CAT

• Hardware is the physical parts of a computer that we can see and touch
• software is the instructions we give to a computer to make it do something, it is the programs that tell the computer what to do
• the main steps in the computer processing cycle are input, processing, and output
• data is unprocessed items such as numbers,text,images,videos,etc.
• information is processed and should be useful and meaningful
• a computer is a multi-purpouse tool that can be used to help us complete a variety of tasks better and faster
• GUI is a graphical user interface that allows users to interact with a computer through graphical elements
• right clicking causes a pop up menu to appear
• tooltip is a tip or information that appears when you hover the pointer over an icon or object
• booting is the process of starting the computer
• the taskbar is the horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen that shows minimized windows