CMPS 002 - Computer Literacy

Prof. Paulo Franca

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Revision for midterm 1

Hardware

Computer

Memory, Address Bus, Data Bus, Processor (ALU)

Ram's and Rom's.

Clock, Hertz, KiloHertz, MegaHertz,GigaHertz

bits, bytes, codes    how many bits are needed?

Storage byte, kB,MB,GB,TB

Serial communication, Parallel communication

Mother Board, Microprocessor, Chip,

 

Peripherals

Keyboard, Mouse, how do they work?

Modems, Fax, can you edit a fax?  OCR software

Monitors, pixels, resolution, color depth, how does the computer represent a screen?

Magnetic Ink Characters MICR

 

Software

Operating system: Windows,Linux, Unix, Mac

Compilers and interpreters

Application software: Word processor, spreadsheets, email, browsers, accounting, etc.

Utility software

Programming languages