Computer Awareness

Coincidence circuits in computers operate when the input signals coincide precisely, i.e. overlap completely. In such devices, coincidence circuits perform the functions of AND logic elements.

Central Proccessing Unit (CPU) has all the components of the system. It computes all operations from basic to complex. It is also called the motherboard of the computer.

An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a major component of the central processing unit of a computer system.

Volatile memory is a type of memory (storage) whose contents are erased when the system's power is turned off or interrupted. For example, RAM is a volatile memory.

The CD-ROM disks that you buy in the store are for reading information only.

A compiler takes your source programming code and converts it into an executable form that the computer can understand.

PROM the data is programmed into them after manufacture. PROMs are used for smaller production where the program may have to be changed.

In 1946 the first general– purpose digital computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was built

PROLOG is a general purpose logic programming language associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.

High-level languages are used to solve problems and are often described as problem-oriented languages.

The period of second generation: 1959-1965. Transistor based

Hex is a base 16 system. 

That portion of memory allocated for the storage of results of intermediate calculations necessary for operations such as averages or standard deviations.

The internal CPU cache is five times as fast (may be even close to ten times as fast) as the external memory access.

Java is a set of several computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems (which has since merged with Oracle Corporation),