To be considered literate in a language, you have to know how the language is constructed, how to use it, what is acceptable use etc...
As an old timer (well, oldish!), my induction into computing included such things as binary mathematics, writting data directly to disk, writting assembly code to tell the computer exactly what to do. The use of applications is not computer literacy, that is more application literacy or familiarisation.
Alos, the ability to build a computer is not computer literacy as it is componentised in such a way that it would be difficult to get it wrong!
Computer literacy is knowing how IT works, and then familiarising yourself with the OS and applications.
The important thing is 'each to their own!"
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To be considered literate in a language, you have to know how the language is constructed, how to use it, what is acceptable use etc... As an old timer (well, oldish!), my induction into computing included such things as binary mathematics, writting data directly to disk, writting assembly code to tell the computer exactly what to do. The use of applications is not computer literacy, that is more application literacy or familiarisation. Alos, the ability to build a computer is not computer literacy as it is componentised in such a way that it would be difficult to get it wrong! Computer literacy is knowing how IT works, and then familiarising yourself with the OS and applications. The important thing is 'each to their own!"