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Copyright- You cannot use other company’s/businesses copyrighted images otherwise the company can sue you and make you stop using the logo.

The case can be taken to court and you can have a lot of money taken of off you for doing so.

This can create a chain reaction of problems as if you do approach a company about using their image then they might deny you the right to use it due to the fact you’ve used a copyrighted image before.

 

When a graphics designer creates a piece of work, they will often leave a trademark in the form of a logo or their signature, identifying the work as their own; this is useful in preventing the work from being plagiarised.

 

Intellectual property means that the idea belongs to the person that originally came up with it, if one person has an idea for a new product, and another hears the person with the originally idea and claims it for their own, they do not have the copyright.

 

 

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logo, and letterhead example- 

Logo

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Fri, 11 May 2012 03:34:00 -0700 M1 http://06martir.posterous.com/m1-73368 http://06martir.posterous.com/m1-73368

Intel 10400i Configurator - Ultimate Workstation & Gaming System

Top of the range system, can be customized very specifically.

 

 

Case- Lian Li PC-P80N Full Tower Case - Black

Most protective case.

 

Processor- Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor 

The fastest running processor as of late.

 

Cpu cooler- Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler

Fastest cooler available.

 

Motherboard- Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard

The most advanced motherboard, capable of holding many different components(multiple graphics cards etc.

 

Memory- Team Xtreem 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 2600MHz C10 Dual/Quad Channel Kit 

RAM, the things which allows you to access multiple files at once without the computers efficiency faltering. So lots of ram would suit a designer’s computer.

 

Graphics card- OcUK Value GeForce GTX 590 3072MB GDDR5

The best graphics cards allow you to have a high frames per second(fps) rating, allowing high quality/smooth graphics when designing websites/animations etc.

 

Graphics card 2- the same.

 

Hard drive- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive 

When web designing, the files created will take up a lot of space, and the programmes needed will also take up a lot of space, so a big hard drive is needed.

 

 

Hard drive 2- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

The same reason.

 

Raid option- none.

Not needed.

 

Optical- Pioneer BDR-206MBK 12x BDXL BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM)

 BluRay player, for high end graphics so you can develop a high quality website/also used for other purposes.

 

Power supply- Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular PSU

High quality power, reduces short outs, and also the rate at which it heats up.

This needed as if the power cuts out and your work is lost, you’ll have to start again.

 

Operating system- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit 

Logitech MX Performance Mouse

 

Graphics tablet- Bamboo Pen Graphics Tablet

 

Standard keyboard

 

Output devices- Projector for the image to be displayed on a screen larger than the computer screen. Can’t be easily moved, therefore if you want to show in more than one place multiple projectors would be needed. Also has to be measured to fit the screen the image is being projected on, therefore some of the image might be missing as it’s on the screen.

You could also have a Second/Third monitor for viewing the work(ASUS VE278Q - 27"), not cheap, each monitor costing £238 each, 4 costing just under £1000. A scanner/printer for putting the work onto paper(Epson Stylus SX435W Colour Ink-jet - Fax / copier / printer / scanner) the limitations of this are that if used a lot, the printer will run out of ink very quickly and cost about £15 to replace. And a plotter, which draws the picture on paper via commands from the computer(Canon iPF750 imagePROGRAF A0 Large Format CAD Plotter with Stand BNIB), plotters don’t handle high quality images very well and seem to faulter, the plotter itself is very expensive, costing around £2000, meaning you’d have to have a lot of money left over from buying the system.

 

External hard-drive(Toshiba PX1624E-1HC2 320GB StorE Alu2 USB 2.0 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive Silver), as it’s an external hard-drive this means it is kept separate from the computer and can therefore be easily lost. A good thing about external hard drives is that they can hold a lot, the higher end gard drive holding up to 500GB of data.

, so work can be transferred between computer, good for working from home etc. also good for transferring editing programmes between systems, so work can be done by more than one person at any one time.

 

 

Graphics package; Adobe CS.5 package.

 

 

 

 

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Vehicles- Vector images should be used on vehicles; this is due to the fact that instead of using pixels (blocks of colour) they are made of line, curves and shapes, meaning that when you enlarge the image it doesn’t lose any quality. If you used a bitmap image, when enlarge it would become very pixelated and lose quality. Images made with adobe illustrator are vector images, and are saved as ai files.

