Analog - ANSWER Depends on mechanical movement (inaccurate)
digital - ANSWER No moving parts, direct computer
Transistor - ANSWER A solid-state switching device.
digital electronics - ANSWER electronics that operate based on transistors that
can only see two conditions.
Boolean Algebra - ANSWER A math notation of two-valued truth-value logic
(AND, OR, NOT)
Energy Harvester ANSWER Store energy from the movement and heats of
human body
The programmable device- ANSWER a Device who's functionality is changed
by changing the software it runs
Hardware- ANSWER The Physical Parts of Computer
Software - ANSWER the Programs and operating information used by
computer.
,Processor (CPU) - ANSWER interprets and carries out the basic instructions
that operate a computer
Memory (RAM) - ANSWER a form of computer data storage. A random-access
memory device allows data items to be read and written in approximately the
same amount of time regardless of the order in which data items are accessed.
storage device ANSWER a piece of computer equipment on which information
can be stored.
hard disk ANSWER a storage device that contains one or more inflexible,
circular platters that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions and
information
Solid State Drive ANSWER a storage device that uses flash memory commonly
to store data, instructions, and information
input/output devices - ANSWER devices used to input to a computer, such as a
keyboard and mouse, or output, such as a monitor
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) - ANSWER a logic chip dedicated to quickly
displaying and calculating visual data like shadows, textures and luminosity
Universal Serial Bus (USB) - ANSWER Standard for computer ports that
support data transfer rates of as much as 12 million bits per second.
Permanent Device Installation - ANSWER Computer must be shut down for
device to be installed
, Temporary Device Installation - ANSWER Device can be installed while
computer is on
Configurable Computers - ANSWER Computers are modular and can be
customized with software/hardware
32-bit processor - ANSWER can process 32-bits of information.
64-bit processor - ANSWER has 64-bit registers and processes 64 bits at a
time
Binary Arithmetic - ANSWER The representation of all numbers by just ones
and zeroes. Binary addition produces carries
mega - ANSWER 10^6 (Million)
giga - ANSWER 10^9 (Billion)
tera - ANSWER 10^12 (Trillion)
Programmer - ANSWER One who writes computer programs
software engineer - ANSWER A person concerned with all aspects of the
production of computer software.
definite iteration - ANSWER A process that repeats a known number of times
digital - ANSWER No moving parts, direct computer
Transistor - ANSWER A solid-state switching device.
digital electronics - ANSWER electronics that operate based on transistors that
can only see two conditions.
Boolean Algebra - ANSWER A math notation of two-valued truth-value logic
(AND, OR, NOT)
Energy Harvester ANSWER Store energy from the movement and heats of
human body
The programmable device- ANSWER a Device who's functionality is changed
by changing the software it runs
Hardware- ANSWER The Physical Parts of Computer
Software - ANSWER the Programs and operating information used by
computer.
,Processor (CPU) - ANSWER interprets and carries out the basic instructions
that operate a computer
Memory (RAM) - ANSWER a form of computer data storage. A random-access
memory device allows data items to be read and written in approximately the
same amount of time regardless of the order in which data items are accessed.
storage device ANSWER a piece of computer equipment on which information
can be stored.
hard disk ANSWER a storage device that contains one or more inflexible,
circular platters that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions and
information
Solid State Drive ANSWER a storage device that uses flash memory commonly
to store data, instructions, and information
input/output devices - ANSWER devices used to input to a computer, such as a
keyboard and mouse, or output, such as a monitor
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) - ANSWER a logic chip dedicated to quickly
displaying and calculating visual data like shadows, textures and luminosity
Universal Serial Bus (USB) - ANSWER Standard for computer ports that
support data transfer rates of as much as 12 million bits per second.
Permanent Device Installation - ANSWER Computer must be shut down for
device to be installed
, Temporary Device Installation - ANSWER Device can be installed while
computer is on
Configurable Computers - ANSWER Computers are modular and can be
customized with software/hardware
32-bit processor - ANSWER can process 32-bits of information.
64-bit processor - ANSWER has 64-bit registers and processes 64 bits at a
time
Binary Arithmetic - ANSWER The representation of all numbers by just ones
and zeroes. Binary addition produces carries
mega - ANSWER 10^6 (Million)
giga - ANSWER 10^9 (Billion)
tera - ANSWER 10^12 (Trillion)
Programmer - ANSWER One who writes computer programs
software engineer - ANSWER A person concerned with all aspects of the
production of computer software.
definite iteration - ANSWER A process that repeats a known number of times
