Week 1 Blog

Lecture Summary:

During the lecture we were given a basic introduction to UPC0004, outline of the course structure, learning outcomes covered in the UPC0004 course details regarding course assisgnments. The policies ECU has regarding plagiarism, the responsibilities of you as a student.

Processes involved in withdrawing from the UPC course, Requirements for module 1 of UPC0004 and the topics covered (basic computing skills, equipment needed, and a desciption of the advanced skills.

A brief overview of workshop one which was to be completed during todays lesson.

Workshop write up:

The creation of a blog on the site blogger.com, choosing a basic layout an entering your information.

Created a screenshot of the blog i created

The creation of an account on the site ImageShack.us to enable the uploading of pictures on to the blog i created

Created a screenshot of ImageShack after creating account
Inserted screenshots into blog.

Summary of Readings:

PC Lube and Tune

• PC service centre which has been in business since 1994


• PC Lube and Tune specialises in introductions, tutorials and education on technical subjects to the common every day person


• PCLT deliver their services through the world wide web, they have a wide range of informational articles available to the general public that access their site
  

Articles available to the sites users

• Introduction to PC hardware – Learn how to care for and how it all works
• Exception handling in Java and C+ - Informs of the best practices for use with new programming languages or runtime environments
• The “GUI” or Graphical User Interface – Explains how simple the Common GUI is from a coding perspective
• Computers, Video files and HDTV – The hows of Computers, Videos, and HDTV
• Character encoding and web standards – Explanation of what it is
• Microsoft .Net Framework – Pros and Cons of the .Net programming framework
• Distributed applications on the web – Pros and cons of the new server programming environment
• Das Boot – How to, dual boot, partition, install etc
• COM Ports – How they work, how to solve problems
• Intro. To TCP/IP – Detailed look at the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
• Ethernets – Detailed look at Ethernet protocols, and standards and layouts

How Stuff Works

• Introduction to how PC’s work – Discusses the main components of a ‘typical’ PC:
  CPU (Central Processing Unit), RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), Cache, Virtual Memory, Motherboard, Power Supply, Hard Disk, Operating System, IDE, PCI Buses, AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), Graphics Card
• PC Connections - Types of connections on common PC's
• I/O Devices - Types of common I/O devices
• Ports - Types of ports on old and new PC's
• Internet/Network - What it is
• Powering Up - Processes that occur when you press the 'on' button
• Operating System - What is actually happening to make your PC run
• The Future of PC’s - New Technology, New Speeds
• Portable Personal Computing - New devlopoments in mobile computing