national 5 computing science Flashcards on computing, created by Daniel McLaren on 02/02/2015.
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Created by Daniel McLaren
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Created by Daniel McLaren
almost 10 years ago
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what do computers have at their cores
where do computers store things
what do they use to move things around
what do computers use communicate with external devices
what does computer architecture mean?
what is hard ware?
what is a device?
the structure of a computer system contains what?
what is ROM?
what is RAM?
what is the difference between RAM and ROM
what does the processor do?
what is software?
what must the memory do for the processor?
what happens when you change the program on a computer?
name the parts of a processor
what does the control unit do?
what is the job of the arithmetic and logic unit?
where are things stored?
what is the memory made of?
each time data is stored in the memory what happens to it?
what two kinds of chips do you get in the memory
what are differences between RAM and ROM?
why do you need plenty of RAM?
what kinds of buses do you get?
what does a data bus do?
what does a data bus do
what does a control bus do?
what does an interface provide
which is slower the processor or peripheral devices
