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The key features of the series have been designed to ensure better learning and assessment.
Learning Resources
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Categories of Computers
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Learning Outcomes Contents Animation
and Computer Languages
1 provide an 1 Categories of Computers and Computer Languages 7
Language Translator
Working of Language Translators
Learning Outcomes Categories of Computers Some Other Special Computers Computer Languages
overview of the 2 File Management—Organisation of Data 19
Categories of Computers
Copying or Moving Files/Folders Sorting of Files/Folders Searching for Files or Folders
Some other Special Computers
Using Multiple Applications Different File Formats
Computer Languages
chapter contents. 3 Word Processor—Tabular Representation 31
Language Translator
Working of Language Translators
Inserting a Table Entering Data in a Table Selecting Cells, Rows, Columns and Table
Inserting Rows or Columns Deleting Rows or Columns Changing Column Width and Row Height
Merging Cells Splitting Cells Moving and Resizing Tables
Applying Borders and Shading Table Styles Aligning Text in a Table
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As you know, a computer is an electronic device used in different places for different purposes,
such as managing accounts in schools and reading at home. You have also learnt about computer
types of computers and computer languages.
Mail Merge Creating the Main Document Creating a Data Source
programs and programming in the previous class. In this chapter, you will learn about the different
i + CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS
Merging the Main Document and Data Source Printing Merged Letters
• Type To view the presentation in Slide Show view, click on the Slide Show tab from the ribbon and
• Purpose 5 Presentation—Visual Effects then click on the From Beginning option to start the slide show from the first slide or From 50
Current Slide option to start the slide show from the current slide.
Nowadays, different types of computers are used that can be categorised on the basis of their:
Quick Byte Slide Views Slide Transition Animation
• Size, speed, processing power, and cost
Importing Data from Other Applications
Uses of Media Clips and Action Buttons Quick Byte
Type Worksheet 1 The shortcut key to start the slide show from the current slide is Shift + F5. 65
Let us learn about these categories in detail.
provides practical Transition determines how your presentation moves from one slide to the next. PowerPoint 66
Test Sheet 1
three categories, which are as follows:
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On the basis of their type or functioning, computers can be classified into
Scratch Programming—Game Creation
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information or tips provides several transition effects. To add transition to the slide, follow the given steps: 68
• Analog: It refers to a computer that operates by measuring instead
Starting Scratch
2 Click on the Transitions tab from the ribbon to access the slide transition options.
Resizing a Sprite
of counting. It measures continuously changeable physical quantities
Choosing a Sprite
like voltage, pressure, water flow, etc. This type of computer generally
Deleting a Sprite
Sprite’s Direction
Choosing a Backdrop
displays the output in the form of a graph. Examples of analog computers
An Analog Computer
Working with Two Sprites
Understanding Blocks
are analog thermometers, speedometers in cars, old radios, etc.
Use of Forever and Forever-if Blocks
to the students. The Pen Block Drawing a Polygon Drawing a Square
Use of Conditional Control Blocks
Creating Some More Programs
Drawing Patterns
7 HTML—An Introduction 1 Choose a slide on which 86
7 you want to apply the
Introducing HTML HTML Tags and Attributes Rules for Writing HTML Codes
Categories of Computers and Computer Languages
transition effect.
HTML Document Structure Basic HTML Tags Designing a Web Page
Creating and Saving an HTML Document Editing an Existing HTML Document
8 Online Surfing and Cybersecurity 100
Internet Services Netiquettes Cyber Threats Cybersecurity
9 E-mail—An Introduction 112
E-mail
Info Byte Emoticons and Acronyms 123
The most commonly used slide transitions are shown as icons on the ribbon.
You can also click on the More button to see the complete list of transitions available or scroll
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presents an
#Experiential Learning through the list, one row at a time.
With PowerPoint 2016, you have the ability to see the transition effect on the slide by placing the
Let’s Explore #Communication Google Drive E-Commerce Blogging Podcasting
Surf the Internet and try to find the tools required to create a webpage. Discuss with Worksheet 2 mouse over the transition choice, prior to making your selection. 137
your teacher. Test Sheet 2 Info Byte 138
interesting fact Only one slide transition can be applied to a slide. If another transition is applied to the
#Ethical & Moral Reasoning Project slide, PowerPoint replaces the previous transition applied to the slide. 140
#Environmental Awareness
Life Skills and Values Explore More (HTML5 and CSS3) There are several options that you can choose to add to your PowerPoint 2016 slides. 143
Create a Webpage on the topic "How to Save Water". about the topic. • Sound and its durations. 146
The AI Corner! (Artificial Intelligence) • Whether to apply to this slide only or apply to all slides.
