Sunday, 18 December 2011

~ ♥ ~ History & the Underlyning Technologies ~ ♥ ~

SESSION 1

Internet
starts in the 1950s and 1960s with the development of computers.
 began with point-to-point communication between mainframe conputers and terminal.
expanded to point-to-point connections between computers.
and then early research into packet switching.
packet switched were developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s using a variety of protocols.
in 1982, the concept of a world-wide network of fully interconnected TCP/IP networks called INTERNET was produced and Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) was standardized.

Uses of INTERNET.
~ send e-mail message.
~ upload or download files between computers.
~ Travel all over the world.
~ blogging is use as a communication platform to interact with people.
~ Can find anything to buy through Internet.
~ Social networking has created new ways to coomunicate and share information among us.
~ Can learn to do anything or sharp a skill a skill you already have.

7 Layers of OSI Model.

HTML ( HyperText Markup Language )
is the predominant matkup language for web pages.
basic building-blocks of webpages.
♥  consisting of tags, enclosed in angle bracket (like <html>), within the web page content.

World Wide Web (WWW)
= abbreviated as WWW or W3, and commonly known as the Web.
= view web pages that contain text, images, videos, and other multimedia and nivigate between them via hyperlinks.



Latest Development In Internet
File Sharing
   - Napster, Gnutella, Morphues
Dot Net
   - XML based Web Services
   - "Semantic Net"
Broadband
   - Media Delivery over the Web


SESSION 2

ISP, Configuring Internet Connection, Troubleshooting.

Way Internet Working.


Internet Connection

 IP Adressing
~ Internet Protocol address (IP address)
~ numerical label assigned to each device numerical label assigned to each device.
~  serves two principal function :
    - host or network interface identification
    - location addressing
~  designers of the Internet Protocol defined an IP address as a 32-bit number.


URL ( uniform resource locator or universal resource locator)
  specific character string that constitutes a reference to an Internet resource.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.
foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.
another protocol that can be used in Internet is File Transfer Protocol (FTP) & Telnet Protocol.

Troubleshooting Internet Connection
~ Make sure you have the correct IP scheme for your network.
   -IP Address
   -Subnet Mask
   -Default Gateway
   -DNS Servers
~ Basic PING Tests
~ Check Browser configuration

SESSION 3

Issue About Internet.
~ security of people and their information when using the Internet.
  e.g. : Username & Password - jot down your username & password
                                                 - keep the username & password safely absolutely NOT in our computer
                                                
Phishing 
~ way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
~ by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
~ typically carried out by e-mail spoofing or instant messaging.
~ often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look & feel are almost identical to the legitimate one.

Spoofing
~ situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another.
~ falsifying data and thereby gaining an illegitimate advantage.

Virus Protection Software               
McAfee
Norton Anti Virus

Firewall
device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions.
frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass.



~ ♥ ~ MICROSOFT POWER POINT ~ ♥ ~

SESSION 1

Basic of Microsoft Power Point
= full-featured desktop presentation program.
= part of the Office suite and can be purchased separately.
= presentation can be shown while topic was discussed or may be shown continiously.
= presentation also can be a collection of a slide related to a specific topic.
= handouts, speaker notes, or outlines can also be prepared through Power Point.
= have many graphic tools , also many kind of pictures , and graph to be imported.

 A Theme in Power Point.
3 theme element in Power Point
   - colors, fonts, shape style

Steps to Apply the Theme in Power Point
   ~ Design tab.
   ~ Locate theme group.
   ~ Click the drop-down arrow.
   ~ See live preview in presentation.
   ~ Click to apply the theme.

Insert the Images.
learn how to
~ insert and work with pictures
~ insert clip art
~ screenshots in slides.

Transition
transition effect is a special effect used to introduce a slide during a slide show
can apply different transition to different slides.
ways to apply transition
  = On the Slide Show menu, click Slide Transition.
  = In the Effect box , click the transition you want.
  = To apply the transition to the selected slide, click Apply.
  = To apply the transition to all the slides, click Apply All.

