Using computers for projects

Computer architecture

Connecting external devices

The motherboard and peripherial connections

Information storage

Information processing

Peripheral devices

IDE/ATA conectors and SATA connectors

Chipset

Expansion slot

Phisical connection

Control programs / drivers

Functions of an operating system

The operating system

What tasks does an operating system perform?

How does an operating system open a program?

Types of software

Applications

Programming lenguages

Operating system

Managing memory and information storage

Creating a convenient user interface and workspace

Managing the microprocesor

Facilitating communications between applications and peripheral devices

The operating system is the firs thing we use when we turn on a computer and the last thing we use when we turn it off again

To open an application, such as word processor, you use the mouse or trackpad to send a command to the operatin system. After that, the operating system follows a series of steps