Computer Hardware Textbook Questions pg.

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1. It's where you provide a computer with information by keying using a keyboard, pointing and
clicking a mouse or speaking into a microphone.

2. Output: A display/produced piece of information that has been processed on a screen that can
be seen.

3. Processing: It's where the computer processes the data that you've submitted by using
mathematical variables like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division or manipulating
info to complete a task you've ordered.

4. Hardware: it's any part of the computer that you've interacted with physically. This can fall into
two categories:
Inside the computer: where all the components and pieces of the hardware are contained in a
computer case.
Peripherals: components that are connected to the computer through cables, plugs or wireless
technology.

5.

Power Supply and brings the computer power (electricity) by flowing through a power cord.)
Supply
Motherboar The main circuit board inside of a computer consisting of metal tracks that act as
d pathways for electricity to flow and circulate.
CPU (central Also called the microprocessor, it's the main computer chip that processes and
processing downloads instructions and the flow of the computer.
unit)
External Memory that is external to the CPU and mainly used for high-accelerating storage of
Cache information that was recently used. Also is named L2 or level 2 cache as it's the 2nd
place the CPU searches to find this recently used data.
Internal Memory of storage that is contained in the CPU and 1 st location that the CPU goes to
Cache find recent instructions. Also called the L1 or level 1 cache.
Expansion Sockets located ion the motherboard that expansion cards can be seen and connected
Slots for extra memory or peripheral devices eg. Sound card.
Hard Drive A disk drive that holds and reads information in the hard drive that's also the memory
storage space that holds software and data files.
Storage Spaces in the computer case that disks are held. A computer can have several disk
Devices drives that can be seen in the drive bay. Eg. Floppy Disks, CD-ROM's, DVD's.
Bus A set of conducting wires that transport s data among the other components of the
 computer. The bus width is the number of bits of information and data the bus can
transport all at once. More bits mean more speed for information will travel.
RAM Also goes by another name user memory, RAM is temporary memory that can store
(random itself for a long period of time if the computer is still running. Data seen on the monitor
access is also contained in the RAM. If the computer is off, any information in RAM is lost
memory) unless saved in another location.
ROM (read Also called factory memory, it's a computer memory that contains information that has
only been stored at the time of it's creation. You can also add more than 1 ROM chips to the
information) motherboard.

6. I.) Fetch- The component gathers and collects the code for an instruction and drops it in the
instructions cache (temporary memory where instructions are stored).

Ii.) Decode- The component then interprets the instruction inside of an area of the CPU chip called the
decode cache and decides on the functions to be performed.

Iii.) Execute- The CPU processes carries out or executes the instructions and sends the results to their
proper destinations.

Iv.) Store- The CPU sends the results of the instructions to the proper memory location to be retained
and stored later for further instructions.

7. Computers use binary codes because computers are a type of machines that only understand 2 states:
off and on. Every information that is entered in the computer can be digitally encoded as a series of 0's
and 1's in order for the computer to understand.

Storage Option Maximum Capacity Cost in $ Cost per GB

in GB (round to nearest (Cost/Capacity)
(note 1TB=1000GB) dollar)
Internal Hard Drive 3000 $156 $0.05/GB
(5 cents / GB)
Solid State Hard 400 $627 $1.57/ GB
Drive ( $1.57 per GB)
External Desktop 8000 $309 $0. 04/ GB
Hard Drive (4 cents per GB)
External Portable 2000 $150 $0. 08/ GB
Hard Drive (8 cents per GB)
DVD (digital video 470 $40 $0.09/ GB
disc) ( 9 cents per GB)
USB 128 $50 $0.39/ GB
thumb/stick/key (39 cents per GB)
drives
1. The first one the "Internal Hard Drive" seems to have a better price overall than the rest. The
worst one is the Solid State Hard Drive with only 400 GB costing $627. I might pick the worst deal
if the worst one seems to have more better functions than the one that's cheap like let's say it
accelerates information faster. I would pick the worst one if it's better in internal qualities.

2. The best in my opinion out of the 3 types of portable drives is the External Portable Hard Drive
because this portable drive even though it's expensive, it has the most storage space out of the
three of them. The worst one is the USB because it has the least amount of storage space and it
even cost more than the DVD by $10. It's also expensive when it comes to the cost per GB with
$0.39/ GB.