There is also another basic application in Microsoft Power Point:
Word art & shapes.
Formating image
Animating Image & objects
Add a video into slide
Edit & format the video

SESSION 2
~ ♥ ~ Advanced in Microsoft Power Point


Smart Art Illustration
~ allow us visually communicate information simply using text.
~ can really enhance the presentation
~ makes graphics using easily
~ can be modify the color, effect & change the orginazation of graphics.

Rehearse & Record Slide Shows
~ Record a Slide Show
~ Broadcast Slide to Remote Audiences
~ Hyperlink & Action Button

  

♥ ♥ ♥ Microsoft Excel basic ♥ ♥ ♥

SESSION 1

What is Microsoft Excel...???
= Microsoft Excel is an electronic spreadsheet program that can be used for storing, organizing and manipulating data.
= Excel screen just shown us  a rectangular table or grid of rows and columns.
horizontal rows are identified by numbers (1,2,3).
and the vertical columns with letters of the alphabet (A,B,C).

Uses of Microsoft Excel...!!! 
~ ♥ ~ wrapping text and merging cells 
~ ♥ ~ formating text 
~ ♥ ~ create a simple formula in Excel (with cell reference,using point and click method) 

SESSION 2 
~ ♥ ~ Advanced of Microsoft Excel.

Sparklines
~ is a type of information graphic characterized by its small size and high data density.
~ miniature charts that fit into a single cell.
~ can place a large of number into our cell.

Type of Sparkline
@ there are 3 type of Sparkline :
     1) Line

     2) Columns

     3) Win/loss

Pivot Table
~ manage a data in worksheet.
~ summarizing data and allowing user to manipulate it in different ways.

Reviewing & Sharing Workbook
1) Track changes
   =used to record a history of any changes made to the workbook
2) Adding and deleting comments
   =create a comment
   =viewing a comment
   =hide comment
   =modifying comment
   =deleting comment 

Finalizing and Protecting Workbook
Check Spelling
   - select cell you want to check spelling.
   - Click SPELLING command in review tab
   - SPELLING dialog will open
   - then, you can review and correct any misspelled.
Document Inspector
   - go to Backstage view
   - click Info,Check for Issue, then Inspect Document
   - check boxes beside the content you want to inspect.
   - To unselect a box, click it again, and the check mark will disappear.
   - Click Inspect.
   - after Inspector Document finished, a new dialog box will appear.   






















Saturday, 17 December 2011

WORD PROCESSING SKILLS

Advanced of Microsoft Word.

3 structured as a advanced of Microsoft Word :  
~ ♥ ~ Style and Templates 
~ ♥ ~ customizing Tables and Creating Charts 
~ ♥ ~ Creating Mail Merge Documents



1~ Styles and Templates.
    = help us to easily create professional looking documents.
    = combination of font style, color, and size of text.
    = can be applied to selected text.

2~ Customizing Tables and Creating Charts.
    = can customize table and create a chart into any design , shape, or type as we like.
   
3~ Mail Merge Documents.
   = easily to produce multiple letters, labels, envelopes, name tags and more using information stored in a list, database, or spreadsheet.

4~ Hyperlink.
  @ can navigate one web page to another page.
  @ two basic parts of hyperlink :
       ~ linked adress of web page, email adress or other location together.
       ~ display text ( image )

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

MICROSOFT WORD

Introduction
♥ easily change shape, size, colour, add table, shading,borders, pictures, charts and Web adress in documents.
♥ includes of document window, Ribbon, Mini toolbar, shortcut menus and Quick Access Toolbar
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Document Window

 Ribbon


Mini Toolbar

Quick Access Toolbar

Shortcut Menus
Key Tips

This kind of Microsoft Word can make us work with graphics and can make people become more creative.

♥ Folders : Special, System Tools and Accessories ♥

SPECIAL FOLDER
~ interface as an abstract concept, instead of an absolute folder path.
~ storing applications settings and files, storing internet files, saving temporary files, storing shotcuts and so on.

