Saturday, March 14, 2015

What I Learned in CompSci #40: Hardware and such

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Computer System Components Motherboard Power Box Main Memory (RAM) Processor (CPU) Secondary Memory (Hard Disk) Optica...

What I Learned in CompSci #39: Generations of Computer

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Generations of Computers       -each generations are based on a new technological development, resulting in a better cheaper, smaller, and ...

What I Learned in CompSci #38: Networking

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Networking Network      -two or more computer systems linked together Packet      -the unit of data that is routed between an origin a...

What I Learned in CompSci #37: Machine Cycle

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Machine Cycle      -also called Processor cycle or instruction cycle.       -basic operation performed by the CPU Steps in a Machine...

What I Learned in CompSci #36: Binary and Conversion

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Binary      -A binary number can only contain 2 digits, 1's and 0's      -Another name is base-2 Example: 10, 1010, 1101 O...
Friday, March 13, 2015

What I Learned in CompSci #35: Data Representation

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Data Representation Sources of data Original Data or Information - data being introduced for the first time Previously Stored Data...

What I Learned in CompSci #34: Processing Cycle

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Processing Cycle      -how the computer work cycle Explain this Picture Through the input device, we send instructions and data to...

What I Learned in CompSci #33: Software

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Software      - any program that tells a computer to do. Software contains the instruction that the CPU will carry out 2 Types of Softwar...

What I Learned in CompSci #32: Hardware Specs

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Hardware Specs       -tells the limit or maximum capability of a device on a given criteria NVIDIA - a GPU Common Computer Hardware...
Monday, March 9, 2015

What I Learned in CompSci #31: Computer System

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Computer System      -is a combination of hardware and software      -able to take a set of inputs, process them, and create a set of outp...