IT Concept CH-02
IT Concept CH-02
Chapter: 02
Organization of Computer System
Muhammad Babar
Organization of Computer System
The internal structure of the computer system
differs from one system model to another
system model
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Units of Computer System
Input Unit
Processing Unit
Output Unit
Storage Unit
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Components of Computer System
Stora
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1. Input Unit
Input is the process of entering and translating
data into machine readable form so that it can
be processed by a computer in order to
produce the output
The data entered into the computer known as
input
Input device is a device through which data
are entered and transformed into machine
readable form
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Types of Input Device
Keyboard
Mouse
Trackball
Joystick
Touch Screen
Track Point
Touch Pad
Light Pen
Scanner
BCR
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Keyboard:
The keyboard is an essential input device
It has typewriter like key with some
additional keys
There are different types of keyboard used
with the computer system have a certain
number of features in common:
Standard typewriter keys.
Function Keys.
Special Purpose Keys.
Cursor movement Keys.
Numeric Keys.
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Mouse:
Mouse is a hand held input device
connected to the computer by a small cable
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The rolling movement corresponding to the
movement of the cursor on the screen
Processing various keyboard keys can also move
the cursor
We can communicate to the computer by
pressing a button on top of the mouse
The mouse has three buttons but the left most is
commonly used
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Track Ball
A variation on the mouse is the trackball
The trackball is like an upside-down mouse
It has a ball on the top and you can roll the
ball directly with your hand
The popularity of the trackball raised with the
advent of the laptop computers
Trackballs are often built-in on portable
computers, but they can also be used as
separate input devices
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Joystick
A joystick is an input device that enables you to
move cursor, word, line, page, object and
pictures from one point to another on the
display screen
A joystick uses a lever to control the position of
the cursor
Ti performs the same function as of arrow keys
in the keyboard, but it is fat and gives you eight-
direction movement as compared to four
It is mostly used in video games.
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Touch Screen
The touch screen registers input when a finger
or other object comes in contact with the
screen
Two touch screen techniques involve infrared
beams and ultrasonic acoustic waves
Touch screen have long been used in military
applications
Today because they have been less
expensive, touch screens are found in many
applications
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Track Point
The mouse is not practical for people using a
portable computer in a small space
Some notebook computers provide a mouse
substitute called a track point
A button that protrudes from the middle of the
keyboard
With a track point you imitate mouse
movements by pushing the button from side to
side
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Touch Pad
Many laptop computers use a touchpad in
front of the keyboard
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Light Pen
The light pen looks like an ordinary pen, but its
tip is light sensitive detector
The light pen uses a light-sensitive
photoelectric cell to signal screen positions to
the computer
Light pens are frequently used by graphic
designers and drafting engineers.
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Scanner
scanner works very much like a
photocopier, but a scanner digitizes the
information into a computer, not onto the
other piece of paper
In a process called imaging, a scanner
converts a drawing, a picture, on any
document into computer recognizable form
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Scanners take an electronic picture of the printed
page, break each image into thousands of light
and dark dots that can be stored in the computer
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Scanners consist of two components
First a data capturing subsystem light-up the document
so the image can be recorded
Then an image-processing subsystem uses
sophisticated software to convert the optical images
into digital form and store the date in a file
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BCR (Bar Coded Reader)
Data coded in the form of light and dark lines
or bars are known as bar codes
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Bar code reading is performed by laser beam
scanner, which is linked to the computer
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2. Processing Unit
CPU
Central Processing Unit
Central: because it is the center for data
processing
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The more complex Instruction set the more the
CPU working slowly
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Inside the CPU
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1. ALU
The arithmetic and logic unit is the part where
actual computations take place
It consists of circuits which perform arithmetic
operations e.g.
