Computer Applications - 4

An illustrated cartoon guide to solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior!

Now you can run both Mac OS X and Windows XP on the same computer! This article describes how, with an Intel-based Mac and Apple's Boot Camp software, you can explore how the "other half" operates.

Understand how product life cycles affect the function and design of the device.

Practice problems to help understand scalable network systems.

This resource presents a searchable dictionary of computer terminology that includes pronunciations. Links within the definitions allow you to gain a thorough understanding of the term.

Work on identifying the different parts of a newspaper with your English learners. After reviewing newspaper terminology, pupils pair up and complete a scavenger hunt, looking for specific things in the newspaper and recording their...

An in-depth informational site to learn the internal processes running on a Windows computer. The source will help you understand and correct the invisible problems of computers such as viruses, hackers compromising the system, and slow...

Young scholars role-play as weather reporters and create fictional stories about typhoons. They describe the storm, define its characteristics, track its development, and estimate the potential damage it causes. They identify the...

What do you know about American Indians? Upper graders compose an informational essay based on the research they conduct. They choose a Native American group to study and, using the provided list of web links, gather information and...

In general this tutorial tries to explain the reasons for things, and help you understand what's going on inside the system. The idea is to empower you to solve new problems and get the most out of your computer. Thus there's plenty of...