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Lesson 11 Computer System

A computer system is an electronic device that processes and manipulates data through its main elements: hardware, software, liveware, procedures, data, and connectivity. Hardware includes physical components like input and output devices, while software consists of programs that facilitate user interaction. Liveware refers to the users of the system, and procedures are instructions for performing tasks, with data being the raw facts processed into information.

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Lesson 11 Computer System

A computer system is an electronic device that processes and manipulates data through its main elements: hardware, software, liveware, procedures, data, and connectivity. Hardware includes physical components like input and output devices, while software consists of programs that facilitate user interaction. Liveware refers to the users of the system, and procedures are instructions for performing tasks, with data being the raw facts processed into information.

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COMPUTER SYSTEMS

COMPUTER SYSTEM
SERVICING
UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER SYSTEM
• IT IS AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
THAT NOT ONLY STORES DATA
BUT ALSO PROCESSES AND
MANIPULATES DATA TO CARRY
OUT FUNCTIONS. UPON
RECEIVING VALID INSTRUCTIONS,
A COMPUTER CAN PERFORM A
VARIETY OF OPERATIONS.
ELEMENTS OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM
• THE MAIN ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP A
COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERACT WITH EACH
OTHER AND PERFORM THE TASK AT HAND ARE
THE FOLLOWING:
 HARDWARE
 SOFTWARE
 LIVEWARE
 PROCEDURES
 DATA
 CONNECTIVITY
HARDWARE

• THESE ARE ALL THE PHYSICAL


ASPECTS OF A COMPUTER
SYSTEM. THEY ARE TANGIBLE,
I.E. YOU CAN SEE AND TOUCH
THEM.
HARDWARE CAN BE OF FOUR TYPES,
DEPENDING ON WHICH FUNCTION
THEY PERFORM. THE FOUR TYPES OF
HARDWARE ARE:
• INPUT HARDWARE: USED INPUT
DATA INTO THE COMPUTER
SYSTEM SUCH AS KEYBOARD,
MOUSE, SCANNER, AND
MICROPHONE.
• PROCESSING AND MEMORY HARDWARE: THESE ARE
WHERE THE DATA AND INFORMATION ARE
PROCESSED AND MANIPULATED. IT CONSISTS OF THE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)AND THE PRIMARY
MEMORY WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE RANDOM-ACCESS
MEMORY (RAM).THE CPU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CONTROLLING ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
COMPUTER, AS WELL AS THE INPUT/OUTPUT,
MEMORY AND OTHER DEVICES CONNECTED TO IT.
THE PRIMARY MEMORY (RAM) STORES INPUT DATA
TEMPORARILY FOR IMMEDIATE CALCULATION RESULTS
BUT CANNOT STORE VAST AMOUNT OF DATA.
• SECONDARY STORAGE HARDWARE:
ALSO KNOWN AS THE SECONDARY
MEMORY, IT IS WHERE THE COMPUTER
SYSTEM STORES DATA PERMANENTLY
FOR FUTURE USE SUCH AS THE HARD
DISK (HDD), SOLID STATE DRIVES
(SSD), FLASH DRIVES AND CD/DVD.
• OUTPUT HARDWARE: IT CONSISTS OF
DEVICES THAT ARE USED TO DISPLAY
THE RESULTS OR OUTPUT OF THE
PROCESS SUCH AS THE MONITOR,
PRINTER AND PROJECTOR.
THE IMAGE ABOVE SHOWS THE BLOCK DIAGRAM OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, WHERE DATA
ENTERS (INPUT) THE COMPUTER, LATER BEING PROCESSED (CPU) OR STORED (MEMORY
UNIT), ALLOWING USER TO HAVE AN OUTPUT (IN THE FORM OF AUDIO, VISUAL OR
PRINTED).
SOFTWARE

