Corbe, Matthew Raphael C.

May 30, 2022

OL154
1. What is the difference between computer organization and computer architecture?
- Computer Architecture is a blueprint for design and implementation of a computer system.
It provides the functional details and behavior of a computer system and comes before
computer organization. Computer architecture deals with 'What to do?'
- Computer Organization is how operational parts of a computer system are linked together.
It implements the provided computer architecture. Computer organization deals with 'How to
do?'
2. What is an ISA?
- ISA is called Instruction Set Architecture; this defines the programming model of a
computer.
- An ISA is an abstract entity does not consider the specific design or implementation of a
computer. The Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) is the part of the processor that is visible to
the programmer or compiler writer. The ISA serves as the boundary between software and
hardware.
3. What is the importance of the Principle of Equivalence of Hardware and Software?
- The importance of the Principle of Equivalence of Hardware and Software is It helps in
system designing and implementation, especially computers. Computers generally comprise
of two elements i.e, software, and hardware where hardware considered as body and software
as the soul. So, the principle gives the proper guidance in the implementation of designing
and development of the system, especially computers.
- It helps to minimize a lot of factors such as cost, size, processing, and functionality to mix
and match up the hardware and software to devise a yielding device.
- It helps to keep a perfect combination of hardware and software so that the resulting
computer or device can function at its best performance including reasonable cost and size.
- It gives designing a flexible way to combine the hardware and software keeping the fruitful
aspects of both without altering cost, size, performance and option of change where
technology is changing rapidly. Sometimes hefty and troublesome codes that can cause delay
can be replaced with hardware and hardware portion that are quite huge and impacting the
system performance can be interchanged vice-versa.
4. Name the three basic components of every computer
- The basic component of every computer is a CPU or the Central Processing Unit,
Input Devices, and Output devices
5. What unit is typically used to measure the speed of a computer clock?
- The processor speeds are measured in MHz or GHz
6. Name two types of computer memory.
- RAM is an acronym for random access memory. Random access means that memory
contents can be accessed directly if you know its location.
- Cache is a type of temporary memory that can be accessed faster than RAM.
7. What is the mission of the IEEE?
- The mission of the IEEE is to establish standards for computer components, data
representation, and signaling protocols, among many other things.
8. What is the full name of the organization that uses the initials ISO? Is ISO an
anacronym?
- The full name of the organization initials is The International Organization for
Standardization
- ISO is not an acronym; ISO comes from the Greek word isos meaning “equal”
9. ANSI is the acronym used by which organization?
- ANSI means the American National Standards Institute
10. Who is known as the father of computing and why?
- Charles Babbage, English mathematician, and inventor who is credited with having
conceived the first automatic digital computer.
11. Name two driving factors in the development of computers.
- von Neumann Architecture and Hardware Specs
12. Name the characteristics present in a von Neumann architecture.
- The Von Neumann architecture consists of a single, shared memory for programs and data, a
single bus for memory access, an arithmetic unit, and a program control unit.