BUS 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Slide Projector, Magnetic Storage, Google Drive

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Jie Mein Goh

Document Summary

Tablets and mobile computers: are small computing devices that work the same as large pc"s, all components are integrated into one. Computers in the 50s used vacuum tubes. Computers in the 90s integrated circuits. Critical to the rapid adoption of personal computers and rise of social networks. Local area networks (lans: linking many pcs computers together, shared access to data, printers, and other peripheral devices, served small groups within small areas. Wide area networking (wans: the internet, email, web browsing. Hardware consists of electronic components used to input, process, output and store data. Electronic circuitry which provides the means to connect various computer hardware together. All components/hardware must connect to the motherboard: socket for the microprocessor (cpu, primary memory, buses, ports and expansions slots. Called as the brain of the computer. Measured in hertz: can vary terms of speed, function, and cos, and the type. Is a program that controls the computer"s resources.