Section+2,+Table+1+-+Intro+to+the+course,+history+of+computing,+information+searching

__**​Week One Key Words/Terms**__

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__**Intro To The Course**__

- LIS3353 Technologies is a good beginning class for IT and ICT majors. Hands-On Experience

__**Imformation Searching**__

- What is Literacy? > >
 * Information literacy- the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand
 * Financial literacy- is the ability to understand finance. More specifically, it refers to the set of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and effective decisions through their understanding of finances.
 * Health literacy- is an individual's ability to read, understand and use healthcare information to make decisions and follow instructions for treatment.
 * Technology literacy- the ability to responsibly use appropriate technology to:
 * Communicate
 * Solve problems
 * Access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design and create information to improve learning in all subject areas
 * Acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century


 * __ Computing History (Von Neumann concept) __**

- Early computers = stored programs
 * 1960s ---> computer systems equipped with dual processors
 * 1970s ---> supercomputers equipped with 32 processors
 * 1980s ---> supercomputers equipped with 1000 processors
 * 1999 > IBM created Blue Gene System with 1M+ processors

- Boolean Algebra
 * Logical thought computers used invented by George Boole
 * manipulating 1 to 2 values ("off/on", "1/0", "true/false")
 * Basic unit of computing are called __bits__. Computers use bits comprised of 1's and 0's
 * 8 bits in a byte
 * common Boolen operators
 * "and/or/not"


 * __ Storage Media __**
 * Tape (actual tape)
 * Floppy Drives
 * Hard Drives
 * Zip Drives
 * USB devices