WINDOWS SPECIAL FOLDERS
~ application data
~ cookies
~ desktop directorry
~ favourites
~ fonts
~ history
~ internet caches
~ local application data
~ my documents
~ my music
~ my pictures
~ my video
~ programs
~ recent
~ send to
~ start menu
~ system
~ saved games
~ templates



VIRTUAL SPECIAL FOLDERS
= recycle bin
= control panel
= desktop
= drives
= internet
= my documents
= network
= search results
= printers

Disk Cleaner
=) finds and removes the temporary files
=) empties the Recycle Bin
=)  detects and removes the files that are not longer need.

Disk Defragmenter
♥ safely terminate the difrag process at any time wihout any effects
♥ also defrag multiple volumes at same time.

System Restore
@ alllow you roll back(restore) system keys, registry keys, installed programs to a previous state in case of any disaster.


















 

(¯`♥´¯) SYSTEM SOFTWARE (¯`♥´¯)

Anatomy of MS Windows OS.

Windows Os History.
~ from 1985 till now.
~ latest is Windows 7, released in 2009.

Microsoft Windows.
= created : 1980's
= designed for home user.
= depth of networking, security & multimedia support.
= proprietary software: has placed restrictions on how people can use or copy.
= preloaded, can be purchased separately.

Windows 7.
> latest version of Operating Systems.
> follow-up to Windows Vista which has released in 2006.
> Graphical User Interfere (GUI)
> Aero Snap ( slide by slide)

Aims of Windows 7.
< Start Up & Shutdown 20 seconds.
< Sleep & Resume faster.
< Memory.
< Search faster.
< Reconnect Wireless Network quickly.
< Recognize USB devices faster.

Anatomy of Windows 7. 
`♥´ AERO 
~ Aero Peek ~


~Aero Snap~

~ Aero Flip ~

~ Aero Shake ~

(¯`♥´¯) TASKBAR


(¯`♥´¯) LIBRARIES

(¯`♥´¯)  GATGETS

Additional tools in Windows7
♥ Devices stage : open a devices with menu of popular tasks, status information and options for            devices.
♥ Windows Live Essentials : free software, replace Windows Mail, sent email, instant message, edit photo.
♥ HomeGroup : help 2 or more PC's connect at home network.
♥ Windows Touch : touch-screen PC
♥ Remote Media Streaming : access musics, pictures, videos at home PC remotely using internet.


 

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

NETWORKING COMMUNICATION MEDIUMS

Medium of Network
~ carries signal from one computer to another
~ may be physical cable
~may also be wireless
~ physical interfere : network interfere card (NIC) network adapter

Physical Media 
♥ Twisted-pair cable
~two independently insulated wires twisted around each other 

 
♥ Coaxial cable


~ insulated center wire grounded by a shield of braided wire
 
♥ Fiber-optic cable
~hundreds of clear fiberglass or plastic fibers

♥ ISDN line
~ special digital telephone line that transmits and receives information at very high speeds.


Wireless Media
~ Microwave system 
~ Satellite system
~ Cellular technology
~ Infrared technology

~♥~ BASIC NETWORKING CONCEPTS ~♥~

COMPUTER NETWORK

= Make two or more computer to able communicate each other by using this network.
= Computer network give some advantages by using it :
   ~ resources sharing : hardware, software.
   ~ information sharing : search capability (WWW)
   ~ promote communication & collaboration : email

3 Basic Concepts of Networking
♪♫ Topology - physical layout of networking 
♪♫ Protocol - rules in data communication
♪♫ Architecture - integrated hardware & software to form a working

3 Element in Data Communication
 

3 Characteristics in Data Transmission 
♥ Bandwidth

~amount of information that can be carried in a given time period (usually a second) over a wired or wireless communication link.
  
♥ Analog or Digital (type of signal)


♥ Serial & Parallel Transmission