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Information about the computing environment for computer science students at concordia university wisconsin (cuw). It details the availability and features of pcs in the department, including their operating systems, network connectivity, and shared resources. The document also explains how students can access and run software application packages.
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The Computer Science department at CUW has over 50 PCs available for general CS student use (each PC can boot to either the Windows or Linux OS). All of the PCs are inter-connected in a Local Area Network (LAN) and have Internet access. S114D is the primary CS lab. S118B and S120 are CS classrooms. S114B and S118E are advanced CS labs. Each PC is a true general-purpose computer with input, output, storage (eg, hard disc drives), and processor (memory and CPU) units. Although each PC can and does function independently, the LAN provides an increased level of efficiency for each PC user. The LAN allows all PCs to share network resources. Two primary network resources are: 1) multi- gigabyte disc storage in the server, and 2) shared, network printers. Each user has storage space on the server (mapped as drive M:) which is accessible from any computer logged in to the CS domain. In addition, you may save or load data required by software application packages using floppy discs or USB flash drives. Don’t save data to local hard drives (eg, drive C:) as user files on the local drives are shared (and therefore not secure) and are periodically deleted. Why? Computers are tools for solving problems. A computer user must know what problem needs to be solved before sitting down at a computer. In order to solve a problem, users must know which software application package to use and how to issue commands and supply data to that application (via the user interface). Help Click on the Windows Start button and then select the Help command. In addition, each application package has its own on-line help available through its Help menu. Running Software Application Packages Users specify which application package to run under Windows in one of three ways:
icon as found using Windows Explorer or the My Computer icon, or 3) by entering the application’s file name within the Run window (accessed via the Start button). CUW Computer Science Student Computing Environment, Rev 022007, Dr. Gary Locklair