Reading in the text book and watching the lecture about the basic functions and uses of a computer was easy enough to understand since I've been using a computer for more than half of my life. Combining the knowledge that I have of how a computer works, and the different parts of the computer, it all started to make sense. Learning briefly about the different ways to store data and information, such as on USB flash drives or hard disks was very helpful, especially in today's society where computers are a large part of how a business functions. More and more companies are becoming more computer-based because of the easy access as well as the availability in a multitude of places. Therefore learning a little about data, the processing cycle and storage of data will be useful knowledge for the future, when files and records will be documented on the computer instead of on paper.
Along with learning some basic information about the computers that we know and love today, I also learned about the history of the computer. It was very interesting to learn that even though people consider the start of the computer to be when the first actual machine came out, it in fact started as far back as 1642! Who knew that the simple adding machine that Pascal invented would eventually lead to what I'm currently typing on! It really is fascinating when thinking back to the large, bulky machines, that at the time they were created were such amazing, high-tech machines would now be considered slow to the current technology that is available to our society. I found a website that also gave the history of the computers and includes so very cool pictures, although not all the information is exactly the same:
http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/History.htm
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