Computer Concepts Overview

Unit 2: The Windows Operating System

Objectives

The purpose of this unit is to review the essential operating system features you will use throughout this course. At the end of this unit you should be able to:

• Distinguish between the different version of Windows (Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.1, Windows CE, etc.).
• Identify the main features of an operating system.
• Copy and move files on your computer.
• Find files on your computer.

Lecture

The Windows Operating System

Additional Instruction

The instruction for this unit it contained in the lecture above and the links below.

Skills

1. How do you resize and reshape a window?
2. What do the buttons in the upper right-hand corner of a window do?

Concepts

1. What is an operating system?

Web Resources

• Windows 95 training material - Comprehensive Windows 95 training course from Microsoft.

Assignments

(The assignment for this unit is at the end of Unit 3.)

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