Hardware and software 20/09/13 Jaide Cavanagh - Smith What is hardware? Tools‚ machinery‚ and other durable equipment: "tanks and other military hardware". The machines‚ wiring‚ and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system. What is software? The programs and other operating information used by a computer. Types of software; Generic General-purpose software‚ such as word processors and spreadsheets
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The physical layer is the hardware of the system and can consist of a network adaptor or network interface card (NIC) that is a circuit board that plugs into the client machine and server in the local area network (LAN); it can be built into the motherboard of the central processing unit (CPU). The network adaptor controls the transmission and receipt of the data at the data link and physical layer. The decision for NotCom will be the use of circuit switching or packet switching‚ which uses two different
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largest semiconductor chip maker‚ based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors‚ the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18‚ 1968‚ as Integrated Electronics Corporation. Intel also makes motherboard chipsets‚ network interface controllers and integrated circuits‚ flash memory‚ graphic chips‚ embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Mooreand widely
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A Brief History of Intel’s desktop processor CPU is the most important part in computers. If compared to a person‚ computer’s heart is CPU. Processing information in accordance with its word length‚ CPU can be divided into: 4-bit processors‚ 8-bit processors‚ 16-bit processors‚ 32-bit processors and 64-bit processors‚ etc. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968‚ and then became a leader of the IT Industry. November 15th‚ 1971‚ Intel’s engineer Hoff invented the world’s first commercial
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Solving Performance Problems in a Slow LAN William F. Slater‚ III TCM 537 ’’ Networks and Data Communications I University of Phoenix Week 5 Written Assignment David Kerr‚ M.S. - Instructor June 29‚ 2004 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Abstract 3 Introduction 3 Troubleshooting a Slow LAN 4 Conclusion 9 Resources 10 Abstract This paper describes possible solutions for slow LAN performance. This
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Chapter 1 Important Terms 1.1.1.1 1. Computer case 2. Alternating-current (AC) power 3. Direct- current (DC) power 4. Motherboard 5. Form factor 6. Bay 1.1.1.2 7. Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) 8. Power inverter 9. Molex keyed connector 10. Berg keyed connector 11. SATA keyed connector 12. 20-pin or 24-pin slotted connector 13. 4-pin to 8-pin auxiliary (AUX) power connector 14. PCIe power connector 1.1.1.3 15. Voltage (V) 16
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How To Fix a Blue Screen of Death By Tim Fisher‚ About.com Guide See More About:the blue screen of deathstop codeswindows 7 errorswindows vista errorswindows xp errors Blue Screen of Death (STOP Error) A Blue Screen of Death‚ also called a STOP Error‚ will appear when an issue is so serious that Windows must stop completely. A Blue Screen of Death is usually hardware or driver related. Most BSODs show a STOP code that can be used to help figure out the root cause of the Blue Screen
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Architectures Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. 0-2 1 Computer Architecture • Central Processing Unit (CPU) or processor – Arithmetic/Logic unit versus Control unit – Registers • General purpose • Special purpose • B Bus • Motherboard Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. 0-3 Figure 2.1 CPU and main memory connected via a bus Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. 0-4 2 Stored Program Concept A program can be encoded as bit patterns and stored i
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ee Business Information Systems TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 & 2………………………………………………………………………… Purpose and Scope of TPS‚ MIS‚ DSS‚ ESS and ERP Page 3………………………………………………………………………………… Business Value of a DSS Use of ERP to Major Corporation Page 4 & 5…………………………………………………………………………………. How ESS Supports Managerial Decision Making Components of Information System Reference Purpose and Scope
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Introduction “Things don’t have to change the world to be important”. Do you know who said this? That is a humbling quote from Steve Jobs‚ one of the most impactful people in history. Steven Paul Jobs created some of the most famous devices in history‚ which all started with him creating computers in his garage. Steve Jobs has had a massive impact on the technological development of our country because he co-created Apple and helped make Pixar into the company it is today‚ revolutionized the electronics
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