CPU
The part of the CPU where data is processed and manipulated.
What is the ALU?
Traditional computer architecture. A single control unit manages program control flow following a linear sequence of fetch decode execute
What are the characteristics of the Von Neuman architecture
Data is saved on this medium using electromagnetic read/write heads.”
What is magnetic storage
The primary device for entering text, numbers, and commands via keys
What is a keyboard?
Converts electrical signals into visual images, text, and video on a screen
What is a monitor?
The part of the CPU that manages the execution of instructions.
What is the Control Unit?
A computer architecture with physically separate storage and signal pathways for instructions and data.
What are the characteristics of the Harvard architecture?
Storage medium that uses plastic discs on which the data is stored as patterns on the surface in pits and lands
What is optical storage?
An audio input device that captures sound waves and converts them into digital signals for voice recording, commands, or calls
What is a microphone?
Reproduce audio signals into audible sound waves.
What is a speaker?
Tiny areas of extremely fast memory located in the CPU normally designed for a specific purpose, where data or control information is stored temporarily
What is a register
Any modern set of disciplines that describes the functionality, the organisation and the implementation of computer systems
What is a contemporary architecture?
Collection of memory chips that is controlled by its own software to make the collection of chips act like a disk drive
What is Flash Storage
A lever or controller, often used for gaming, that provides directional input and commands.
What is a gamepad?
Projects visual information from a monitor onto a large surface, like a wall or screen.
What is a projector?
A part of the main store between the central processor and the rest of the memory. It has extremely fast access, so sections of a program and its associated data are copied there to take advantage of its short fetch cycle
What is pipelining?
A design that produces a complicated and expensive integrated circuit capable of performing a large variety of instructions.
What is CISC?
Data stored on remote hard disks accessed over the internet
What is virtual storage?
An optical scanner that reads printed barcodes to interpret data, commonly used in retail
What is a barcode reader?
Creates three-dimensional physical objects layer-by-layer.
What is a 3d printer?
This is the electronic unit that synchronises related components by generating pulses at a constant rate
What is the clock?
A design that produces a simple, cheap integrated circuit with a basic range of machine instructions.
What is RISC?
Access times are very fast. Often referred to as Main Memory,
What is RAM?
A stationary device with a ball that is rolled with the fingers to move the pointer, serving as an alternative to a mouse
What is a trackball?
A specialized printer used for creating high-quality vector graphics and large-scale drawings (blueprints)
What is a plotter?