Computer Science 1032A/B Chapter 4-6: Midterm (4-6).docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Louis Magguilli

Document Summary

Microcomputers: 1975-present: typical 2nd generation computers consisted of a cpu, short term memory, and long term memory (people still wanted smaller, microprocessors developed in 1970s. Google, rim, samsung, sony, microsoft have all developed similar and almost just as equally popular hand held computers. Price and performance advances: it is always advancing and evolving. Small is powerful: pretty much the history of computers is just the story of. 2. trying to make everything smaller and more compact with more capabilities. The network is the thing: it can be measured in the power of the. 3. processor but also in the power of the network. In the five component framework hardware consists of the physical electronic components and related gadgetry that input, process, output, and store data according to instructions encoded in computer programs or software. All computer consist of four basic components: input, processing, output, and storage. If there is not enough, the cpu will remove something.