This document defines and categorizes different types of computing devices and memory. It outlines three categories of input, output, and peripheral devices based on their function of receiving, sending, or both receiving and sending data. It also describes four types of computer memory - registers, cache memory, ROM, and RAM - based on their size, speed, volatility, and other characteristics.
This document defines and categorizes different types of computing devices and memory. It outlines three categories of input, output, and peripheral devices based on their function of receiving, sending, or both receiving and sending data. It also describes four types of computer memory - registers, cache memory, ROM, and RAM - based on their size, speed, volatility, and other characteristics.
This document defines and categorizes different types of computing devices and memory. It outlines three categories of input, output, and peripheral devices based on their function of receiving, sending, or both receiving and sending data. It also describes four types of computer memory - registers, cache memory, ROM, and RAM - based on their size, speed, volatility, and other characteristics.
- anything or any equipment that is used for a specific purpose
- 3 Types of Devices - Input Devices - the devices which recieve data/instruction - Examples - Keyboard - mouse/trackball - scanner - microphone - Simple Camera - Joystick - Stylus - touchpad/pointing stick - Output Devices - the devices which send data/instruction - Examples - monitor - speaker - printer/plotters - projector - Peripheral Devices - the devices which send and recieve data/instruction - Examples - Modem - Routers/Hubs/Switches - Smart Camera - Fax Machine - Touch Screens - Telephone Memory - the device which is used to temporarily hold the data - 4 types of memories - Registers - smallest memory in the system - it is located in the processor - Genernal Purpose - accumulator - base - counter - data - it is smaller in physical and memory size - it is very expensive - it is very fast - it is in Bytes - Cache Memory - it is located in motherboard - it is slower than registers - it very expensive but cheaper than registers - it is in smaller MBs - ROM - Read Only Memory - Basic instructions are stored in ROM - Sequential access - Non-volatile - Hard-wired - RAM - Random Access Memory - Everything which we want to execute should be loaded into the RAM first - Volatile - Flip-flops - Requires addresses to access any location - data is stored as long as the electricity is supplied to it