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This is CS50 AP. an introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming Unit 0 Module 4 © David J. Malan, Doug Lloyd
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hardware binary number system
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Motherboard The main circuit board – it connects all the other parts
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CPU speed (GHz) memory CPU The “brain” of the computer It interprets and executes the commands from the hardware and software
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RAM size speed Random Access Memory Random Access Memory the temporary or "working" memory that allows multitasking
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KERNEL A key piece of the operating system When the operating system starts the kern A Key part of the Operating System Is the first part of the Operating System that loads into Memory Responsible for Disk, Task and Memory Mangement
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Video/graphics card Sends Images to the screen/monitor to the screen/monitor
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hard drive “spinning platter” HDD solid state SSD Main data storage area Contains data and software files
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Optical Floppy Zip/Thumb Hardware that enables data to be read/written from some type of media Drives
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Monitors/Display Screens This one is pretty obvious, right? It displays the signals the video/graphics card is sending
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peripherals a device that can connect to the main computer (examples: keyboard, mouse, speakers, printer)
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Ports Work as an interface that allows a peripheral device to connect to a computer There are several different types of these
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This is CS50 AP.
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