Website- JPG images should be used for websites; this is down to the fact that they are low in file size, they hold colours well and load at a reasonably high speed. Meaning the website page will load faster than if you were vector images. GIF images are the best type of image to go for if you have things such as logo’s and diagrams etc. as they are flat images and have solid colours. PNG is a newer type of image format and therefore have more features, but because they’re new not many browsers support them.

Flyers- Bitmap, JPG, GIF or even vector images can be used on flyers, this is due to the size of the picture, it will be relatively small and therefore won’t lose any quality. 

The flyers should be saved as a PDF file for ease of printing, but should be converted to a DTP file.

The software used to make flyers is called Publish-it. this is why the flyers have to be used as a DTP file as that's the only type of file that works with Publish it. 

 

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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:19:00 -0700 P1 http://06martir.posterous.com/p1-20968 http://06martir.posterous.com/p1-20968

Intel 10400i Configurator - Ultimate Workstation & Gaming System

Top of the range system, can be customized very specifically.

 

 

Case- Lian Li PC-P80N Full Tower Case - Black 

Most protective case.

 

Processor- Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor  

The fastest running processor as of late.

 

Cpu cooler- Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler

Fastest cooler available.

 

Motherboard- Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard 

The most advanced motherboard, capable of holding many different components(multiple graphics cards etc.

 

Memory- Team Xtreem 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 2600MHz C10 Dual/Quad Channel Kit 

RAM, the things which allows you to access multiple files at once without the computers efficiency faltering. So lots of ram would suit a designer’s computer.

 

Graphics card- OcUK Value GeForce GTX 590 3072MB GDDR5

The best graphics cards allow you to have a high frames per second(fps) rating, allowing high quality/smooth graphics when designing websites/animations etc.

 

Graphics card 2- the same.

 

Hard drive- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive 

When web designing, the files created will take up a lot of space, and the programmes needed will also take up a lot of space, so a big hard drive is needed.

 

 

Hard drive 2- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

The same reason.

 

Raid option- none.

Not needed.

 

Optical- Pioneer BDR-206MBK 12x BDXL BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM)

 BluRay player, for high end graphics so you can develop a high quality website/also used for other purposes.

 

Power supply- Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular PSU

High quality power, reduces short outs, and also the rate at which it heats up.

This needed as if the power cuts out and your work is lost, you’ll have to start again.

 

Operating system- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit 

Logitech MX Performance Mouse

 

Graphics tablet- Bamboo Pen Graphics Tablet

 

Standard keyboard

 

Output devices- Projector for the image to be displayed on a screen larger than the computer screen.

You could also have a Second/Third monitor for viewing the work(ASUS VE278Q - 27") a scanner/printer for putting the work onto paper(Epson Stylus SX435W Colour Ink-jet - Fax / copier / printer / scanner) And a plotter, which draws the picture on paper via commands from the computer(Canon iPF750 imagePROGRAF A0 Large Format CAD Plotter with Stand BNIB)

 

Exterior hard-drive(Toshiba PX1624E-1HC2 320GB StorE Alu2 USB 2.0 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive Silver), so work can be transferred between computer, good for working from home etc. also good for transferring editing programmes between systems, so work can be done by more than one person at any one time

 

 

Graphics package; Adobe CS.5 package.

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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:43:00 -0700 M2 http://06martir.posterous.com/m2-98916 http://06martir.posterous.com/m2-98916

Alternative system-

12 Core Mac Pro- $4,999

Processor- Two 2.93GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” (12 cores) [Add $1,200.00]

Memory- 64GB (8x8GB) [Add $3,550.00]

Mac Pro Raid card [Add $700.00]

Hard drive bay 1/2- 512GB solid-state drive [Add $1,250.00]

512GB solid-state drive [Add $1,400.00]

Graphics- ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB [Add $200.00]

Optical drive- Two 18x SuperDrives [Add $100.00]

Display- Apple LED Cinema Display (27" flat panel) [Add $999.00]

Mouse- Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad [Add $69.00]

Keyboard and documentation- Apple Wireless Keyboard (Japanese) & User's Guide [Add $20.00]

Quad-channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express card [Add $1,000.00]

Total- $16,486.00

Overall I would choose the first system, as it is much cheaper compared to what you get.

