Computer Science Basics
Computer - ANSWERmachine that manipulates data under control of a program (written
by a person to perform a specific task)
Program - ANSWERSeries of commands/code to tell specific tasks by means of directions/steps. Leads to a solution.
Hardware - ANSWERPhysical device, piece of metal
Software - ANSWERProgramming. Example: Microsoft Office (Software is more expensive)
Programming - ANSWERProblem solving techniques
Computer Science - ANSWERStudy of problems to be solved by a computer
Designing, analyzing, experiments
CPU - ANSWERCentral Processing Unit: brain of the operation (Hardware)
Memory - ANSWER1) RAM- Random Access Memory: can get it anywhere. Volatile (if the computer cuts off, then memory is gone)
2) Secondary: hard drive, flash drive, cd-rom, etc.
Input Devices - ANSWERkeyboard, mouse, micorphone
Output Devices - ANSWERmonitor, speakers
Network Device - ANSWERmodem, ethernet cord/cord
8 bits - ANSWER1 byte
1024 bytes - ANSWER1 kilobyte: paragraph of text
1024 kilobytes - ANSWER1 megabyte: 600 MB on CD-Rom
1024 megabytes - ANSWER1 gigabyte: 10 yards of books on a shelf
1024 gigabytes - ANSWER1 terabyte: 10 TB would be the printed version of the Library of Congress
1024 terabyte - ANSWER1 petabyte
Programming Languages - ANSWER1) Syntax: form of language
Computer - ANSWERmachine that manipulates data under control of a program (written
by a person to perform a specific task)
Program - ANSWERSeries of commands/code to tell specific tasks by means of directions/steps. Leads to a solution.
Hardware - ANSWERPhysical device, piece of metal
Software - ANSWERProgramming. Example: Microsoft Office (Software is more expensive)
Programming - ANSWERProblem solving techniques
Computer Science - ANSWERStudy of problems to be solved by a computer
Designing, analyzing, experiments
CPU - ANSWERCentral Processing Unit: brain of the operation (Hardware)
Memory - ANSWER1) RAM- Random Access Memory: can get it anywhere. Volatile (if the computer cuts off, then memory is gone)
2) Secondary: hard drive, flash drive, cd-rom, etc.
Input Devices - ANSWERkeyboard, mouse, micorphone
Output Devices - ANSWERmonitor, speakers
Network Device - ANSWERmodem, ethernet cord/cord
8 bits - ANSWER1 byte
1024 bytes - ANSWER1 kilobyte: paragraph of text
1024 kilobytes - ANSWER1 megabyte: 600 MB on CD-Rom
1024 megabytes - ANSWER1 gigabyte: 10 yards of books on a shelf
1024 gigabytes - ANSWER1 terabyte: 10 TB would be the printed version of the Library of Congress
1024 terabyte - ANSWER1 petabyte
Programming Languages - ANSWER1) Syntax: form of language
