Basics of personal computing and electronics

What's basic computing? Maybe other than professional, financial, institutional, industrial, military, scientific, medical, etc. Maybe from the home or your den or room or own machine. Maybe done by you, under your control, "end-user" computing

Some terms that are part of basic computing

Hardware - Computer, desktop, laptop, notebook, netbook, tablet, PC, smartphone

Parts of computer - Hard-drive, mouse, monitor, CPU, keyboard, Qwerty, backup

Nervous system of a computer - Operating system, Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, program/application/"app", Office, word-processing, spreadsheet, database, suite of programs, games

Connection to other computers - Internet, world-wide web (www), wired/wireless/wi-fi, web "page", browser, the blue e, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, file of a "page", cloud computing, service provider

Types of files - doc, text, jpg ("jpeg"), mp3, mp4

Error, fakery, scams, deviltry - Computer virus, anti-virus software, security, phising

Typical senior computing

Email - words, pictures, sounds, videos, file size

Voip, Skype, Google Voice

Browsing, shopping, buying

Searching, learning - Google, Bing, YouTube

Additional things to try

Your own blog (column, articles, statements, diaries of comments, experiences, observations)

Texting from Google Voice to someone with a cellphone that receives texts

Music, audiobooks you like on an iPod or other mp3 player (or from your computer)

Explore all the Google services (docs, Voice, Earth, maps, mobile services, Reader, YouTube, books, etc.)

Explore Firefox and Chrome extensions, add-ons

Install Kindle and Nook software and start reading ebooks on your computer, smartphone or Kindle or Nook reader (many books are free)

Now, in Sept., 2020, more smartish machines and more Alexa and sound computing and voice control