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BLOCK DIAGRAM OF COMPUTER :

A computer can process data, pictures, sound and graphics. They can
solve highly complicated problems quickly and accurately.

VON NEUMANN ARCHITECTURE

Most of today’s computers designs referred to as Von Neumann


Architecture, are based on concepts developed by John Von Neumann.

This design has five units to perform operations on data


namely,: INPUT
MEMOR
Y
OUTPUT
ARITHMETIC & LOGICAL
UNIT CONTROL UNIT
The Arithmetic & Logical Unit, and the CU built together are known as the CPU.

I. INPUT UNIT:

Computers need to receive data and instruction in order to solve any problem.
Therefore we need to input the data and instructions into the computers. The
input unit consists of one or more input devices. Keyboard is the one of the
most commonly used input device. Other commonly used input devices are
the mouse, floppy disk drive, magnetic tape, etc. All the input devices perform
the following functions.

• Accept the data and instructions from the outside world.

• Convert it to a form that the computer can understand.

• Supply the converted data to the computer system for further processing.

II. STORAGE UNIT:

The storage unit of the computer holds data and instructions that are entered
through the input unit, before they are processed. It preserves the
intermediate and final results before these are sent to the output devices. It
also saves the data for the later use. The various storage devices of a computer
system are divided into two categories.

Primary Storage: Stores and provides very fast. This memory is generally used
to hold the program being currently executed in the computer, the data being
received from the input unit, the intermediate and final results of the program.
The primary memory, RAM, is temporary in nature(Volatile). The data is lost,
when the computer is switched off. In order to store the data permanently,
the data has to be transferred to the secondary memory. The cost of the
primary storage is more compared to the secondary storage. Therefore most
computers have limited primary storage capacity.

2. Secondary Storage: Secondary storage is used like an archive. It stores


several programs, documents, data bases etc. The programs that you run
on the computer are first transferred to the primary memory before it is
actually run. Whenever the results are saved, again they get stored in the
secondary memory, ROM. The secondary memory is slower and cheaper
than the primary memory. Some of the commonly used secondary memory
devices are Hard disk, CD, etc.,
MEMORY SIZE:

All digital computers use the binary system, i.e. 0’s and 1’s. Each character
or a number is represented by an 8 bit code.
The set of 8 bits is called a byte.

A character occupies 1 byte space.

A numeric occupies 2 byte space.

Byte is the space occupied in the memory.

The size of the primary storage is specified in KB (Kilobytes) or MB


(Megabyte). One KB is equal to 1024 bytes and one MB is equal to
1000KB. The size of the primary storage in a typical PC usually starts at
16MB. PCs having 32 MB, 48MB, 128 MB, 256MB memory are quite
common.

III. OUTPUT UNIT:

The output unit of a computer provides the information and results of a


computation to outside world. Printers, Visual Display Unit (VDU) are the
commonly used output devices. Other commonly used output devices are
floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, and magnetic tape drive.

IV. ARITHMETIC LOGICAL UNIT:

All calculations are performed in the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) of the
computer. It also does comparison and takes decision. The ALU can
perform basic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division, etc and does logic operations viz, >, <, =, ‘etc. Whenever
calculations are required, the control unit transfers the data from storage
unit to ALU, once the computations are done, the results are transferred
to the storage unit by the control unit and then it is send to the output
unit for displaying results.
V. CONTROL UNIT:

It controls all other units in the computer. The control unit instructs the
input unit, where to store the data after receiving it from the user. It
controls the flow of data and instructions from the storage unit to ALU. It
also controls the flow of results from the ALU to the storage unit. The
control unit is generally referred as the central nervous system of the
computer that control and synchronizes its working.

VI. CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT:

The control unit and ALU of the computer are together known as the
Central Processing Unit (CPU). The CPU is the brain of the computer and
performs the following functions:
• It performs all calculations.

• It takes all decisions.

• It controls all units of the computer.

A PC may have CPU-IC such as Intel 8088, 80286, 80386, 80486,


Celeron, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV,
Dual Core, and AMD etc.

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