W7 Flashcards
Data:
products of observation and have no meaning or use on their own; ex. 120/80
Information:
Data that includes answers to the questions who, what, where, when, and/or how many; ex. 120/80 mmHg
Knowledge:
knowing the significance of the information ex. 120/80 mmHg is normal BP
Wisdom:
knowing what to do with the information through knowledge, experience and judgement
Managing Data
- Structured vs unstructured
o Eg. drop down menus vs dictated notes
o Better to have structured data for computational thinking
Computational Thinking
abstraction, algorithms, atutomation, counting, shorting, searching
*tools to manage DIKW, - Good for complex, difficult, ambiguous, and/or open-ended problems
o Abstraction
A way of simplifying a process or problem
A single problem can include several layers or abstraction
Abstractions are used to build algorithms
o Algorithms
A process for carrying out a complex task broken down into simple decision and action steps
Algorithms are used to build automation
Counting
Simple/small sets: count one-by-one
Algorithms and automation for complex/large sets:
• Estimate using random samples
• Recursion (sets of smaller counts)
sorting
Algorithms and automation can be used for sorting and searching too
Sorting is a way of ranking different elements
Can be done by computer algorithms
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Searching
Algorithms and automation can be used for sorting and searching too
Used to find an element with certain properties in a larger set
Linear search (start to finish)
Binary search (back and forth)
Computer Fundamentals
- Hardware
- Software
- Networks
- Security
Hardware
- Monitor
- Case
- Motherboard (CPU, RAM)
- Storage
- Optical drive
- Input/output devices
- Network card
- Power supply
Major Components of a Desktop Computer
Input devices
- Keyboard, mouse, touch pad, pen, bar code reader, scanner, camera, joystick, touch screen
Output devices
- Screen, printer, speaker, robot
Storage devices
- Hard disk, optical disk (eg. CD-ROM, DVD, CD-RW), memory stick
Software
- Basic input/output systems (BIOS)
- operating system
- other software that runs on top of OS (o Developmental; application; communications
o Microsoft Powerpoint, iTunes )
what is BIOS
- Basic input/output systems
part of software
o Low levels system that allows the various hardware components to talk