CMIS108 Links
Chapter
1
This website would be very
valuable to you because it deeply describes what input devices actually
are. Also, it gives examples of some input
devices and links you to pictures of the actual devices. It also gives you definitions that you might
need to know while using an input device such as, input, keyboard definitions,
mouse definitions, and also many others.
This website will definitely give you good information about input
devices and make you want to learn more about computers in general.
This very much agrees with
the textbook. It gives the same list of
commonly used input devices. They both
also explain that a computer would not be a computer without any input devices.
They really don’t conflict at all.
This website would be very
valuable if you were looking for a notebook computer or just wanting to learn
more about notebook computers. It gives
a very deep definition of what a notebook computer or also called mobile
computers actually are. It also gives
you four vendor reports and ten products (notebook computers) and details about
that specific product. It gives you the
company’s that make notebook computers such as apple, dell, hp, and many
others.
This site definitely
agrees with the textbook. They tell you
all the different names for a notebook computer such as, laptop, mobile computers. Also it gives you information about what you
can actually do with a computer like this.
There doesn’t seem to be any major disagreements about notebook
computers.
Chapter 2
This site would be very
valuable to use because it doesn’t go into great detail about the history of
the Internet but then again it doesn’t keep it too simple. It gives the name of what they used to call
the Internet (ARPANET), and goes into detail about the computers that first
used it. It also gives you fun facts such as who was the first to use the
ARPANET.
This website concurs with
the textbook very much, it gives the names of the same four universities who
used the internet first. They both also
give the same name of what the name of the Internet used to be. They don’t seem to disagree at all.
This site would be very
worthwhile because it starts out with a simple definition of how the Internet
works, then has two links that keep getting deeper information. The second link is the simple process and
then the third goes very deep about how it actually works. It tells you what a protocol, a sever name,
and file name has to do with the Internet.
It also describes how you can connect to the Internet with DSL, a cable
modem, or a phone-line modem.
The book and this site
conflict a little bit because the site actually goes into detail about how the
internet connection is made and it tells you about the different ways of
connecting (DSL, cable, phone-line).
But, the book only describes the different ways of connecting. The only agreement they have is about the
different ways of connecting.
Chapter 3
This site would be very
useful to you if your are wanting to know what an application software actually
is. It gives a thorough definition of
what application software is and gives you many types of software that you can
use on your computer. Also, it gives you
a classification of application software.
The site and the book
conflict very much because the site goes into very much detail about
application software and the book’s information is much more simple and to the
point. The only thing similar about
these is the definition and it still isn’t the exact same.
This website contains the
information that you want if you want to know about word processing. It gives a very good definition and explains
some of the different features of word processing. It also talks about how it lets you format
and use many other features.
The site and the book are
very much a like it is just that the site goes into a little bit more
detail. The only think that is different
is that the book has a picture to show the different features of word processing.
Chapter 4
This site would be very
valuable to you if you want to learn more about motherboards. It gives a thorough definition and explains
about memory chips and other things that are contained in a motherboard. It
also tells you what the abbreviation for motherboard is. It also talks about what the motherboard
actually contains
The book and site conflict
because the site’s definition is in very much detail while the book just tries
to keep it simple and organized. They
also both have different abbreviations for motherboard.
This site gives you very
valuable information about RAM (random access memory); the definition is very
in depth and gives very important information that you need to know about
RAM. It also tells you how much
information can be stored in a RAM and talks about how physically big a RAM
is. Also, it gives you information about
why these are called “random access”.
The book and the site are
not that much alike. The site talks more
about what a RAM actually is, while the book gives you different types of RAM’s
and talks about RAM configurations.
Chapter 5
This website would be very
valuable to you if you wanted to learn more about the touch screen
technology. It gives you a thorough
definition and also a picture of what a touch screen actually looks like. It also gives you some example applications
that use touch screen. Also, it tells
you about all the different types of touch screens.
The site and the book are very
much a like. They both give definitions and examples about touch screens, the
only thing different is that the site goes into more detail about both.
This website would be a
great help to you if you wanted to find out more information about scanners and
how they work. This site is great
because it starts off with an introduction about scanning and goes into greater
detail towards the end. It tells you about the scanning process and also lets
you compare scanners online, if you were interested in buying one. It also goes into great detail about the
different types of scanners, such as the flatbed, sheet-fed, and many others.
The book and the site are
very similar because they both talk about how the different types of scanners
work, not only one, but also all the different kinds. They both also tell and show you the process
of scanning something.
Chapter 6
This website would be very valuable to you if you were looking for an in depth definition of what CRT monitors truly are. It tells you what the abbreviation CRT really is, and also shows very good pictures of the actual tube. It also tells you the process that it takes to make a screenfull of images with a CRT.
The book and the site are similar because they both give a thorough definition of what CRT monitors are. The book goes a little more in depth about the different sizes and monitors, how much information can fit on the monitors.
This site would be great for you if you wanted to know more about fax machines and how they actually work. It starts off with a brief introduction about fax machines and also a picture of an actual fax machine. Then, it goes more in depth about them, how you receive and a lot of other great stuff. Also, it has a table of contents that is perfect if you are looking for one specific piece of information about fax machines.
The site and the book are similar only because they both talk about fax machines. The only thing different is that the book talks a lot more about fax modems.
Chapter
7
This site would be great for you if you wanted to know everything about floppy disks. It gives an in depth definition about what floppy disks actually are. Also it goes into the history and gives a background about floppy disks. It also has a wonderful diagram showing all the different parts of a floppy disk. Also it goes into the information about the usability of these disk.
The book and the site are very similar, they both have the same information only the site goes way more in depth than the book. They both have a picture diagram showing all the different parts of an actual disk.
This site would be great for you if you wanted to learn more about flash memory drives, it doesn’t only talk about USB flash drives but also talks just a little bit about memory sticks. Also, they tell how flash drives actually work. It also tells you seven reasons why to use these instead of hard drives to save your work. It also lets you compare prices if you actually wanted to buy a flash drive.
The book and the site are very different; the book strictly talks only about USB drives in this section. But, the site also talks about memory cards.
Chapter
8
This site would be very useful to you if you wanted to learn more about graphical user interfaces (GUI’s). It has a very in depth definition of what GUI’s really are. Also, it talks about the history and about the GUI design. It also gives you some external links about graphical user interfaces.
The book and this website are similar only in one way, the definition. The site goes way more in depth about other things and the book strictly keeps it to the definition.
This site would be very valuable to you if you wanted to learn more about windows XP and how it started. It tells you a very thorough definition and a lot of information about XP. It also tells you what the abbreviation XP stands for. It also tells you the two different editions of windows XP that are available.
The site and the book totally disagree, In the year that it came and the editions that are out. The site says that there are only two editions (home, professional), while the book tells you five different editions (home, professional, PC, media center, 64-bit)