Computer Science - 4CP0 PearsonEdexcel

Hardware

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Underneath every app, game and website sits the same handful of physical components doing the same handful of jobs: something that carries out instructions, something that holds them while they are used, something that stores them long-term, and something that gets data in and results out. Understanding how these pieces of hardware fit together, and what makes some computers faster than others, is the foundation for everything else in this course.

In this lesson you will learn how the CPU, memory, storage and input/output devices work together, the differences between RAM, ROM, cache and virtual memory, how the fetch-decode-execute cycle carries out a stored program, what makes one CPU faster than another, how data is physically stored on different types of media, and why some devices use embedded systems instead of a general-purpose computer.

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Understand the function of the hardware components of a computer system (central processing unit (CPU), main memory, secondary storage, input and output devices) and how they work together
Understand the function of different types of memory (random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), cache, virtual memory)
Understand the concept of a stored program and the role of components of the CPU (control unit (CU), arithmetic/logic unit (ALU), registers, clock, address bus, data bus, control bus) in the fetch-decode-execute cycle (the Von Neumann model)
Understand factors that affect the performance of the CPU (clock speed, number of processor cores, size of cache, type of cache)
Understand how data is stored on physical devices (magnetic, optical, solid state)
Understand the concept of storing data in the cloud and other contemporary secondary storage
Understand the need for embedded systems and their functions

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Every computer system, from a smartphone to a supercomputer, is built from the same categories of hardware working together.

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Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Hardware. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

Which type of memory is volatile and holds the programs and data currently in use? A) ROM B) RAM C) Cache D) Optical storage Answer: B
Which CPU component performs arithmetic and logical operations? A) Control unit B) Arithmetic/logic unit C) Clock D) Address bus Answer: B
Which bus carries the address of the memory location the CPU wants to access? A) Data bus B) Control bus C) Address bus D) System bus Answer: C
Which factor allows a CPU to process more than one instruction at exactly the same time? A) A higher clock speed alone B) A larger ROM C) Having multiple processor cores D) A smaller cache Answer: C
Which storage technology stores data using transistors that are switched on or off, with no moving parts? A) Magnetic B) Optical C) Solid state D) Cloud Answer: C