addition,
substation,
multiplication,
division
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These operation are performed on the data
received from the memory
ALU is capable to compare numbers:
less than,
equal to,
greater than
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2. Registers
Registers are a group of data cells used for
RAM/ Primary Memory data loading into it
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3. Clock Unit
All operation performed in a computer system
are consist of thousand of separate
Instruction/ Commands
These Instruction/ Commands should follow a
specific time-intervals
These time-intervals are generated and
controlled by clock unit
Every operation takes place with a clock pulse
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The faster the clock the faster the computer
processing
The clock rate (speed) is measured in Hertz
KHz
MHz
GHz
In older system the clock unit is external to the
CPU
But in New computer Models it exist inside
CPU
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4. Control Unit
Control Unit is responsible for managing and
coordination the entire computer system
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Function of Output Unit:
It accept the result produced by the computer
which is in code form
It convert these code results to Human acceptable
form
It displays the result to the user
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The output that is obtained from a
computer system has two types
1. Soft Copy
2. Hard Copy
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Soft Copy
The results (text/graphics) appear on
displayed screen are known as soft copy
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Hard Copy
The results (text/Graphics) printed on paper
is known as Hard Copy
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Soft Copy Devices:
The main soft copy device is the monitor
device
A monitor is television like device used to
display data or information.
Monitors allow the users to view the
results of processing
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There are two main types of monitors which are:
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1. CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
On this type of screen, a data image is
produced by an electron beam
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A printer is an output device that can
convert electrical signals into printers on
papers and provides a permanent visual
record of data
The results we get through the printer is
called printout or hard copy
There are two main types of printers.
1. Impact printers
2. Non-impact printers
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1. Impact Printer
An impact printer makes contact with the
paper
It usually forms the print image by
pressing an inked ribbon against the
paper using a hammer or pins
Prints one character at a time at speeds
10 to 500 characters per second
Thus, form the slowest class of printers.
Following are some impact printers:
a) Dot Matrix Printer
b) Line Printer
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a. Dot Matrix Printers
Thedot-matrix uses print heads containing
from 9 to 24 pins
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b. Line Printer
In business where large amount of material
are printed, the character at a time printers
are slow
users need line at a time line printers
Line printers or line-at-a-time printers use
special mechanism that can print a whole
line at once
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They can typically print in the range of 1200-6000
lines per minute.
Drum, chain, and band printers are line-at-a-time
printers.
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2. Non-Impact Printer
Non-impact printers do not use a striking
device to produce characters on the paper
these printers do not hammer against the
paper
Following are some non-impact printers:
1. Ink-jet Printer
2. Laser Printer
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1. Ink-Jet Printer
Ink-jet printers work in the same fashion as
dot-matrix printers in that they form images
or characters with little dots
However, the dots are formed by tiny drops
of ink
Ink-jet printers form characters on paper by
spraying ink from tinny nozzles at a speed of
approximately 250 characters per second
Several manufacturers produce color ink-jet
printers
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2. Laser Printer
A laser printer works like a photocopy
machine
Laser printer produce images on paper by
directing a laser beam at the mirror which
bounces the beam onto the drum
As the paper rolls by the drum, the toner is
transferred to the paper printing a letter or
other graphics on the paper
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Laser printers use buffers that store an entire
page at a time
When a whole page is loaded, it will be printed
The speed of laser printer ranges from 8 to 437
pages per minute if each page contains the 48
lines
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2. Plotter
A plotter is an output device designed to
produce high-quality graphics in a variety of
colors
The plotter is used to give very neat best
quality to the graphics
Plotter is useful for the engineers, artists,
designers, architects to make graphics
when the size output is more than one page
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There are two basic types of plotters:
those that use pens and
Drum and flatbed plotter both use the pens
those that don’t use pens
Electrostatic plotters don’t use the pens
Following are types of Plotters:
1. Flatbed Plotters
2. Drum Plotters
3. Electrostatic Plotters
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Drum Plotter
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Flatbed Plotter
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Flatbed Plotter
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Electrostatic Plotters
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Electrostatic Plotter
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Memory/ Storage Devices
The storage hardware provides the
capability/ability to store data and program
instructions.
