Computers
Accepts input, processing it to produce a result.
Computer
processor
CPU
This device stores memory on the order of TB but is slow to read and write compared to other memory components
hard disk drive, HDD
Software that manages programs
operating system
Process of giving computer instructions to perform a task
Programming
Term for calculuating
Computing
Parts of CPU that independently process sets of instructions
Cores
Instead of needing a mechanical arm, this storage component uses no moving parts yet stores memory on the order of GB/TB
Solid State Drive SSD
What type of drive may catastrophically fail due to being written to too many times?
Solid state drive SSD
3+5
Computational process
Click of a mouse, keyboard press, touch on a screen, are all forms of ___.
Input
Technology that allows one physical core to behave as two individual cores
Hyperthreading
Fast memory used to store memory for applications typically on the order of 4-32GB on modern computers
Random access memory, RAM
the manager of a computer
Physical pieces of a computer
hardware
The result of computations done on input
output
Connects computer’s hardware components
motherboard
Amount of memory stored on a modern computer's CPU in bytes
8 bytes
Devices not part of a computer that connect such as flash drives, external speakers, etc
peripherals
programs and instructions that tell a computer how to operate
software
A set of rules to convert inputs to outputs
algorithm
Often used in place of a motherboard for smaller electronics
System on a chip, SoC
Set of small groups of memory on the order of MB to kB that are very fast. What is there order from slowest to fastest as they feed data to the CPU?
L3, L2, L1 Cache
Process by which the hard drive is used for RAM
virtual memory
Process of converting inputs to outputs involving calculations usually made in an algorithm
Computational process