Roza's CSC101 Knowledge Base

The System Unit

by Nurul Izzah

Yin's Mid-Term Memory

by Yin Wang

Mind Hacking

by Grant C

How to Have a Good Conversation

by Gustavo Salazar

The World Is Flat by Thomas Firedman

Firedman 4,5,6

Offshoring

Outsourcing

Uploading

Flatterens

10. Thestiriods

9. In-forming

8. Insourcing

7. Supply chaining

6. Offshoring

5. Outsourcing

4. Uploading

3. Workflow Software

2. Netscape

1. The fail of Berlin wall

Chapter 3

RAID

Holographic storage

Smart cards

Optical drives

Optical discs

Hard drive interface standards

Partitioning and file systems

Hard drive speed and caching

Hard Drives

Logical and physical representation

Storage system charactersistics

2. The system unit

Future trends

Making computers faster and better now and in the Future

The system clock and the machine cycle

Ports and connectors

Fans,Heat sinks,and other cooling components

Memory

Flash memory

ROM

Rigester

Bus

Bandwidth

speed

Width

Word size and cache memory

Processing speed

The CPU

The motherboard

Inside the system unit

Representing programs

Coding system for Text- Based data

The binary numbering system

Digital data representation

Data and program representation

5. System software: Operating Systems and Utility Programs

The future operating systems

File Management Programs

Utility Programs

Operating Systems for Larger Computers

Operating Systems for Mobile Phones and Other Devices

Embedded Lunix

Symbain OS

Palm OS and Palm Web OS

BlackBerry Operating System

iPhone OS

Android

Windows Embedded

Windows Mobile

LINUX

UNIX

Mac OS

Windows

Windows server

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Operating systems fot Personal Computers Servers

DOS

Differences Among Operating Systems

Client computers still use a personal operating system

Personal vs. server operating system

Command line vs. graphical user interface (GUI)

Processing Techniques for Increased Ifficiency

Buffering and Spooling

Memory Management

Multiprocessing

Multithreading

Thread

Multitasking

The operating system

Functions with an operating system

Security

File management

Managing resources and jobs

Configuring Devices

Booting the computer

Inter facing with users

System Software and Application Software

Application software

System software

4. Input and Output

Printers

Display devices

Scanners, readers, and other digital cameras

Other pointing devices

Touch screens

Mice

Pointing devices

Keyboards

Computers in Home

For looking information, E-mail, shopping and paying bills, watching TV. and Video, Dowanloading stuffs, playing games....

1. Introduction to the world of computers

Personal Computers

Ultra mobile PCs

Tablet computers

Notebook

Desktop computers

Mobile Devices

Computer users and proffesional

Security specialists

Computer operations personnel

Systems analysts

Programmers

Application Software

Creating letters, managing inventory, schdeuling appointments, Veiwing web pages, sending and receiving E-mail, recording/ playing CDs/ DVDs, designing homes, playing games.

Hardware

Communication Devices

Storage device

Output device

Oricessing device

Input device

Data vs. Information

Knowledge

Information Processing

Information

Data

Computers on the Go

GPS systems

M- Commerce systems

Portable computers or mobile device

Slef- checkout systems

POS systems at ratial stores

ATM transactions

Consumer Kioks

Computers on the job

Used extensively by the military

Used by service professionals is growing

Used for access control and other security measures

Used by all tyoes of employees

Computers in education

Distance learning

Colleges and universities use it too

Students use it in class or computer lab

Computers in the home

Smart Homes

Smart Appliances

Wireless Networking

Convergence