• SOFTWARE IS NOTHING BUT A SET OF


PROGRAMS (COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS),
WHICH HELPS THE USER TO DO A SET OF
SPECIFIC TASKS. IT HELPS THE USER
INTERACT WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM
WITH THE HELP OF HARDWARE. SOFTWARE,
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS THE INTANGIBLE
ASPECT OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.
BASICALLY, THERE ARE SIX MAIN TYPES
OF SOFTWARE, WHICH ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
• OPERATING SYSTEM: THESE
SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW
THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE. THE OS
RUNS ALL THE OTHER COMPUTER
PROGRAMS, AND EVEN REGULATE THE
STARTUP PROCESS OF THE
COMPUTER. EXAMPLES OF OS ARE
WINDOWS OS
• APPLICATION SOFTWARE: THESE ARE
DESIGNED TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC
TASK OR A BUNCH OF TASKS. THEY
CAN BE USER-DESIGNED (SPECIFIC TO
THE USER’S NEEDS) OR READYMADE
APPLICATION SOFTWARE. EXAMPLE OF
THIS ARE MICROSOFT SUITE, SKYPE
• UTILITY SOFTWARE: IT HELPS
MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE
COMPUTER SYSTEM. EXAMPLES ARE
ANTI-VIRUS, DISK CLEAN-UP TOOLS,
BACK-UP UTILITY
• LANGUAGE PROCESSORS: SOFTWARE
THAT INTERPRETS COMPUTER
LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATES IT INTO
MACHINE LANGUAGE. IT ALSO CHECKS
FOR ERRORS IN LANGUAGE SYNTAX
AND FIXES THE PROBLEMS.
• SYSTEM SOFTWARE: THESE TYPES OF
SOFTWARE CONTROL THE HARDWARE,
THE READING OF THE DATA AND
OTHER SUCH INTERNAL FUNCTIONS.
EXAMPLES ARE DEVICE DRIVERS,
FIRMWARE’S
• CONNECTIVITY SOFTWARE: THE
SPECIAL SOFTWARE THAT FACILITATES
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THE SERVER.
THIS ALLOWS THE COMPUTER TO
SHARE INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
EXAMPLES ARE WINDOWS REMOTE
DESKTOP, AND TEAMVIEWER
LIVEWARE

• THE PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH


THE COMPUTER SYSTEM ARE
CALLED LIVEWARE. THEY ARE
THE ULTIMATE “USERS” OF THE
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF PEOPLE
THAT INTERACT WITH THE SYSTEM,
NAMELY:
• PROGRAMMERS: PROFESSIONALS
WHO WRITE THE COMPUTER
PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW USERS
TO INTERACT WITH THE
COMPUTER. THEY MUST HAVE
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF
COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER
LANGUAGES.
• SYSTEM ANALYST: THEY MAINLY
DESIGN DATA PROCESSING
SYSTEMS, AND SOLVE
PROBLEMS THAT ARISE IN DATA
PROCESSING
• END-USERS: ALSO KNOWN AS
OPERATORS, THEY ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO INTERACT WITH
THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.
PROCEDURES

• THESE ARE A SET OF


INSTRUCTIONS, WRITTEN IN
CODE, TO INSTRUCT A COMPUTER
ON HOW TO PERFORM A TASK,
RUN A SOFTWARE, DO
CALCULATIONS ETC.
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF
PROCEDURES IN A COMPUTER THEY
ARE:
• HARDWARE-ORIENTED
PROCEDURE: INSTRUCTS THE
HARDWARE COMPONENTS OF
THE SYSTEM, ENSURES THEY
WORK SMOOTHLY
• SOFTWARE ORIENTED
PROCEDURE: PROVIDES
INSTRUCTIONS TO LAUNCH
AND RUN SOFTWARE
PROGRAMS
• INTERNAL PROCEDURES:
DIRECTS THE FLOW OF
INFORMATION AND SEQUENCES
THE DATA
DATA
• DATA IS ESSENTIALLY THE RAW FACTS AND FIGURES THAT
WE INPUT IN THE COMPUTER. THE DATA GETS
PROCESSED VIA THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND BECOMES
INFORMATION, WHICH IS PROCESSED AND ORGANIZED
DATA. INFORMATION CAN THEN BE USED FOR DECISION-
MAKING PURPOSES.
• THE MEASUREMENT OF DATA IS DONE IN TERMS OF
“BYTES”. ONE KILOBYTE (KB) IS APPROXIMATELY 1000
BYTES, 1 MEGABYTE (MB) IS 1 MILLION BYTES AND
FINALLY, 1 GIGABYTE (GB) IS APPROXIMATELY 1 BILLION
BYTES.
CONNECTIVITY

• THIS IS WHEN THE COMPUTERS ARE LINKED


TO A NETWORK. IT FACILITATES SHARING OF
INFORMATION, FILES, AND OTHER
FACILITIES. COMPUTERS CAN CONNECT TO A
NETWORK VIA LAN CABLES, BLUETOOTH, WI-
FI, SATELLITES ETC. THE INTERNET IS THE
MOST OBVIOUS EXAMPLE OF CONNECTIVITY
IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM.

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