CHAPTER 1

Chapter 1
Digital
Literacy
PREPARED BY : STEVEN C. BARIZO
Objectives Overview
Describe the purpose and

uses of smartphones, digital Describe the relationship
Differentiate among
cameras, portable media between data and
laptops, tablets, and servers
players, e-book readers, and information
game devices
Differentiate the Internet

Explain the purpose of a
from the web, and describe
Briefly explain various input browser, a search engine,
the relationship among the
options and an online social
web, webpages, websites,
network
and web servers
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Objectives Overview
Briefly describe digital security

Differentiate between wired
risks associated with viruses Differentiate between an
and wireless technologies, and
and other malware, privacy, operating system and
identify reasons individuals and
your health, and the applications
businesses use networks
environment
Discuss how society uses

Identify technology used by
technology in education, retail,
home users, small office/home
finance, entertainment, health office users, mobile users,
care, travel, government, power users, and enterprise
science, publishing, and users
manufacturing
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A World of Technology
• Because technology
changes, you must keep
up with the changes to
remain digitally literate
• Digital literacy involves
having a current
knowledge and
understanding of
computers, mobile
devices, the Internet, and
related technologies
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Computers
• A computer is an electronic device, operating

under the control of instructions stored in its own
memory
Accepts Produces
data Processing information
(input) (output)
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Computers
• Laptop
• Tablet
• Desktop
• Server
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Mobile and Game Devices
Smartphone
Digital camera
Portable media player
E-book reader
Game console
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Data and Information
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• A keyboard
contains keys you
press to enter data
and instructions
into a computer or
mobile device
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• A pointing device is an input device

that allows a user to control a small
symbol on the screen called a pointer
• Some mobile devices and computers
enable you to speak data instructions
using voice input and to capture live
full-motion images using video input
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• A scanner is a light-sensing input device that

converts printed text and images into a form the
computer can process
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• An output device is any hardware component

that conveys information from a computer or
mobile device to one or more people
• A printer is an output device that produces text
and graphics on a physical medium such as paper
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• A display is an output device that visually conveys

text, graphics, and video information
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• Speakers allow you to hear audio such as music,

voice, and other sounds
– Earbuds
– Headphones
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Memory consists of electronic components that store

instructions waiting to be executed and the data needed by
those instructions
A computer keeps data, instructions, and information on a

storage media
A storage device records (writes) and/or retrieves (reads) items

to and from storage media
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Hard Disk Solid-State USB Flash Drive

Drive
Memory Card Optical Disc Cloud Storage
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The Internet
• The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that

connects millions of businesses, government agencies,
educational institutions, and individuals
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The Internet
The World Wide Web (or web, for short) is a global library of
information available to anyone connected to the Internet
The web consists of a worldwide collection of electronic

documents, each of which is called a webpage
A website is a collection of related webpages
A web server is a computer that delivers requested

webpages to your computer
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The Internet
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The Internet
• A browser is software that enables users with an

Internet connection to access and view webpages
on a computer or mobile device
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The Internet
• A search engine is software that finds websites,

webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other
information related to a specific topic
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The Internet
• An online social network encourages members to

share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music,
and videos with other registered users
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Digital Safety and Security
• It is important that users protect their computers

and mobile devices
Viruses and
Other Privacy
Malware
Health Environmental
Concerns Issues
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Digital Safety and Security
• Green computing involves reducing the electricity

consumed and environmental waste generated when
using a computer
• Strategies include:
– Recycling
– Using energy efficient hardware and energy saving features
– Regulating manufacturing processes
– Extending the life of computers
– Immediately donating or properly disposing of replaced computers
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Programs and Apps
• Software, also called a program, tells the

computer what tasks to perform and how to
perform them
System Software
• Operating system
• Utility program
Application Software
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Programs and Apps
• Installing is the process of setting up software to

work with the computer, printer, and other
hardware
• Once installed, you can run an application so that
you can interact with it
• You interact with a program or application
through its user interface
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Programs and Apps
• A software developer, sometimes called an

application developer or computer programmer, is
someone who develops programs and apps or writes
the instructions that direct the computer or mobile
device to process data into information
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Communications and Networks
• In the course of a day, it is likely you use, or use

information generated by, one or more of these
communications technologies
Chat rooms Email Fax FTP GPS
Instant Video
Internet Newsgroups RSS
messaging conference
Wireless Wireless
Voice mail VoIP Internet messaging
access points services
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• A communications device is hardware capable of

transferring items from computers and devices to
transmission media and vice versa
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• Examples of wireless communications

technologies include:
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Cellular radio
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• A network is a collection of computers and

devices connected together via communications
devices and transmission media
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Home Networks Business Networks

• Connect to the Internet • Facilitate communications
• Share a single high-speed • Share hardware
Internet connection
• Share data, information,
• Access photos, music, and software
videos, and other content
• Share devices
• Play multiplayer games
• Connect game consoles to
the Internet
• Subscribe to and use VoIP
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Uses of Technology in Society
Education Government Finance Retail
Entertainment Health Care Travel Science
Publishing Manufacturing
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Technology Users
Home User Small/Home Mobile User

Office User
Power User Enterprise User
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Chapter Summary
Various methods
Basic computer for input, output,
The Internet
concepts memory, and
storage
Digital security and Uses of technology

safety risks and applications in
precautions society
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Describe the purpose and

Differentiate the Internet

Briefly describe digital security

Discuss how society uses

• A computer is an electronic device, operating

Portable media player

• A pointing device is an input device

• A scanner is a light-sensing input device that

• An output device is any hardware component

• A display is an output device that visually conveys

• Speakers allow you to hear audio such as music,

Memory consists of electronic components that store

A computer keeps data, instructions, and information on a

A storage device records (writes) and/or retrieves (reads) items

Hard Disk Solid-State USB Flash Drive

Memory Card Optical Disc Cloud Storage

• The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that

The web consists of a worldwide collection of electronic

A website is a collection of related webpages

A web server is a computer that delivers requested

• A browser is software that enables users with an

• A search engine is software that finds websites,

• An online social network encourages members to

• It is important that users protect their computers

• Green computing involves reducing the electricity

• Software, also called a program, tells the

• Installing is the process of setting up software to

• A software developer, sometimes called an

• In the course of a day, it is likely you use, or use

• A communications device is hardware capable of

• Examples of wireless communications

• A network is a collection of computers and

Home Networks Business Networks

Education Government Finance Retail

Entertainment Health Care Travel Science

Home User Small/Home Mobile User

Power User Enterprise User

Digital security and Uses of technology

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