CS003L1 FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING AND ALGORITHM

Name: Abrigo, Reya Thessalonica G.

Date: January 20 ,2015
Section: Ar32fb2
Instructor: Mr. Paul M. Grafilon
MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT NO.1

ESSENTIALS OF THE COMPUTER COMPONENTS:

1. Hardware
is the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and
other devices. It refers to the physical parts or components of a
computer such as the monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data
storage, hard drive disk (HDD), system unit (graphic cards, sound
cards, memory, motherboard and chips), etc. all of which are physical
objects that can be touched known as tangible.
Examples:

2. Software
It refers to the operating system and all utility programs that manage
computer resources at a low level. Software is generally divided into
systems software and applications software. System software is
computer software designed to operate and control the computer
hardware and to provide a platform for running application software. It can
be separated into two different categories, operating systems and utility

software while Applications software comprises programs designed for

an end user, such as word processors, database systems, and
spreadsheet programs.
Examples:

System Software

Application Software

3. Peopleware
is a term used to refer to one of the three core aspects of
computer technology, the other two being hardware and software. It can
refer to anything that has to do with the role of people in the development
or use of computer software and hardware systems.
Examples:
1.Computer Engineers
2.Software Designers
3.Assemblers
4.Technicians
5.Software Engineers
6.Server Administrator
Famous Peopleware and their works:

Charles Babbage
Father of the
Computer
First Mechanical
Computer

Alan Turing
Father of Computer Science
and Artificial intelligence
The Universal Turing Machine

Philip Don Estridge

Father of IBM Personal
Computer
IBM Personal Computer

Lawrence "Larry" Page

The Search Engine Google

Sir Timothy John "Tim"

Berners-Lee
The World Wide Web
(WWW or W3)

William Henry "Bill" Gates III

Famous Windows
Operating Systems

4. Procedure and
Control

Data Communications
The transmission of text,
numeric, voice, or video
data from one computer to
another or to a peripheral
device is called data
communications
Sender and
receiver
Channel
Protocol
Device driver
(driver)
Data Bus
This path between the microprocessor, RAM, and peripherals is called the
data bus
Controller card
Expansion card
Expansion slot
Networks
A network connects one computer
to other computers and peripheral
devices, enabling you to share
data and resources with others
Network interface card (NIC)
LAN
WAN
WLAN
PAN
WiMax
Telecommunications
Telecommunications means communicating over a comparatively long
distance using a phone line or some other data conduit
Modem

Digital and analog signals

DSL
Broadband connections
The Internet
The Internet is the largest network in the
world, connecting millions of people
Email
World Wide Web
Web page
Web site
Security Threats on Your Computer
Security refers to the steps a computer owner takes to prevent unauthorized
use of or damage to the computer
Malware
Viruses
Antivirus software
Spyware
Adware
Firewall
Spoofed site
Phishing
Pharming
Procedure and Control