Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
process instructions.
Software
Instructions written by humans that tell the
Processor
Input/Output Secondary Storage We will revisit this model in much more detail later
in the semester.
Memory
(RAM)
mess up the spelling and confuse it with bit. Anybody know what half a byte is called?
1 bit, on or off (two states) 2 bits, four different states (00, 01, 10, 11) 3 bits, eight states In general, 2bits states
CS 1308 Computer Literacy and the Internet
What is Data?
Any useful input or output from the computer
Documents that you are working on
.mp3
Pictures
.jpg, .gif
Text
42, 3.14
Readings from sensors Others?
What is an Instruction?
Computers rely on very simple instructions given to them by
Programs consist of millions of these instructions Machine language is different for each processor
That is why Mac programs wont run on a PC
Random Access Memory (RAM) for use by the Central Processing Unit (CPU). RAM loses its memory when the power goes off so we store information and programs more permanently on Secondary Storage Devices (hard drives, flash drives, etc.).
Input/Output
(I/O)
Every useful computer creates some kind of output. Most computers use input data of some kind to produce the
Secondary Storage
The memory in RAM goes away when the power is shut off.
Volatile
on secondary storage devices. Contain much more space than RAM. Hard Drives USB Drives DVD CD Others?
Memory
(RAM)
Quiz
Which of the following are a computer?
How can we tell?
Does it have a processor?