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Discovering Computers
Fundamentals,
2012 Edition
Your Interactive Guide
to the Digital World
Objec&ves Overview
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Objec&ves Overview
Differen-ate
between
a
Describe
the
purpose
port
and
a
connector,
and
types
of
expansion
and
explain
the
slots
and
adapter
cards
differences
among
a
USB
port
and
other
ports
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Power supply
Sound card
Video card
Processor
Memory
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Figure
4-‐2
Chapter
4
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Processor
Processor
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Processor
Processor
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Processor
Data Representa&on
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Data
Representa&on
A
computer
circuit
represents
Eight
bits
grouped
together
as
a
the
0
or
the
1
electronically
by
unit
are
called
a
byte.
A
byte
the
presence
or
absence
of
an
represents
a
single
character
in
electrical
charge
the
computer
Data Representa&on
• ASCII
(American
Standard
Code
for
Informa-on
Interchange)
is
the
most
widely
used
coding
scheme
to
represent
data
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Data Representa&on
Memory
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Memory
Memory
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Memory
Memory
Dynamic
RAM
Sta-c
RAM
(SRAM)
(DRAM)
Magnetoresis-ve
RAM
(MRAM)
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Memory
Memory
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Memory
Memory
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Memory
• Access
&me
is
the
amount
of
-me
it
takes
the
processor
to
read
from
memory
– Measured
in
nanoseconds
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A
port
is
the
point
at
which
a
peripheral
acaches
to
or
communicates
with
a
system
unit
(some-mes
referred
to
as
a
jack)
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eSATA
IrDA
port
MIDI
port
port
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Buses
• A
bus
allows
the
various
devices
both
inside
and
acached
to
the
system
unit
to
communicate
with
each
other
– Data
bus
– Address
bus
• A
computer
can
have
these
basic
types
of
buses:
– System
bus
– Backside
bus
– Expansion
bus
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Bays
Power Supply
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Power
Enterprise
Intel
Xeon
or
Intel
Core
i7
or
Intel
Itanium
or
Intel
Core
i7
Extreme
AMD
Opteron
or
AMD
Phenom
II
or
AMD
Athlon
II
Minimum
RAM:
8
GB
Minimum
RAM:
4
GB
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Clean your computer or mobile device once or twice a year
Turn
off
and
unplug
your
computer
or
mobile
device
before
cleaning
it
Use
an
an-sta-c
wipe
to
clean
the
exterior
of
the
case
and
a
cleaning
solu-on
and
so_
cloth
to
clean
the
screen
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Computers
Fundamentals,
2012
Edi-on
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Chapter
4
Summary
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Discovering Computers
Fundamentals,
2012 Edition
Your Interactive Guide
to the Digital World
Chapter 4 Complete
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