SUMMARY OF CLASS

Last Wednesday, January 7, 2009, I had learned CS119 subject. It is about Information Technology, the Internet and You. What I have got was the five parts of an information system that are people, procedures, software, hardware and data. I learned about the two major kinds of software, three kinds of system software programs and also the difference between basic and specialized application software. Next, I had identified the four types of computers that are supercomputers, mainframe computers, minicomputers and microcomputers. Beside, I also described the four types of microcomputer and the four basic categories of microcomputer hardware including the system unit, input/output, secondary storage, and communication. The next part of information system is data. I had described the four common types of files including document files, worksheet files, database files and presentation files like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Publisher, etc. The last part is connectivity, the wireless revolution, and the Internet. In this part, I had defined the connectivity, network, and wireless revolution and further on, the Internet and Web. Lastly, I know all the careers in IT and its description of each career.