Hard drive is cheaper, and you get plenty enough hard drive space for what the computer is going to be used for, again with the graphics card, you get high quality graphics with the workstation computer.

The keyboard and mouse cost more because they’re apple; they have the exact same function as the normal mouse/keyboard.

The only positive thing you’d get from going for the apple computer would be a faster processor, which makes the computer run faster, but with a good hard-drive/graphics card the computer will run fast anyway. 

 

 

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Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:27:00 -0700 P4 http://06martir.posterous.com/p8-1559 http://06martir.posterous.com/p8-1559

Intel 10400i Configurator - Ultimate Workstation & Gaming System

Top of the range system, can be customized very specifically.

 

 

Case- Lian Li PC-P80N Full Tower Case - Black - £175.00

Most protective case.

 

Processor- Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - £460.00

The fastest running processor as of late.

 

Cpu cooler- Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler

Fastest cooler available.

 

Motherboard- Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard- £112.51

The most advanced motherboard, capable of holding many different components(multiple graphics cards etc.

 

Memory- Team Xtreem 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 2600MHz C10 Dual/Quad Channel Kit - £191.70

RAM, the things which allows you to access multiple files at once without the computers efficiency faltering. So lots of ram would suit a designer’s computer.

 

Graphics card- OcUK Value GeForce GTX 590 3072MB GDDR5- £480.83

The best graphics cards allow you to have a high frames per second(fps) rating, allowing high quality/smooth graphics when designing websites/animations etc.

 

Graphics card 2- the same.

 

Hard drive- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - £340.00

When web designing, the files created will take up a lot of space, and the programmes needed will also take up a lot of space, so a big hard drive is needed.

 

 

Hard drive 2- Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive -£391.66

The same reason.

 

Raid option- none.

Not needed.  

 

Optical- Pioneer BDR-206MBK 12x BDXL BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) - £118.33

BluRay player, for high end graphics so you can develop a high quality website/also used for other purposes.

 

Power supply- Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular PSU - £87.50

High quality power, reduces short outs, and also the rate at which it heats up.

This needed as if the power cuts out and your work is lost, you’ll have to start again.

 

Operating system- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit - £29.17

A fast operating system, needed for certain programmes that aid in the design functions of the computer you need.


 

Cables- fully cable managed

 

Security- None

 

Logitech MX Performance Mouse- £74.90

 

Graphics tablet- Bamboo Pen Graphics Tablet

 

Standard keyboard

 monitor(s) recommend the ASUS VK278Q - 27"

 

Overall- roughly £5000 Inc VAT.  

 

Graphics package; Adobe CS.5 package.

 

Minimum requirements for this software;

 

Windows

·                     Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required

·                     64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows® 7

·                     2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)

·                     10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)

·                     7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed

·                     1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card

·                     Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU–accelerated performance; visit www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs for the latest list of supported cards

·                     Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows

·                     OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device

·                     Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model

·                     DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)

·                     QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features

·                     Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files

·                     Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

 

 

I chose this system as it fits in with all the required system settings to run the adobe CS.5 package.

 

 

 

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Test Name

Method

Expected outcome

Actual outcome

Action required

software applications open and work as intended

Opening and closing certain programmes checking each one works.

For them to all open and work correctly.

All programmes opened and worked properly, without any faults.

Reinstall the operating system, or update if required.

 

default folder settings are correct

 Opening the defaults folders, and checking if they work.

 For them to all open and work correctly, without problems.

 All default folders opened properly, and had the correct default folders inside of them.

 Change the default settings in the control panel.

 

desktop shortcuts go to the right place

 Clicking the desktop shortcuts and checking where they went.

 For them to go to the right place.

 They all went to the correct places, and had all the work in them (if it was a folder shortcut).

 Remove and replace the desktop shortcuts with new ones.

 

the correct device drivers are installed

 Trying the different drivers to check they worked.

For them to work properly, and for the devices to be connected.

 All devices worked properly.

 Would have to go the internet and download the correct drivers for the devices.

 

the correct paper sizes are set for printing

 Going to print something and checking the properties.

 For all the correct printing sizes were there.

All the printer sizes where correct and worked properly. 

 Configure the print settings with the correct paper sizes.

 

menu options work as intended

 Going to the menu and clicking certain options.

 For all the options to work.

 All the options worked as intended.

 Update/re install the operating system.

