Computer Hardware & Operation
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Computer Hardware & Operation
Philip Bird
What is a Computer?Central Processing Unit
Intel P4 8086 in 1978
42m Transistors29,000
2.8 Gigahertz 5 Megahertz
2866 Mips 0.33 Mips
Memory
256 Megabytes 512 Kilobytes
Peripherals
Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, Printer
Removable Storage
Floppy disk 1.44 Megabytes
CD-ROM 650 Megabytes
DVD 4.7 Gigabytes
Hard Disk Storage
20 Gigabytes 5 Megabytes
Computer Hardware & Operation
Philip Bird
What is a Computer?
Input
Processing
Outp
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