BTM 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Computer Hardware, Binary Number, Application Software
4 Sep 2018
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Chapter 2: looking at computers: understanding the parts. Understanding digital components: computer: data processing devices. (ex: giving your infos to university and then comp. prints them on id card in organized way, computers have 4 major functions: Can be a number, word, b. picture, sound. (ex: names, phone numbers, etc. ) Information: data organized or presented in meaningful fashion. (ex: names associated with phone numbers in a contact listing. ) Bits and bytes: the language of computers: computers only work w/ numbers (not words), binary language: only two digits: 0 & 1 = called binary digit or bit. 0= no electric current/ 1= electric current: bytes: combination of bits. Distributed computing: putting your computer to work while you sleep: distributed or grid computing: creation of software facilitating the work of devices, tablets, smartphones, together. You can register your computer into system to help astronomers research = big data downloaded super fast.
