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Description
Mind Map by Neo Metcalfe, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Neo Metcalfe
over 8 years ago
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Fundamentals
of computer
systems.
- Definition
- A computer
system is a
device that can
RECIEVE data,
STORE it,
PROCESS it and
also OUTPUT
it.
- A computer
system is a
device that can
RECIEVE data,
STORE it,
PROCESS it and
also OUTPUT
it.
- The need for reliability
in computer systems.
- Life Critical
Situations
- Hospitals
- Power
Plants
- Air Traffic
control
- Hospitals
- Data stored in databases
- If the data center is
destroyed, masses of
information is lost.
- If the data center is
destroyed, masses of
information is lost.
- Hard
Drive
Failure
- Missed
deadlines
- Fired from
Job
- Fired from
Job
- Missed
deadlines
- The probability
that a computer
system will give
the expected
output in a
given timeframe
- Life Critical
Situations
- Ethical, Legal and
Environmental
considerations when
creating a computer
system
- Patent Rights
- Copyrighted
material (such as
designs) can not
be used when
creating a new
computer system.
- Copyrighted
material (such as
designs) can not
be used when
creating a new
computer system.
- Ethical
- Replacing workers with
Automated machines.
- Privacy: Who
can keep data
about us and for
how long?
- Replacing workers with
Automated machines.
- WEEE (Waste, electronic
and electrical equipment)
ensures that old hospital
and school appliances are
recycled.
- Sleep and
hibernation
modes ensure
that computers
use less energy
when not in
use
- Virtual
servers
ensure
that more
of the
physical
server is in
use
- Adhere to
energy
regulations-
need to be
energy
efficient
- Patent Rights
- The importance
of computer
systems in the
modern world.
- Global Communication
- Air traffic control
- Secure data Access
- Secuity
- Traffic Lights
- Global Communication
- The need for professional
standards in the
development, use and
maintenance of computer
systems.
- USB ( Universal serial bus)
- Bluetooth
- HTML ensures
that webpages
can be
understood on
any device.
- De Facto
standards- Popular
standards that
companies choose
to use
- Open standards,
officially agreed
upon by companies
- ASCII, standard
character set
that allows all
computers to
convert binary to
characters using
the same values.
- USB ( Universal serial bus)
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