IT ELECTIVE Assignment

1. Input-Process-Output Model 
Input Process Output
An input is data The process
The output is how the
that is entered into determines what the
computer presents the
or received by a computer does with
results of the process.
computer. This the input. The same
Outputs can be returned
could include a input can be
to the user in many ways
user pressing a key processed in different
such as text on a screen,
on a keyboard, ways. For example,
printed materials, or as
clicking a mouse to in word processing
sound from a speaker.
select something software, when you
on screen, or press the letter A on
tapping a touch a keyboard, the
pad. computer may
process the input and
display it as a letter A
on the screen. In
gaming software,
pressing the letter A
may be a directional
control, moving a
2. character in the game Elements of Computer
to a different place on
System
screen. A program
contains the set of
instructions that
define the process.
STORAGE
On a modern computer, storage
comes in two forms: temporary and
long-term: Temporary
storage: Supplied as memory, or
RAM. ... Long-term storage: Provided
by storage media. Storage media
includes disk drives, flash drives,
media cards, and CDs and DVDs.

INPUT

Processing
 OUTPUT

3. Hardware Components of a Computer System 

A motherboard is the main

printed circuit board (PCB) in a
computer. The motherboard is a
computer's central
communications backbone
connectivity point, through which
all components and external
peripherals connect. ... Additional
components can be added to a
motherboard through its expansion
slots.

A power supply unit (PSU)

converts mains AC to low-voltage
regulated DC power for the internal
components of a computer. Modern
personal computers universally
use switched-mode power supplies.
Some power supplies have a manual
switch for selecting input voltage,
while others automatically adapt to
the mains voltage.
The CPU is the brain of a computer,
containing all the circuitry needed to
process input, store data, and output
results. The CPU is constantly following
instructions of computer programs that tell
it which data to process and how to process
it. Without a CPU, we could not run
programs on a computer.

Random-access
memory (RAM; /ræm/) is a form
of computer memory that can be
read and changed in any order,
typically used to store
working data and machine code.[1]
[2]
 A random-access memory device
allows data items to be read or
written in almost the same amount
of time irrespective of the physical
location of data inside the memory,
in contrast with other direct-access
data storage media (such as hard
disks, CD-RWs, DVD-RWs and the
older magnetic tapes and drum
memory), where the time required to
read and write data items varies
significantly depending on their
physical locations on the recording
medium, due to mechanical
limitations such as media rotation
speeds and arm movement.
 4. Software Components of a Computer System

Windows 10 is a major

release of the Windows
NT operating
system developed
by Microsoft. It is the
successor to Windows 8.1,
which was released nearly
two years earlier, and itself  
was released to
manufacturing on July 15,
2015, and broadly released
for the general public on July
29, 2015.

Microsoft Corporation is an
American multinational technolog
y corporation which
produces computer
software, consumer
electronics, personal computers,
and related services.
Antivirus software was originally
developed to detect and
remove computer viruses, hence
the name. However, with the
proliferation of other malware,
antivirus software started to
protect from other computer
threats.

Mijae Dl. Macariola BSIT 2B