CIS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Sleep Mode, Peripheral, Ieee 1394
4 Feb 2017
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Computer data processing device that performs 4 major functions (input, processing, output, and storage) Modern computers need multiple pieces of hardware and software working together where each is responsible for a particular. Inside of the computer towers, or under the keyboard of the laptop is the motherboard, cpu, Ram graphics cards, hard drives, optical drives and ports to connect peripherals. Most business computers can store up to a petabyte of data. Two basic computers are laptop and desktop designs. Popular laptops are pc and macbook, but there are also netbooks, tablet computers, and. For desktops there are separate cases plus peripheral devices desktop and all in one. Special design computers: mainframe computer supports many users simultaneously, supercomputer performs complex calculations very fast. Blur gene (ibm project) used 131,000 processors to routinely handle 280 trillion operations every second: embedded computer in devices ranging from digital cameras, digital recorders, and the electric thermostat in the home.
