DIT 411: PC HARDWARE 1

ASSIGNMENT 1
(INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER)

Name ReDsHell

Student ID 01-200801-00???

Class Code D337

Instructor Miss SHAHIDATUL ARFAH BINTI BAHARUDIN

Submission Date 06 FEBRUARY 2009

Checked and Verified by Miss SHAHIDATUL ARFAH BINTI BAHARUDIN

 DIT 411: PC HARDWARE 1 (INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER)
HOW COMPUTER WORKS-GENERAL
Computer Defined
“Computer is an electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes
data, and can be programmed with instructions. The biggest advantage of
computer is that it performs pre-defined or programmed computations at a high
speed and with great accuracy.”

A computer system is made up of both Hardware and Software:-

HARDWARE SOFTWARE

Physical Components that make up a Programs or Operating System which

computer system (anything you can see controls the computer hardware and makes it
and touch) including the digital circuitry. do useful work. Without software a computer
is useless machine. Software is dividing to
system and application type.

Examples: System Software:

1. Power Supply Unit 1. Operating system

2. Monitor (WinXP, WinVista, MAC OS, Ubuntu)
3. Keyboard 2. Networking system
4. Mouse (Cisco, AOL)
5. System Unit 3. Database system
(Oracle, MySQL)
Also includes the computer’s processor, 4. Programming software
memory, mainboard, hard disk, floppy (MS Visual Studio, C++ Builder)
disk, CD ROM and so on. 5. Website server
6. Data backup
7. Hardware Driver

Application Software:

1. Word processors
(MS word, KWord)
2. Spreadsheets
(MS excel, Kspread)
3. Graphics programs
(Adobe illustrator, Coral Photoshop)
4. Web browsers
(Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox)
5. Game programs

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 DIT 411: PC HARDWARE 1 (INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER)
HOW COMPUTER WORKS-STAGE OF COMPUTING

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

-Input is a process in which
information is entered into a
computer for processing
-Data entered into the
computer via some sort of
input device or from a file
stored on a disk drive.
Processor or
Microprocessor, which
carryout Processing is very
important part of a computer.
It is also called as Central
Processing Unit (CPU), is
the pretty much the brain of
your computer. It processes
everything from basic
instructions to complex
functions. The CPU
processes information,
performing arithmetic
calculation and making basic
decisions by comparing
information values.
-Output is information that
has been manipulated by
the Central Processing
Unit (CPU) of the
computer and displayed
either on the video
monitor or printed on
paper or film as hard copy
or saved on disk in a
digital format.
-Output devices are
machines that display
information from the
computer.

EXAMPLE
• Keyboard
• Monitor
• Mouse
• Speaker
• Microphone
• Processor • Printer
• Scanner
• Projector
• Lightpen
• Fax
• Modem

“Input devices feed information into the computer, the Central Processing Unit
translates the information and the Output devices translate this information
back to the user in a form that is easily understood.”
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DIT 411: PC HARDWARE 1 (INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER)
HOW COMPUTER WORKS-PROCESS

“All the input supplied to CPU via input devices will change to binary numbers.
Microprocessor processes binary number depending on the program (software)
function and send the processed information to output device. The output
device like monitor visually show the output where as printer will print on a
paper.”

Example: Typing and Printing

“Input from keyboard is send to processor via ps/2 port and word processing
software will translate the input and translate the data back to printer via parallel
port and printer will execute printing task”

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DIT 411: PC HARDWARE 1 (INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER)
HOW COMPUTER WORKS-CONCLUSION
A computer needs certain hardware and software to work depends on the
task to complete by user. Most important hardware to make computer work is
including:-

1. Power Supply Unit - as medium to supply electricity to other hardware

2. Motherboard - main circuit board to attach other hardware via port

and buses slot.
- contain BIOS in ROM chip onboard (for 1st instruction).

3. Processor - to process input and output data

4. RAM - Random Access Memory as main memory

5. Hard disk Drive - secondary storage and main function is to store

system software (OS, Bios, Driver, etc)

6. Keyboard - input device that contain key users press to enter data and
instructions into a computer

7. Mouse - pointer device

8. Monitor - Display output

9. Speaker - Audio output

Most important software to make computer work is including:-

1. Operating System

2. Hardware Driver Program

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