Digital Environment - Tiddy Flashcards
Hardware:
Physical components/parts. Also things you can physically touch
The instruction cycle:
Cycle a computer system follows
Input device :
A physical piece of hardware that you connect to a computer e.g mice
Output Device:
A piece of hardware which displays out the result of the input once it has been processed
Abstraction:
Ignoring irrelevant information that is not needed
North bridge:
One of the two chips located in the direction towards North in the motherboard. The main function of Northbridge is to manage the communications between the CPU and parts of motherboard.
South Bridge :
South bridge is the another chip of the logical chipset architecture. It is located to the South of (PCI) bus in the motherboard. The main function of South bridge is to control the Input/Output functioning. The North bridge is the medium that connects South bridge and CPU.
Actuator:
A sensor that spins and vibrates your phones
Abstraction:
Eliminating useless/unnecessary information
Primary (Memory):
This refers to memory areas that the CPU can directly access. E.g. RAM, ROM, Cache.
Secondary (Memory):
Non volatile storage that isn’t directly accessible by the CPU.
4 Types of Computers systems :
Mobile Devices, Smart Devices, Personal Computer, Server
Describe what clock speed is:
The number of cycles your CPU executes per second, measured in GHz
Operating Software
A software that runs the computer, manages how hardware receives and processes data.
Batch OS
Used for banking for example payrolls that the system automatically transfers a set of funds on the day of payday (e.g midnight)