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Computer Hardware

Module Aims & Objectives


●To develop the fundamental skills required in
installation, configuration, maintenance and
●management of personal computer systems
and simple data communication devices in a
●general office environment
Introduction to Computer System
and its Classifications
Definition of a Computer

● Versatile electronic device,


which is programmable and
process data according to a
given set of instructions
● Speed

● Accuracy

● Storage

● Diligence
Characteristics of a Computer
● Versatility

● Memory / Power of Memory

● Reliability
Characteristics of a Computer
Speed
● no human being can compete to solving the complex
computation, faster than computer.

Giga Hertz (GHz) – Billion clock cycles per second


● – Eg: 800MHz – 1 instruction in 0.00000000125 second

Accuracy
● Since Computer is programmed, so what ever input we give it
gives result with accurately

Storage
● Computer can store mass storage of data with appropriate
format
Characteristics of a Computer
●Diligence
●Computer can work for hours without any break
and creating error

●Versatality
●We can use computer to perform completely
different type of work at the same time.

●Reliability
●Computer is reliable than a Human especially in
repetitive tasks
Data Processing
● Data Data Vs Information

− Data is raw facts

− Meaningless

− Collection of numbers,
characters, symbols

● Information

− Processed data

− Meaningful

− Can be used for


decision making

− Valuable than data


Block Diagram of a Computer
Primary Memory
●Primary memory is computer memory that a
processor or computer accesses first or directly.

●Examples:
− RAM, Cache, Registers

●Primary memory is volatile

●Primary memory is faster than Secondary


Memory
Secondary Memory
●Secondary memory is where programs and
data are kept on a long-term basis.

●Common secondary storage devices are the


hard disk and optical disks.
● Control unit handles the all
operations of processor by
Control Unit
sending control signal to
devices.
ALU
●Arithmetic and Logical Operations are
performed by the ALU.

●ALU stands for (Arithmetic and Logic Unit)

●Arithmatic Operations:
− Addition, substraction, division and multiplication

●Logical Operations:
− And, or, not , greater than and lower than
operations
Majour device types in a computer

●Input Devices
●Output Devices
●Processing Devices
●Storage Devices
●Networking Devices
● Devices which is capable of
input data to the computer Input Devices
are called “Input Devices”
● Devices which are capable
of output the processed
Output Devices
data to the user are called
“Output Devices”
● Keyboard Input Devices

● Mouse

● Scanner

● Camera

● Microphone

● Finger print scanner

● Track ball

● Light pen

● Optical Character
Recognition (OCR)

● Bar code reader


● Monitor

● Printer
Output Devices
● Plotter

● Speaker

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