Week 7 - Computing fundamentals and networking concepts Flashcards
DIKW pyramid
Data
Information
Knowledge
Wisdom
what is data
product of observation and have no meaning or use on their own
what is information
data that includes answers to the question who, what, where, when, and/or how many
what is knowledge
knowing the significance of information
wisdom
knowing what to do with the information through knowledge, experience and judgement
Managing Data: structured vs unstructured
-what type better for computational thingking
example: drop down menus vs dictated notes
- better to have structured data for computational thinking
Computational thinking
techniques and tools to manage DIKW
Good for complex, difficult, ambiguous and or open ended problems
helps work twds a common goal/solution
- abstraction
- automation
- counting
- sorting
- searching
abstraction
a way of simplifying a process or problem
- a single problem can include several layers of abstraction
- abstractions are used to build algorithms
algorithms
process for carrying out a complex task broken down into simple decision and action steps
-algorithms are used to build automation
automation
use of technology or machines and/or devices that are linked to/controlled by a computer
counting
- small/simple sets
- complex/large sets (2)
simple/small sets: count one-by-one
algorithms and automation for large/complex sets
- estimate using random samples
- recursion (sets of smaller counts
kroll counting
Rx work in progress and Rx coutns
sorting and searching
algotithms an automation can be used
sorting
way of ranking different elements
-can be done by computer algorithms
searching
used to find an eleement wtih certain properties in a larger set
- linear search (start to finish)
- Binary search (back and forth)
Kroll sorting and searching
universal search field
narcotics report –> sort by
- can sort by date, brand/date, patient/date
Computer fundamentals (4)
Hardware
software
networks
security
hardware
monitor case motherboard (CPU, RAM) storage Optical drive input/output devices Network card power supply
Major component of a desktop computer
input devices
-mouse, keyboard, touch pad, pen, bar code, reader, scanner, camera, joystick, touch screen
output devices
-printer, screen, speakers, robot
storage devices
-hard disk, optical disk (ex. CD-ROM, DVD, or CD-RW), memory stick
software: basic input/output system (BIOS)
low level system that allows the various hardware components to talk