MIS 180 Chapter Notes - Chapter Appendix A: Mainframe Computer, Barcode, Digital Camera

• School: SDSU
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 180
• Professor: T.Trzos

Document Summary

Consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system. The set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks. An electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data. The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devies together. The computer"s main memory, which consists of the random access memory (ram), the cache memory, and the read-only memory (rom) that is directly accessible to the central processing unit (cpu) Equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long- term storage. Equipment used to see, hear, or otherwise accept the results. The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together. Interprets software instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices what to do, based on the software instructions.