I&C SCI 31 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fricassee

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**uci replay recording of the class period. What are computers for: everything, solving problems, calculations, research, video games/entertainment, networking, storing information, business/commerce, navigation, security, programming, music, architecture, weapons, artificial intelligence, photography, graphics, manufacturing, social media, advertising, the internet. Basic computing terminology: typical computer system, processor a. i. Contains objects to act on: peripherals: keyboards, mice, speakers, cameras, 3d printers, (all of this is computer hardware) *software is the instructions that the processor follows. Cook"s recipes written in cook"s terms: saut , fricassee, . *computer program is a set of instructions written in terms a computer can. Basic computer operations: arithmetic, copy data from one place to another, store programs (lists of these instructions) and carry them out automatically at its own speed, compare data and choose different actions depending on the result. *algorithim is a step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.

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