 

the correct date and time are set

 By checking the date and time.

 For it to be correct.

 Was the correct date and time.

 Would have changed the date and time to the correct settings.

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Security virus protection/firewalls-

Antivirus or anti-virus software is used to prevent and remove malware, including computer worm, Trojan horses, spyware and adware. The utility prevents downloads of harmful documents by scanning them and warning you of the danger.

Firewalls- A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is used to protect networks from unauthorized access whilst letting you access legitimate sites without a problem. Many personal computer operating systems include software-based firewalls to protect against threats from the public Internet.

With a decent firewall/security system in place, the chance of getting viruses is dramatically reduced, meaning that the processing speeds stay high and don’t falter due to a virus a attacking them. Also many viruses cause the computer to crash/freeze, this is stopped by the firewall scanning files before you open/download them, and therefore warning you if a virus is found.

 

Clean up tools for removal of cookies and/or internet history and/or defragmentation-

These functions allow you to remove certain aspects of the internet, the sites you’ve visited, downloaded from etc... This enhances the security of the internet and also stops people finding out personal information, defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation. It does this by physically organizing the contents of the mass storage device used to store files into the smallest number of fragments.

Secure privacy settings helps you protect personal information, the utility used for this would be partly internet options, where you can delete internet viewing history, and downloads. File passwords also help you maintain good security by restricting access to certain files of your choice, and the computer login also helps you stop people stop accessing your computer entirely, by requesting a password before letting anything work, although there are two ways of accessing files, some done by Trojan horses, a virus planted on some files intended to attack your computer. These are stopped by the firewall.

 

Drive formatting-

Format actually means to prepare a storage medium, usually a hard drive, for reading and writing. When you format a hard drive, the operating system erases all bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure all sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors, and creates internal address tables that it later uses to locate information. This means you are able to access the files saved on the hard drive.

Drive formatting can improve the devices you use with your computer, and helps the computer run smother, with a properly formatted hard drive, you will be able to save and edit files with ease without any problems and notifications asking if you want to format the hard drive, and so on. 

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Functions 

Windows XP 

Mac OS

Machine and peripheral management.

On windows, this is done in the Control Panel.

Found under Accessories. Easy to find and easy to use, just easier on a Mac due to the layout of the System preferences. the control panel allows you to actively edit the settings which allow you to use these settings, via the GUI.

On the Mac, this is done in System Preferences. Under the hardware sub-heading. The Mac is much easier to use for settings like these as it’s all found in a file on the dock, called System preferences.

Security.

Also found in the Control Panel. Under security. The Mac is much easier to use than Windows for this task as it’s all in one location. 

Security settings on a computer are fairly basic, with the firewall and passwords easy to edit, but not so easy to find, the function is found in the control panel. Making them prone to Viruses.

You can also have external back ups, like plug in hard drives, which you can use to back up your computers settings and documents.

 

 

Also done in system preferences, under the security icon. Again easier on the Mac.

On a Mac, you simply go to System Preferences, then security and can easily edit all the functions, to what you want them to be, and can password certain files so only the people that know the password can access them. Mac’s don’t work with xc files, which can contain lots of viruses, therefore limiting the chance of them getting a virus.

Time machine is a built in back up that works both with your Mac and an external drive, letting you know if anything goes wrong you have everything backed up.

File Management.

Easily used, in folders such as My Pictures, My Videos etc... I find Windows XP easier for controlling and finding files.

Found in Macintosh HD shortcut on the desktop. This is trickier than it is on Windows, as I find this to be a tedious task.

Device Drivers.

If you get a new piece of equipment, like a mouse, you may have to download a new device driver to be able to use this mouse.

Whereas on a Mac, you rarely have to download a new device driver as it recognises nearly all devices, apart from the odd few.

Features

 

 

Ability to customise.

Easy to customise things like backgrounds, simply find the image you want on the internet, right click and select ‘set as background image’ or save as, and do it that way.

Whereas on a Mac there are many images you can use without having to search the internet, with different categories, such as nature photos, this feature is also found in System Preferences, therefore is easy to get to.

Spaces allow you to easily customize spaces you want to be able to visit quickly and easily, by creating a panel with your selected places.

Hot corners is a utility that allows you to hover the mouse over the corner of the desktop and bring up programmes of your choice in a box, allowing you to easily access them.

