CIS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Toner, Embedded System, Touchpad

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1000
• Professor: Jing Yu Zhu

Document Summary

A data processing device that performs four major functions: it gathers data, or allows users to input data, it processes that data into information, it outputs data and information, it stores data and information. Difference between data and information: data a representation of a fact, a figure, or an idea. Can be a number, a word, a picture, or even a recording: information data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion (contact listing: zoe. Computers are excellent at processing (manipulating, calculating, or organizing) data into information. Binary language consists of just two digits: 0 and 1. Everything a computer does, such as processing data or printing, is broken down into a series of 0s and 1s: each 0 and 1 is a binary digit, or bit for short. Eight binary digits (or bits) combine to create one byte.