historyofthecomputer
Terms
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copy deck
- CPU
- brain of the computer-speed determined by internal system clock
- optical storage device
- cd/dvd--uses lazers to read&write data
- magnetic storage device
- hard drive/floppy disk
- 3 things computer are classified as
- size/speed/application
- types of computers
- supercomputer-mainframe-mini-micro-laptop-PDA
- application programs
- word,excel,ppt
- utility programs
- defrag-disk clean-up
- computer language
- binary(machine)
- what does graphical user interfaces use to manipulate the computer
- icons(reps files and programs in a GUI)
- RAM
- main memory of computer-short term memory(volatile)--makes computer process data faster
- ROM
- long term memory
- application software
- aka productivity software
- computer
- electronic device that receives&processes data and produces a result
- 3 types of operating systems
- MAC windows unix linux
- bug
- error in programming
- 3 categories of system software
- operating system language translator utility programs
- boot
- when you start a computer
- micro processor
- coputer chip in an appliance that performs a special function
- output devices
- printer-speaker-monitor
- controllers on a motherboard
- controlls and transfers of data from computer to preipheral devices (vice versa)
- 2 categories of software
- application and systems
- most popular standardized coding system
- ASCII
- two section of CPU
- ALU(arithmetic logic unit) and control unit
- motherboard
- electronic circuit board
- hardware
- tanglible physical equiptment of a compute system
- windows 95
- windows first multitasking operating system
- eight
- how many bits make a byte
- one
- byte makes a character
- control unit
- section of the CPU coordinates all activities
- command line interface system
- kind of interface that is DOS
- UNIX
- operating system that can be considered portable
- 3 operations a computer performs
- arithmetic logical comparisons storage and retrieval
- software
- another word for program
- GUI
- (graphical user interface)--type of interface system which is multitasking allows you to see files and disks represented as images/symbols you can select
- command line
- type of interface system which is single tasking and requires you to memorize the command and type it into the computer
- peripheral devices
- memory stick printer mouse speaker keyboard
- IPOS
- input process output storage---process:CPU RAM ROM BUS MOTHERBOARD---storage:magnetic(floppy disk)optical(cd)solid(memory stick)