Thursday, October 29, 2015

Input and Output Devices

Input Devices
-Keyboards
-Mice
-Scanners
-Digital Cameras
-Joystick
-Trackpad
-Barcode Reader
-Microphone
-MIDI Keyboard
-Webcam
-Scanner
-Magnetic Key Cards
-Electronic Whiteboard
-Video Capture Hardware

Output Devices
-Monitor
-Printers
-Plotters
-Projectors
-LCD Projection Panels
-Computer Output Microfilm
-Speakers
-Radio


Bit/Byte/Compiler/Interpreter/Source/Code/Object/Code

The power button consists of a 0 and a 1 within the circle (hence the semi-circle with the line in it). The zero stands for the off section, while the one stands for the on section of it.

Binary: The main language of a computer. How it receives and executes commands. Consists of a 0 and a 1, and each command consists of eight 0's and 1's in a certain order, unique to each command, letter, number, etc.

Bits and Bytes: A bit is a single unit (0 or a 1) and is arranged to form bytes. A byte is a form of memory unit (gigabyte, terabyte, etc.) and it is consisted of bits, usually in groups of 8.

Compilers and Interpreterscompiler is a computer program (or a set of programs) that transforms source code written in binary into another computer language (usually English). An interpreter is what the name implies, a program that executes and analyzes another program, line by line.

Source Code and Object Code: Source codes are a listing of commands to be gathered together and assembled into a program that is to be executed. An object code is the binary version of the source code. The computer can only understand the object code, and therefore executes programs using it. 

Blog - My Perspective on Computer Architecture

Computer architecture is something I don't really have any interest in. The only thing I like about it is that we get something called "programming" out of it, which then allows me to play my games, browse the web, and take notes in class easier so I can get better grades. Nothing of particular that I am specialized in computer architecture. I don't really know anything about this, but I do know the name of this thingie called HTML. Oh, and JAVA.

How do computers understand what we type?

Well, there is binary, and that sends a message to the computer so that it knows what to type and what to search up, etc. I know about that 0,1,0,1 thingie. I learned it maybe 4 years ago?