Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Yay.

Hardware- Everything you can touch
Software- Stuff on the inside that works through programs, they make the computer function
Microprocessor- Preforms most of the tasks we ask it to do. Unlimited amount it can do, the brain of the machine. It handles the fetch decode & execute steps on computer.
The first computer ever was called the ENIAC. It standed for Electronic Numerical Integrater And Calculator.
RAM- Random Access Memory
ROM- Read Only Memory
Integrate circuit- A complete circuit on a chip.
Embedded Processors - a chip designed with a specific set of usable instructions.