There are two types of storage devices.
1. Primary Storage Devices
2. Secondary Storage Devices
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Note:
the process of entering data into storage
(primary storage or secondary storage) is
called Writing
the process of retrieving data from primary
storage or secondary storage is called
Reading
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1. Primary storage device
It is also known as magnetic core memory
It is a device which stores information in the
form of binary coded data
It is a medium capable of recording and
storing information quickly
This device holds input data before being
processed, also results for output purposes
(after processing)
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This memory is also known as internal memory
The primary storage refers to the internal storage
of the computer, where program and their data
are stored temporarily storage during program
execution
primary storage is located inside the computer
and is linked directly to the other components of
the CPU, access time to the data is very fast.
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Types of Primary Storage
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i. RAM
Random Access Memory
RAM is the part of primary storage where
data and program instructions are held
temporarily while being manipulating or
executing
The information stored in RAM can be
accessed easily and randomly and hence
called primary memory
The data stored in this part of the memory
can be read, changed or erased completely
and thus refer to Read and write Memory
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RAM
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Old Ram
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RAM is also known as temporary memory
because, RAM depends on a steady supply of
electricity to maintain data storage
means that the information stored in it is lost
when the computer is switched off or the light
goes off
RAM is also referred to as a Volatile Memory
because stored data disappears whenever the
computer is switched off.
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When the computer is powered on, RAM
takes the data and the programs to be
used. The access time for the data stored
in RAM generally ranges from a
microsecond (million part of a second) to a
few nanoseconds (billion part of a second).
It is also called as main memory.
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ii. ROM
Read Only Memory
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ROM-BIOS: Basic Input Output System
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Inside BIOS:
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iii. PROM
Programmable Read Only Memory
PROM in the beginning are empty chips
Nothing programmed or recorded inside PROM
Thedata is recorded on them with special
programming device, which then becomes
permanent like ROM
PROMs are normally programmed by the
manufacturer who records dedicated
programs such as graphics and games
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PROM
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iv. EPROM
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
An EPROM chip has the feature of PROM
(means EPROM are also empty chips like PROM)
The data is also recorded on them with special
programming devices, but the difference is
that the data can be erased and
reprogrammed whenever it is required
The data is erased with ultraviolet light
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EPROM:
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v. EEPROM
ElectricallyErasable Programmable Read
Only Memory
EEPROM has all the characteristics of
EPROM except the difference of erasing
technique i.e.
it uses electrical pulses instead of ultraviolet
light for erasing.
Erasing of data can be achieved by using
keyboard commands without removing
chips physically from the computer
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vi. Buffer
It’s a temporary holding/saving memory for
Data
It may be built into devices used to input/
output data
input & output device are much slower than
CPU
Buffer act as intermediary between CPU & any
other input/ output devices e.g.
CPU to Printer/NIC/Scanner/Modem/Monitor
It’s a volatile memory
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vii. Cache Memory
Also known as High speed Buffer
Its very High speed memory used to speed of
the Processor
by making available Programs & data to CPU
The speed of CPU is high than main memory
or any other device
Cache memory is technique used to
harmonize the speed of devices
The speed of CPU with the speed of Main memory
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Cache used to store temporary
segments of Programs/data currently being
executed and or
data frequently needed in executing program
It’s a volatile memory
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viii. Flash Memory
It’s a Nonvolatile memory
Flash memory permanently store the data
Secondary memory also store the data
permanently but they much slower than Flash
Memory
used in Phones, iphones, flight recorder
devices, Notebook computers, handheld
devices
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Flash Memory
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2. Secondary Storage Device
The term secondary storage is also known
as auxiliary storage, external storage,
backup storage or long-term storage
A secondary storage is a device into which
information can be
introduced (input),
stored and
the information obtained
The information can be erased.
