EECS 1520 Lecture Notes - Integrated Circuit, Xml, Transmission Control Protocol

• School: York University
• Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Course: EECS 1520
• Professor: Lew Lowther

Document Summary

Computing system- solves problems and interacts with the environment: composed of hardware and software , and data that it manages, has many layers , each of which plays a specific role. Computer hardware- physical elements that make up the machine and its pieces ( boxes, circuit boards, chips, wires, printers, keyboards, monitors - etc) Computer software- the collection of programs that provide the instructions that a computer carries out. 2. all the layers together and allow them to work together, amazing things happen! Each layer is small by itself and performs a specific function, when you put: reflects the way we represent information on the computer. Hardware- the physical hardware of a computing system. Software- programming: the programs that provide instructions for a computer to execute. Applications- using the computer to solve specific real world problems: example - helping us design a building or play a game.