Week 5, Essential Peripherals, Building a PC, Windows under the hood

   

    In week 5, the learning was about computer peripherals, how to build a computer, and more about Windows operating system through chapters 10 to 12. It discussed the system’s common ports, (serial ports, USB, firewire ports), peripherals (keyboard, pointing device, biometric device, smart card readers, barcode scanners, touch screens, KVM switches, game controllers, and joysticks, digitizers, and multimedia devices), storage devices (flash memory, and optical devices), it's functions, issues, and troubleshooting. In addition, the learning was building a computer, different installation methods, step-by-step Windows installation, its common issues, and troubleshooting. The last chapter was about the Windows registry, boot process, and task manager. This week's learning was informative and I enjoyed it.