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This storage device designed to retain data
and instructions in a more permanent form
means that computers have the ability to store
their programs,
the input data and
the intermediate and
final results of its calculations permanently
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Secondary storage is non-volatile,
meaning that the data and instructions remain stored
even when the computer is turned off
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Functions of Secondary storage
devices
1. To provide long-term storage to data and
programs, which are not being executed
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Types of Secondary Storage Devices
There are several types of secondary
storage devices in use
They each have advantages and
disadvantages
Some are efficient but too expensive for many
computer applications
Some have extra large capacity, others are
fast.
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three types of secondary storage devices:
i. Magnetic Tape
ii. Magnetic Disk
iii. Optical Technology
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i. Magnetic Tape
Magnetic tape was introduced in 1957
The development of magnetic tape was
stimulated by the search for a faster, more
convenient, and more cost effective
means than punched cards
magnetic tape is ½ or ¼ inch wide
produced in a variety of ranging from 200
to 3,600 feet
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A modern tape storage can store the equivalent
of more than 2.25 million punched card
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a. Reel to Reel tape
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b. Cassette Tape
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Magnetic Disk
The advantages of magnetic disk over
magnetic tape are:
1. The ability to access the data stored on it
directly
2. The ability to hold more data in a smaller
space
3. The ability to perform faster data transfer
speeds.
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Types of Magnetic Disks
two types of magnetic disks
i. Floppy Disk
ii. Hard Disk
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i. Floppy Disks
One of the most commonly used storage
media is floppy disk
A floppy diskette also called simply a
diskette or disk
It has been around since the early 1970s
and was originally 8 inches diameter.
They are often referred to “floppy”
because they are made of flexible
material
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Floppy disk
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The disk is enclosed in a protective jacket-either
paper or plastic-lined with a soft material
The diskette sizes are:
1. 8-inch
2. 5½-inch
3. 3½-inch
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The initial diskette introduced by IBM was
8 inches in diameter
It was the standard for many years
The use of 5½-inch diskette by IBM in their
personal computer system in 1981
Since the Apple introduced the 3½-inch
diskette in 1984 and
IBM switched to this size in 1987 in its PS/2
microcomputer system
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Although the 3½-inch diskettes
are smaller in size, they are capable of storing more
data than 5½-inch diskettes and
they are also covered by a hard plastic jacket than a
paper jacket.
In initial stage, the diskettes were single-sided
but nowadays diskette disks are double-sided
disks
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Floppy disks
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ii. Hard disk
when IBM first invented the hard disk in
1954
the capacity of which was only 5MB
25 years later, Seagate Technology
introduced the first hard disk drive for
personal computers
which had the capacity of 40MB and
data transfer rate of 625 KBps
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A later version of the company’s ST506 interface
increased both capacity and speed
Its hard to believe that as recently as the late
1980s 100MB of hard disk space was considered
generous.
Today, this would be totally insufficient, hardly to
install the operating system alone,
let alone a huge application software such as
Microsoft Office.
