CP104 Lecture Notes - Computer Hardware
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There are two types of search, linear and binary. Linear search - takes each value and checks to see if it match"s the test value. Binary search - takes the middle of the sorted array and check either the middle value or right or left value of the middle and see"s of it is a match or if it is high or lower. If it is higher is throws away the unneeded part of the array and repeats. Hardware - the physical devices that make up the computer. Software - the instructional code the makes the computer interpret the hardware of the computer. Computer hardware can only understand 1"s and 0"s! Operating system - the control system of the computer! Utility software - this manages the tasks of the computer (eg. backups, virus.
