DIGITAL SYSTEM SAT3 Flashcards
Network components
Router, WAP,NIC, Switch, Modem
System Unit component
Motherboard, CPU,RAM,ROM
Motherboard
Base that connects all other system and components
Contains drive bays to hold the hard disk and disk drives
computer cabinent
Operating system
All device contains operating system
Modem
access the Internet// connect the netwokr to the Internet
Switch
to connect multiple device to a network
NIC (Network Interface Card)
communicate with other devices
Router
connect two separate networks tgt
LAN
2/more devices connected tgt at the same area
WAN
2/more devices connected tgt at the different area
Input
converts human understandable data into binary format/signals
Output
receives data in binary format from the cpu and converts it to human understandable information
Example of operating system
IOS, Andriod, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix
Speed of CPU
Clock Speed. 1GHZ of CPU can complete billion cycles per sec
Common - input and output
both act as an interface between the user and the computer
CPU
brain of digital system, ALU, CU, Registers
ALU
to program arithmetic and logic operations
CU
to send or receive the instructions to and from the hardware devices
Registers
small spaces in the CPU that hold data or instructions