Lecture 2 introduction to computer

Lecture:Barkhad mohamed
omar{suldaan}
Book:-Introduction to Computer.
Faculty: Health science
Lecture hours:2hrs
Before lecture quiz 10 minutes

Output Unit
The role of output unit is to show the result of processing
in other words you can say that computer displays all the
results on it’s output unit, for example if you are
calculating simple interest on computer, it will display the
Interest amount on it’s output unit. Following are few
commonly used output units of computer.
Part’s of the output unit:-
1.VDU.
2.Printer
3.Speakers.

VDU and Printer unit.
VDU is acronym for visual display unit it look like portable TV. VDU is
illustrated in figure 1.16 it is primarily used for following two
purposes:
To display the contents that are being typed through keyboard.
To display the result of processing(output).
Printer.
Printer is an output device, it prints the output on paper. Different
types of printers print differently. their quality and speed or printing
outer from each other ,following are different types of printers,
which are being commonly used these days:
1.Dot matrix printer.
2.Inkjet printer.
3.Laser printer.

Speakers
as mentioned earlier, modern computers are
packed with multimedia capabilities. They deal
with graphics, audio, video, animation etc, audio
inputs are provided to the computer through
microphone , speakers produce audio outputs

Input / output unit
As you know input unit’s provide means for supplying
data or instructions to the computer while output
unit’s provide mechanism for displaying the results.
while making use of them data, instructions or results
involved in this process do not get retained
permanently in computer.
Part’s input/output unit:-
1.Floppy drive.
2.Hardisk.
3.CD-writer.
4.Magnetic tape drive.
5.Magnetic cartridge tape drive.

Lecture 2 introduction to computer

Central Processing unit
Rifer figure 1.1 and note that three units viz memory, ALU and
Control unit put together are referred to as central processing unit
or CPU in short
Role of each unit is explained below .
Types of memory:
Depending upon the nature and behaviour or memory computer
memories could be categorized into following categories;
1.Primary memory .
2.Cache memory.
1.That memory which is utilized by the computer for its internal
functioning, is called primary memory.
Primary memory classified in the two part’s
A)Read only memory(ROM)
B)Random access memory(RAM)

ROM and RAM
A)This memory by it’s nature is quite special. Computer
can’t write data in it using special devices, such as ROM
programmer, instructions are written in it. Once
instructions are written in it, it is put inside the computer.
B)In short, random access memory is called RAM , it
differs from ROM in nature, it provides both, reading and
writing facilities. As and when required, computer writes
data or instructions in it and reads them whenever
necessary.
Data written in random access memory remains there till
the time computer power is on as soon as the power goes
off data written in RAM gets erased. This is the reason
why they are also called temporary memory.

Cache memory
In cache memory reading and writing operations take
place at very fast speed but it costs very high, when it
is introduced into computer, it increases its speed and
cost also for best
ALU :-
ALU is acronym for arithmetic and logic unit it
performs arithmetic and logical calculations in
computer recalls that calculations like , addition
,subtraction , multiplication, division etc fall into the
category of arithmetic calculations.

Control unit
While computer functions, data moves from one unit to another
unit , for example when you give input to computer, data and
instructions move from input unit to memory
Types of computer:-
Computer can be classified
into various categories,
on the basic of their sizes.
1.Microcomputer.
2.Mini computer.
3.Mainframe computer.
4.Super computer.

Micro Computer.
Micro computer is the smallest category of
computers, in which single microchip is used for two
basic units . ALU and Control unit .this microchip is
often referred to as microprocessor, microcomputers
are further classified into following categories.
1.Personal computer.
2.Laptop computers.
3.Tablet PC.
4.Personal digital assistant (PDA).

Mini computers.
Minicomputers are relatively larger and faster computer, apart
from single user environment, they also support multi user
environment. They are generally used for automating those
applications, which are large in size, require fast processing
capabilities and demand for resource sharing among multiple
users.
Main characteristics of minicomputers are described below.
1.They are built, using high performance and high capability
processors.
2.Memory size in such type of computers in generally very large.
3.They support multiple terminals, which may range from 2 to 16.
4.Large capacity disks are used in multiple numbers so that the
data and programs of all the users could be put on-line.
5.They provide facility to connect multiple printers.
6.They possess the capability of performing computer network
related major operations.

