CSC101- Knowledge Base- Shamil

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Ch1- Introduction to the World of Computers

Overview

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Computers in Your Life

What is A Computer and What Does It Do?

Computers to Fit Every Need

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Computer Networks and the Internet

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Computers and Society

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Ch2-The system Unit: Processing and Memory

How The CPU Works

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Typical CPU Components

The System Clock and the Machine Cycle

Making Computers Faster and Better Now and in the Future

Improving the Prformance of Your System Today

Strategies for Making Faster and Better Computers

Future Trends

Conversation

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Subtopic

Data and Program Representation

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Digital Data Representation

Representing Numerical Data

Coding systems for Text-Based Data

Coding Systems for Other Types of Data

Representing Software Programs

an overview

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Inside the System Unit

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The Motherboard

The Power Supply and Drive Bays

The CPU

Memory

Fans, Heat Sinks, an other Cooling Components

Buses

Ports and Connectors

Ch3- Storage

Overview

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Storage Systems Characteristics

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Hard Drives

Optical Discs

Flash Memory

Other Types of Storage Systems

Evaluating Your Storage Alternatives

Random and Sequential Access

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Ch4- Input and Output

Overview

Keyboards

Pointing and Touch Devices

Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras

Audio Input

Display Devices

Printers

Audio Output

The World is Flat

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Flatteners

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