today’s hard disks are by GBs even TB
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Hard disk
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Inside Hard disk
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Inside HDD
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iii. Optical Technology
Optical technology involves the use of the
laser beams
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When these optical discs are placed on a disc
playback devices/ Disk Drives,
To read the data the laser scans the disc
a beam of laser light is used to read the pit pattern and
convert these pit pattern into the audio/visual signals
needed to produce sounds and pictures
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The capacity of optical disc systems is large as
compared to most magnetic disk storage devices
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Types of Optical Discs:
1. CD-ROM
2. CD-R
3. WORM
4. EOD
5. CD-RW
6. DVD
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i. CD-ROM
Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
Most popular and least expensive type of
optical disk
Mostly the data on the CD-Rom is written
Once the data written by the Manufacturer of
disk
The user is not able to:
Write the data
Change the data
Erase the data
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CD-Rom
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CD-ROM & CD-ROM Drive
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CD-drive
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Data in Written and Read via Laser beam/
Ultraviolet
Can store up to 650MB
Size is 120 mm in diameter
These disk are different in speed
Original CD-Rom transfer data rate is 150000
bps (150Kbs)
Slow speed than Hard disk/ Floppy disk
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ii. CD-R
Compact Disc-Readable
Laser is used to write the data inside the CD-R
These disc are write once
Once the data written to CD-R then user is not
able to write, change, delete the data
Less expensive disc
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iii. WORM
Write once, Read Many
Once the disc is written the data can be read
many times but can not be altered, delete
This technology introduced in 1980
Mainly used for saving of large amount of
sensitive data of organizations
WORM discs are imprinted by Manufacturer
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iv. Erasable Optical disc/EOD
The discs are an alternative to the large
capacity hard disks
In contrast to CD-ROM and CD-R erasable
discs can be changed and erased
Data is written or read by using laser beam
Used to backup fixed hard disks
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v. CD-RW
Compact disc-Rewritable
These are Recordable CDs format that
provides full Read/Write capabilities
These are more expensive than other CDs
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vi. DVD
Digital video disc
Digital versatile disc
Capable of storing more data up to 17GB with
data transfer rate more than 12Mbps (equal to
Hard disk speed)
DVDs are accessed by DVD Drives not by
CD-Drives
While DVD drives can play CD and DVD
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DVD
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DVD
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DVD drive
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Computer Software
Software means a sequence of instruction
given to computer to perform a specific task
Software consist of step by step instruction
that direct the computer device to complete a
function
In other words: we can say that the set of
instruction that
take the data from input devices,
manipulate and process the data,
then sent it to the output
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Software are the controller of
Computer Hardware
Other computer Software
Programmer:
the person who write the computer Program
(instruction set) by using different kinds of
LANGUAGES
Programs written in computer languages are
known as Software
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Computer Software:
1. Computer Language
2. System Software
3. Application Software
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Software Types
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1. Computer Languages
Language is the source of communication
To communicate with the computer, user need
to use the language that computer can
understand
Divided into two types:
Low level languages
High level languages
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Low level language:
Low level languages are machine codes or
close to it
Computer can not understand instructions
given in high level language or in English
Computer understand and execute instruction
given in low level language
Types of low level language:
Machine language
Assembly language
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High level language
High level language are instruction/code
closer to English language
Purpose of developing high level languages is
to enable people to write programs easily
High level language do not directly control
computer Hardware
HLL are translated into machine language
which then control computer hardware
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Types of High level languages:
Basic
C#
VB .NET
PHP
ASP
ASP.NET
JAVA
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2. System Software
System software are programs which hold
instruction related with the controlling of
hardware and software of computer System
System software acts as Controller/
Supervisor and responsible for controlling of
input, processing and output of data
System software also known as Firmware
This software keep record of all peripherals
equipment attached with the computer
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Types of System Software
Operating System
Translator
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Operating System:
Set of programs that manage the computer
Hardware & Software
Windows, Unix, Linux
Translator
Set of Programs that translate the Source Program
into Machine program
Types:
Assembler
Compiler
Inerpreter
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3. Application Software
Application Software also known as Packages
These are the software developed by Expert in
high/low level languages for Non-expert users
After getting training in Packages a user will
become able to handle his work by computer
Program
Purpose of developing Application software is
to facilitate all fields of life
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Types of Application Software
Application Packages
Customized Packages
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Application Package
These programs are developed by famous
software development companies
AP are:
Word Processor: Word Star, MS word, MS Work
Spread sheet: lotus, excel, Quattro-pro
Data base: Dbase, FoxPro, Oracle
Games: speed, IGI, prince,
Educational Medicine, Commerce,
Engineering,
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Customized Software
The software developed according to the
requirements of and Organization
These software are designed for specific
organization keeping in view their needs
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Types of Customized Software:
Banking
Defense
Stock & Sale
Accounts
Library
Education
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