#Environmental Awareness OGO Cyber Sample Questions 149
#Experiential Learning 53
IT Buzz Words Presentation—Visual Effects 152
Practical Time
Create a simple web page, describing the Solar System and its constituents. Here is an example (vi)
that has a short description of the solar system and it also has a short description of the planet
mercury. Surf the internet and find more information to complete the web page.
To Sum Up
To Sum Up provides
Data on a computer can be arranged in the form of files or folders.
File Explorer helps us organise and manage files and folders.
Life Skills and When we copy a file or folder, the original file or folder remains at the original location a summary of the
and a duplicate of it is created to a new location.
When we move a file or folder from one drive to another, the original file or folder will
Values focus on Sorting means arranging the files and folders on the computer.
be removed from the original location and moved to a new location.
Create a similar web page on "Life without Trees." A wildcard is a special character that is used to represent one or more characters. chapter for quick
We can use multiple applications simultaneously in Windows.
ethical and moral File extensions help an operating system recognise the different types of files. recapitulation.
values. A. Tick (✓) the correct option. Section A (Objective)
Exercise
1. What is the file format of the Word file?
a. .DOCS b. .DOCX
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2. Which character is used to replace only a single character while searching?
a. * b. #
c. ? d. $
3. Which Sort by option arranges files alphabetically?
a. Size b. Type
c. Name d. All of these
4. What helps the operating system recognise different types of files?
a. File extension b. File content
c. File name d. None of these EXPLORE MORE
D. Develop a script in Scratch to create a game for catching apple. #Coding & Computational Thinking
5. Which command is used to move data from one drive to another?
a. Cut and Paste b. Copy and Paste HTML5 and CSS3
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTS c. Paste d. Sort
HTML5 is the latest version of HTML which was released in the year 2014 by W3C (World Wide
28 Web Consortium). It allows better management of website contents. Previous versions of HTML
#Problem Solving & Logical Reasoning are HTML 1.0, HTML 2.0, HTML 3.0, HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.0. Some new features and elements
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in HTML5 are as follows:
Hey guys, what are you arguing about?
• It is supported by browsers like Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Safari, etc.
• It allows add audio and video on the web page by using <audio> and <video> tags.
We were coming in the car, and our grandfather drove • It can handle inaccurate syntax and other errors.
us here. He doesn’t know the route, so we used the • It allows you to draw shapes like circle, rectangle, triangle, etc.
google assistant to know about the route. Hints for script: • It has new elements like nav, header, footer, time, article, canvas, source, track, etc.
We could directly control the assistant using voice and did not have Special section on Artificial CSS
Sometimes we have to style our web documents using different fonts, colours, spacing, etc. This is
to type down manually, I say that AI is being used here somewhere, where the role of CSS comes into the picture. CSS describes how HTML elements are displayed. CSS
Intelligence (AI) is given to released in the year 1996. The latest version is CSS 3. CSS helps in creating dramatic websites and
but Karan disagrees. stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It controls the presentation of the HTML documents. It was first
Ria is correct. AI is being used by the assistant controlling the web without changing HTML. It enables the separation of formatting content of web
here. AI is a being used in many real-life pages to a separate stylesheet resulting in simpler HTML. Few advantages of CSS are as follows:
enhance AI skills. • Maintenance: As there are one or more stylesheets, it is easy to control the content of the
applications these days. We will be looking • Saves time: We can apply the same CSS code to multiple HTML pages.
at some interesting applications of AI today.
entire set of web pages.
• Faster web page loading: Instead of executing formatting on entire set of web pages in HTML
document, stylesheet presents all the editing in one place leading to faster page loading.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer or a machine to think, learn and act like • Customisation: It is easy to customise and alter a web page by simply changing the stylesheets.
human brain. • • Consistency: It provides a consistent and precise positioning of navigable elements.
Appealing: It makes the site more appealing by adding videos and graphics easily. It also
Explore More contains Using CSS with HTML
permits viewing online videos without using third party plug-ins.
Before using CSS, you should have some working knowledge of HTML, text editor, files and
Open Notepad and write the basic structure of an HTML document. #Coding & Computational Thinking
supplement topics for Internet browsing. CSS is helpful for both students as well as professionals for creating attractive
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websites and personal blogs. There are three main methods to apply CSS styles with HTML:
• Write an essay using the paragraph tag on the topic ‘Women Empowerment’. Use the heading
Inline CSS: In this method, CSS code written in an HTML file. Inline CSS reduce the number of
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tag and centre it.
files the browser downloads before displaying a web page. So, it increases the downloading
• Using the <style> tag, make the following changes to the font: Use Times New Roman and set
add-on knowledge. <p style= “color: red”> Environmental Hazards! </p>
speed. To add inline CSS in the HTML document, write the CSS code within the HTML tags.
the size to 4, and the colour of the font should be purple.
For example,
• Change the background colour of the web page.
• Use the text-indent and margin property to align the paragraphs of the essay.
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