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CMSC 201 & 201H Fall '98
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A brief tour of a computer
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Overall control of the computer
Performs desired computations
Main Memory (RAM)
Fast, random access to running programs and the immediate data on which they operate. Not persistant.
Secondary storage
Persistant storage for large amounts of data and (non-running) programs
I/O devices
to interact with people (e.g., keyboard, mouse, screen, printer)
or with various sensors or effectors
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last modified on Saturday, 29-Aug-1998 15:50:40 EDT