Using the website (click the link above), add the needed information to this PowerPoint.

Save your presentation to your files as “programs.ppt”

You may put your additions to the PowerPoint in different colors or fonts so that the info

stands out.

Lesson 5: Programs

Also feel free to add clip art to make the concepts easier to remember & add some flare to the powerpoint!

(Intro)Information that travels through your

computer is stored on bits as either an on or off signal.

Programming- is using bits and bytes in different combinations to represent a code.

People who write codes to create programs are called Computer programmers .

Programming allows people and computers to communicate more easily.

C++ Basic QBasic HTML Perl Pascal Javascript

A program is a set of instructions that tells the computer how to perform a certain task.

Copying a program’s instructions from a CD to your computer’s hard drive is the process of installing the program.

Programs can also be downloaded from the Internet.

Programs are grouped according to the task that they perform.

The following slides list common programs & what they are used for.

Letter Writing Essays Writing Stories

Address BooksMailing lists

Storing Financial information

Encyclopedias Informational programs

Entertainment

Games Music Videos

Education

Skill Practice Games

Tutorials How-to Programs

Desktop Publishing

Creating b-day cards

Newsletters etc.

Finally . . . .Programs do much of the work for us.Programs instructs computers in a

language they understand.Programs are like translators that allow

people to work with computers without learning the Computer’s language.

NOW on a sheet of paper, write the answers to the “Matching Worksheet”