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Big Java by Cay HorstmannCopyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved.
Schematic Diagram of a Computer
Big Java by Cay HorstmannCopyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved.
Central Processing Unit
Understanding What’s Inside • Briefly research these parts of a personal computer
and share on your findings:• RAM, Hard Disk, CPU
• In terms of what happens inside the computer, describe the process of typing up a paper in Word, saving it, opening it again, and typing more in it.
• Which component(s) of the computer is currently the “bottleneck” in terms of innovations leading to faster computers? i.e what is holding up making them faster?
Big Java by Cay HorstmannCopyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved.
The ENIAC (1940-1950)