Digital Literacy!

Topics 

• Digital Literacy

• Digital Footprint

• Inside a computer

• The Web and The Cloud

• AI Prompt

Terms

A computer has: 

Input, output, processed, stored. 

Components of a computer: 

Hardware, Motherboard, CPU (central processing unit), RAM (random access memory), Hard Drive – HC, SSO, Power Unit, GPU (graphics) 

Unit Terms:  

SSO- solid–state drive 

HC– Hardware copy 

“C”- hard drive 

HTML– Hypertext Markup language 

Search Query- are words or phrases typed to Find information. search engine to find information. 

-Natural Language Query- is a question written in normal everyday language, as if talking to a person. 

Spider (Web Crawler)- is a program that automatically browses websites to collect and index information for search engines. 

Digital Footprint- is the trail of data a person leaves online, like posts and websites visited. 

File- is information or data stored on a computer. 

File extension- is letters after a period in a file, like: .docx, .jpg, or .mp3. 

Zip File- is a compressed File. 

Saas (Software as a Service)- is Software that is accessed only instead of installed on a computer like zoom or Google Docs. 

Digital Bubble- is an algorithm that shows information that matches you. 

Generative Al- is an artificial intelligence that creates content. 

 Prompt- gives instructions to an Al system to generate a response. 

 Internet- is a global network connecting computers and www is the system of websites that run on the internet. 

Browsers- are View websites like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. 

URL- is a unique address on a webpage.