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Ali's CSC101 Knowledge Base

The content covers essential topics in computer science, starting with an introduction to computers and the importance of understanding their various categories, including the high-cost supercomputers primarily used by government entities for advanced calculations.

Ali's CSC101 Knowledge Base

Ali's CSC101 Knowledge Base

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Ch. 2 System Processing

Future Trends
Nanotechnology

focuses on building computer components at the individual atomic and molecular levels.

Optical Computers

possiblity

Quantum

possibilty

A view

Scientists work on many new stratigies to develop the computers, such as pipelining, multiprocessing, parallel processing.

ways to develop is upgrading internet connection, using seconnd hard drive, etc....

How the CPU works
system clock

synchronizes all of the computer’s activities.

Machine Cycle

The CPU processes instructions in a sequence called a machine cycle, consisting of

four basic steps.

bus interdace unit

allows the various parts of the CPU to communicate with each other.

decode unit

decodes the instructions input into the CPU,

internal cache stores frequently used instructions and data

The prefetch unit

requests data and instructions before or as they are needed

Control Unit

directs the flow of electronic

traffic between memory and the ALU/FPU and also between the CPU and input

and output devices.

ALU

arithmetic/logic unit

which performs integer arithmetic and logical operations on data

FPU

floating point unit

performs decimal arithmetic

Inside the System Unit
Ports

used to connect peripheral devices to the computers

Expansion Buses

include PCI, PCI Express (PCIe) bus, Universal Serial

Bus (USB), and FireWire

Frontside Bus

connects the CPU tothe I/O bridge, which connects the CPU and memory to the rest of the bus architecture.

Memory Bus

moves data between the CPU and RAM

Bus

electronic path along which bits are transmitted.

ExpressCard Modules

used to add functionality to the computer

Expansion Slots

into which users can insert

expansion cards to give the computer added functionality.

Memory

refers to chip-based storage. it contains 3 main things

Register

memory built into the CPU chip to hold data before or during processing.

RAM

twp types of Random Acess Memory, which is repsonsible for running programs temporarily

Nonvolatile

still under development

Volatile

controls programs temporarily

ROM

Read only memory. a type of nonvolative memory that stores nonerasable programs.

CPU

CPU is responsible for controlling the speed of the computer and it deals with many processing operations.

CPU chips differ in many respects, such as what types of computer the CPU is designed for, its clock speed, and word size

Different Types

i2 and i4. the higher, the better

the Motherboard

the main circuit board for a computer. it controls the CPU

Data and Program Represntation
Multimedia

Computers can play multimedia via binary-based code

translated to the machine language

then shown in the monitor

Storage

Calculated in B, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, and other possiblities.

Computers Language

Computer people refer to these 0s and 1s as bits.

Converting data to these 0s and 1s is called digital data representation.

The World is Flat

Flatteners 4, 5, 6
Flatteners 8, 9, 10

Ch. 4 Input and Output

Output Devices
Audio Output
Printers
Display Devices
Input Devices
Pointing and Touching Devices
Scanners and Readers
Audio Input

Ch. 3 Storage

Hardware
Storage System Characteristics
Storage Media
Random vs. Sequntial access
volatility

Ch. 1 Introduction to Computers

Computer Categories
Super Computers

high costs

government

A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer

Why we Should Learn about Computers