Support for connectivity of portable media.

If you don’t have the right software on your computer, your computer won’t be able to support or interact with the media you’ve plugged into the computer.

Whereas on a Mac everything is done via ITunes and rarely any other programmes are used. This makes using portable media really easy to manage and transfer files to and from. 

Stability and reliability.

Windows computers are known for getting virus and malfunctioning, due to the security settings on most of them. You can stop this by getting good security, such as MacAfee etc.

However on a Mac, viruses are stopped before they are downloaded due to the security software on them, which detects viruses and stops the download or however they are being transferred to the computer.

Ease of management.

Windows computers are known for there ease of management, as you can find all of the files on the computer, under the My Computer section, found in the start menu.

 

Whereas on a Mac, the management of files is rather complicated, as they are in a not so well known location called McIntosh HD.  This makes the task of finding the files seem to drag unless you know what they’re called. If you know what they’re called you can search the name of the file, you can do the same on a computer.

Expose, shows all open windows allowing you too easily access the window you want without Having to sift through all your open windows.

Associated utilities.

Associated utilities such as cleaner, allows you to delete your internet history and search history.

The Mac allows you to do the same, but you can do more than just delete temporary search data, but you can also easily edit settings which block certain access to websites. I feel that the Mac has more in depth settings, therefore I prefer it.

Boot Camp which allows you to run windows operating systems on a Mac allows easier access for people new to using Macs, and that want to use windows.

 

 

 

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Security virus protection and/or firewalls

Clean up tools for removal of cookies and/or internet history and/or defragmentation

Drive formatting 

 

Security virus protection/firewalls-

Antivirus or anti-virus software is used to prevent and remove malware, including computer worm, Trojan horses, spyware and adware. The utility prevents downloads of harmful documents by scanning them and warning you of the danger.

Firewalls- A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is used to protect networks from unauthorized access whilst letting you access legitimate sites without a problem. Many personal computer operating systems include software-based firewalls to protect against threats from the public Internet.

 

Clean up tools for removal of cookies and/or internet history and/or defragmentation-

These functions allow you to remove certain aspects of the internet, the sites you’ve visited, downloaded from etc... This enhances the security of the internet and also stops people finding out personal information, defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation. It does this by physically organizing the contents of the mass storage device used to store files into the smallest number of fragments.

Drive formatting-

Format actually means to prepare a storage medium, usually a hard drive, for reading and writing. When you format a hard drive, the operating system erases all bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure all sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors, and creates internal address tables that it later uses to locate information. This means you are able to access the files saved on the hard drive. 

 

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Operating systems allow easy access to files and easy management of the computer and the peripheral devices, the GUI (Graphics User Interface) allows you to easily use the features of the computer by using the peripherals to control it. You use the peripheral devices to control the separate devices and the drivers that control therm. Allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands.

 

 

Machine and peripheral management/device drivers.

Peripherals- things such as printers, mice, keyboards etc. Anything you plug into the computer, if you have wireless peripheral devices then you need a driver for the device to work, by downloading the compatible software/driver your device will work.


Machine-
the Computer Management console consists of a window divided into two panes. The left pane contains the console tree; the right pane contains details. When you click an item in the console tree, information about that item is displayed in the details pane. The information that is displayed is specific to the item that you select. 

 

 

 

The administrative tools in Computer Management are grouped into the following three categories in the console: 

·             System Tools

·             Storage

·             Services and Applications

 

Security- common protection includes a package of things such as;

·                                 Antivirus

·                                 Antispyware

·                                 Phishing protection

·                                 Rootkit protection

·                                 Worm protection

·                                 Browser protection

·                                 The most common providers are Norton, AVG and MacAfee.

                  You also get the type of security like software such as Impero, which is used to stop people from accessing certain sites on the internet. The operating system allows you to turn the firewall on/off and modify what the firewall limits.

 

File management- creating folders, and moving documents to different places; Find files, windows provides easy access to the documents you save and edit, you can also easily move the files around, by dragging and dropping them. Saving in certain places is also easy as you just change the location you want to save in by selecting it from a drop down box. The operating system allows this by allowing the tools needed to control these functions (mouse, keyboard etc) to connect to the computer making it able for you to easily control the featuers of the opperating system. 

