What is a Computer System?

Examples of Input Devices

Examples of Output Devices

Reliability in Computers

Data Types

Utilities

Standards

De Facto Standards

De Jure Standards

Open Standards

CPU

RAM
VOLATILE MEMORY

Algorithms

Off The Shelf Software

Advantages of Off the Shelf

Custom Written Software

Custom Written Software Advantages

Open Source Software

Open source Advantages

Proprietary Software

Propriety Advantages

File Types

Networks

LANs
WANs

Topologies

Bus

Star

Ring

Compression

Lossy (Compression)

Lossless Compression

IP / MAC addresses

OS - Operating Systems

Databases

Fields and Records