refers to the physical, tangible
computer equipment and devices, which
provide support for major functions such as
input, processing (internal storage,
computation and control), output, secondary
storage (for data and programs), and
communication. 
• SOFTWARE - is a generic term for an organized
collection of computer data and instructions
(INTANGIBLE PARTS).
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 TWO TYPES OF SOFTWARE
• Application software helps
users solve a particular problem
or carry out a specific task.

• System software coordinates

the activities and functions of
hardware and software, and it
controls the operations of
computer hardware.

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 PEOPLEWARE
• refers to the role people play in
technology and the development of
hardware or software. It can include
various aspects of the process such as
human interaction, programming,
productivity, teamwork, and project
management. Include individual
people, groups of people, project teams,
businesses, developers, and end users.

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 PROCEDURE

• is the set of steps

employed to carry
out a specific
business or
organizational
activity. 

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 NETWORK
•a group of two or more
devices that can
communicate. In practice,
these are devices that allows
nodes to share resources.

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