 

 

 

 

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Processor

Central processing unit (CPU), an electronic circuit which executes computer programs, containing a processing unit and a control unit. There have been many processors on the market, running at many different speeds. The speed is measured in Megahertz or MHz. A single MHz is a calculation of 1 million cycles per second (or computer instructions). This talks in binary code, the motherboard passes these codes and translates them so that the other components can understand. 

Motherboard

 

 

In personal computers, a motherboard is the central printed circuit board in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system, providing connectors for other peripherals. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board. The motherboard is like the brain of a computer, everything runs through this and without one the computer wouldn’t work. The motherboard allows most of the components of a computer to communicate with each other. 

 

 

Bios

In IBM PC compatible computers, the basic input/output system (BIOS) also known as the system BIOS or ROM BIOS is a standard firmware interface. The name originated in earlier computers running CP/M and other operating systems, where the BIOS was loaded from disc rather than stored as firmware (EPROMs )Communication- operating system only needs to know how to communicate with the BIOS layer. It is up to the BIOS layer to translate the operating system commands into action by the hardware. It receives these commands when the computer boots up, but not when the computer is restarted.

Power_supply

In electronic systems, a heat sink is a passive component that cools a device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air. Heat sinks are used to cool electronic components. And fans are found inside the computer case and help prevent the various computer parts inside from overheating. Without them, components of your computer can malfunction, become damaged, or even crash.

Heatsink_and_fan

 

 In electronic systems, a heat sink is a passive component that cools a device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air. Heat sinks are used to cool electronic components. And fans are found inside the computer case and help prevent the various computer parts inside from overheating. Without them, components of your computer can malfunction, become damaged, or even crash.

 

 

Hard_drive_configuration_and_controllers_sata_or_ide_or_eide

 

 Hard drive configuration and controllers SATA or IDE or EIDE, One of the more confusing aspects of EIDE hard drive configuration for those new to computer building is the master/slave relationship. It's actually not very hard to understand, however. The primary EIDE connection will be labelled on the motherboard as either IDE-0 or IDE-1, depending on the mood of the person who made up the stencil. If they chose to use IDE-0 and IDE-1 for the two channels, then the primary is IDE-0. But if they are labelled IDE-1 and IDE-2, then IDE-1 is the primary. (They may also be labelled as EIDE or ATAPI, rather than IDE, on some boards. It all means the same thing.)

 

Usb_port
 

 The port in which you put the USB device, most computers having 3 or 4 USB ports, they connect to the computer by cables linked to the motherboard. A USB port is a standard cable connection interface on personal computers and consumer electronics.

 

Ram

 

 RAM works in conjunction with the central processing unit (CPU). If RAM is the temporary memory, you can think of the CPU as the brain of the computer. The CPU chip retrieves data from the RAM. The chip takes those instructions and begins to move and process data through the motherboard in the correct order to its next designated location.

 

 


Graphics-card
A graphics card is a part of a computer that translates the binary data from the CPU and turns them into pictures that you can see on your computer monitor,
A graphics card uses a motherboard to connect to a computer, which is its source of power and data. The graphics card uses one of the three interfaces - PCI (peripheral component interconnect), AGP (advanced graphics port) or PCIe (PCI express).

Printer

 

a printer is a device that accepts text and graphic output from a computer and transfers the information to paper, usually to standard size sheets of paper; Connects to the computer via a USB cable.

Scanner, scans an image/written piece, and puts it as a jpeg on the computer, also communicates via a USB cable.

 

Pen_drive

 

Pen drive, otherwise known as a USB (universal serial bus) stick, is a data storage device that consists of flash memory. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. They communicate by plugging in to the USB slots on the computer, in direct link to the motherboard due to the USB port.

 

Hard_drive

 

The hard disk drive is the main, and usually largest, data storage device in a computer. The operating system, software titles and most other files are stored in the hard disk drive. The sides of the hard drive have pre drilled, threaded holes for easy mounting in the 3.5 inch drive bay in the computer case. The hard drive is secured in pace on the motherboard, allowing easy communication to the other components also mounted on the motherboard.

 

Twisted_pair_cable

 

A type of cable that consists of two independently insulated wires twisted around one another. The use of two wires twisted together helps to reduce crosstalk and electromagnetic induction. Go directly into the components in the computer, and carry information/power to each individual part.  

 

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