Attendance

Questions?

ANNOUNCEMENTS & ASSIGNMENTS:

Voter Registration (state info). Thursday: Davis Center 9am-2pm

First Exam: Three weeks away (Oct 9).  Be on time or lose points!  Exam will cover anything presented in lecture, lab, and readings online and in the textbook.  Old Exams are online.

Website of the Week: Facilities Scheduling http://resource25.uvm.edu/ : finding when a classroom is open

Preview of Lab Next Two Weeks:
This week:  Power Point Presentation (questions?).    If you are sick or have an accident, notify your lab TAs BEFORE LAB or you will earn no credit (zero). 
Remember to post or reply to on our Blackboard discussion board
Next Week: File and folder management on thumb drive and FTP.  Do not put things you want to keep private in your public_html directory.

Questions about Zoo cluster & FTP?

Labs: Next week bring a memory stick to lab.  View safe unplug method here or Here.

Reading:

Digital cameras from How Things Work,  How digital cameras work from Sci Am .  

Text Section 3 (pages 17-23)

LECTURE:

What percentage of people have Internet access?

Types of computers: Micro-computer, Mainframe, Host, Server, Supercomputer, Unix workstation, Mini-computer, PDA, Terminal, Palm-top, Lap-top, PC, Network computer

Anatomy of the PC: System units & Motherboards

Difference between Memory and Storage, and Units

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