Wednesday, December 1, 2010
summarizing what we have learn about the computer
Different parts of personal computer(PC)
♥motherboard
♥CPU
♥memory(RAM)
♥hard drive
♥video card
Types of computers
♥minicomputer
-is a powerful computer that can supports many users at once.
♥supercomputer
-is a machine that can process billions of instructions a second
-used to calculate extremely complex calculations
Activities of computer
☻Input
- is any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data
☻Processing
- is any process that uses a computer program to enter data and summarise and analyse
☻Storage
- the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
☻Output
- is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) to the outside world.
Inside the computer case
BIOS
(Basic Input-Output System or Basic Itegrated Operating system)
-one of the important parts that the motherboard holds.
-it refers to the software run by a computer when it is first turned on.
POST
(Power-on-self-test)
-the purpose of boot process is to perform a set of diagnostic test
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