Mainframe computers.
Mainframes tall into next higher category of computers, their
internal architecture and circuitry remains different from
minicomputers , they use specially designed proprietary
circuits instead of just single microprocessor as their CPU .
Characteristics of mainframes are listed below.
1.They possess the capability of addressing larger memory
sizes than that of minicomputers.
2.They also support larger capacity disks like optical disks etc.
3.Their terminal connectivity can go as high as 256 or beyond.
4.They possess large number of applications libraries that
provide great help to developers in developing useful
applications.
DEC 20, IBM 370 etc. are the examples of few mainframes.
IBM (USA)is the largest manufactures of mainframe
computers.

Super computers.
Super computer is the largest category of computers they use multiple
CPUs for processing the data and executing the instructions . While
performing a task through supercomputer, the complete task gets
divided into multiple independent tasks.
Each CPU takes up individual
task and completes it in parallel.
This methodology of
processing is called
parallel processing.

Parts of Computer System
Computer and computer system are two different things ,
the word computer refers to that bare electronic device,
which possesses computing power , using which wide
variety of operations are performed, while computer
system refers to group of items, which put together make
computerization of an application possible, computer
system comprises of following five major parts.
1.Hardware .
2.Software .
3.Firmware .
4.Data .
5.User .

Hardware and software.
A)The physical part of computer system is referred to as hardware .
All electronic and mechanical items that constitute computer system
fall into the category of hardware. for example, keyboard, mouse ,
monitor , printer , processor etc.
B)Computer hardware is basically dumb equipment. Although it
possesses computing power but it can’t compute on it’s own . It
requires step-by-step instructions for computing without instructions
it can’t compute.
Thus base upon the tasks performed by the software , software are
broadly classified into following two categories :-
1.System software.
2.Application software.
1.All those instructions, which computer uses either for it’s activation
or internal resource management are called system software.
2.Those instructions , which are given to the computer for
automating a manual task are called application software.

Firmware , Data and user.
A)The firmware that is built into hardware is called
firmware for example , in computer system , few
special instructions called bootstrap
instructions(software)are written (with the help of
special devices)within an electronic chip
(hardware)called read only memory (ROM)and this
chip is integrated with the electronics of the
computer system.
B)Raw facts and figures are termed as data for
example. Roll numbers ,name , address , and marks of
all the students studying in a class is data.
C)Persons who make use of computers are called user,
no computer system is complete without user.

Characteristics of Computer.
Following are the characteristics of computer.
1.Computers are basically dumb devices, they cannot perform any
function on their own , for doing anything on computer , you have to
give instructions to them generally these instructions are written in
computer language and are given from the keyboard.
2.Computer performs the tasks according to the instructions
provided by the user. In other words, you can say that the
correctness of output depends upon the correctness of the data and
the instructions provided by the user. For example , if you add two
numbers 70 and 30 , the result could be 40 in case you have given
wrong instruction i.e. subtraction instead of addition.
3.The speed with which a computer performs a task in much faster
than manual speed, as a result of which computers are widely used
for performing those tasks in which speed in of prime importance .
4.Computer can perform a task with the same speed for several days
without getting tired , this is not possible in case of manual activities,
Human being get tired after sometimes and the chance of making
mistakes start getting high as the time passes by,

Chapter 2:-MS-DOS operating system
Introduction .
A computer system is basically combination of hardware
and software . For its functioning it requires different
types of hardware devices ,electronic components and
various types of software.
What is operating system?
Operating system is essential software that is required for
a computer to become operational . It provides
functionality to computer hardware so that electro-
mechanical components of it perform read, write and
processing functions as human beings do.
With out operating system computer can’t work.

Example of Operating System
To activate the computer and to perform different types of
activities on computer, many operating systems are available
these days, MS-DOS,
Windows , Linux , Unix , etc are few popular operating systems
of modern time, each operating system has its own advantages
and disadvantages .
As per it’s design and features each operating system offers its
own style of working and commands. In this book , we will
mainly describe MS-DOS and windows operating system.
Introduction to MS-DOS.
MS-DOS is one of the most popular, powerful and useful
operating system . it was designed and developed in the initial
days of personal computers {PC} by Microsoft corporation of
USA . Due to its versatility and ease of operations, it became
quite popular with in short span of time.

Continuous
LECTURE.
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Assignment .History of mainframe computer.
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F) Deadline 17/11/2017.
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