Monday, 15 September 2014

Terminology

Computer System - A computer system is one that is able to take a set of inputs, process them and create a set of outputs. This is done by a combination of hardware and software.

Hardware - Hardware is a generic term for any part of the computer that you can physically youch, pick up, hold, move around the room etc. in other words, hardware are the physical parts that make up the computer.

Software - software are the applications and programming instructions that tell your computer what to do and enable you to use it for things such as playing games, writing an essay or listening to music.

Input - what is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system, where a device through which, energy or information enters a system.

Output - a place where power or information leaves a system.

Process - processing is the stage where the input data is manipulated in order to produce meaningfu; information.

Storage - A computer storage device is any type of hardware that stores data. The most common type of storage device, which nearly all computers have, is a hard drive.  The computer's primary hard drive stores the operating system, applications, and files and folders for users of the computer.

Pseudo code - is the simple way of writing complicated programming code in English.

Algorithm - is a sequence of instructions used to solve problems.

Machine Code - Raw instructions that the CPU carry out.

Hex - Is binary code written in simpler form so we can understand.
 

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