M1 Flashcards
is an electronic device that accepts, processes,
stores, and outputs data at high speeds according to
programmed instructions
Computer
Tangible parts of a computer system
Hardware
Used to input instructions into the computer system.
Input Devices
Used to give an output of what the computer executes.
Output Devices
These are programs that run the computer, designed to
perform a particular type of task.
Software
It is the software that makes the computer work.
Operating System
it stores data and program instructions.
Computer Memory
an be read or changed by the user or computer
RAM – Random Access Memory
can be read by the computer but not altered in any
way
ROM – Read Only Memory
nformation is written to a X chip after it is manufactured.
PROM
Programmable Read Only Memory
Information is written to a PROM chip -
after it is manufactured.
Information is written to an EPROM chip -
after it is
manufactured.
An X can be erased with exposure to
UV light.
EPROM chip
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
An X can be erased and re-written without having
to remove the chip from the computer
EEPROM chip
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory
EEPROM chips are also called
Flash ROMs.
part of the computer that translates
commands and runs programs
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Information from an input device or from the computer’s
memory is communicated via the X to the central processing
unit (CPU)
bus
X handles all arithmetic and logical
operations.
Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)
is the nerve center of a computer. It extracts
instructions from memory and decodes and executes them.
Control Unit (CU)
Discrete Structures 1
It contains the series of commands that create software, all other programming
languages must be converted to machine code for them to be understood
because a CPU has a limited set of instructions known as machine code that it is
capable of understanding.
Programming Language
A program is a sequence of extremely simple instructions known
as
machine code
Machine code instructions are X which
are not easy to understand
binary
This is the language that is written for the computer hardware
Machine Language
This programming languages were developed because of the
difficulty of programming using assembly languages
High-level languages