hardware and software

  • what do business professionals need to know about computer hardware
    • personal computer
    • tablet
    • smart phone
    • server
    • server farm
    • 0 is power off
    • 1 is power on
    • volatile memory - only stored in the main memory and not the magnetic disk
    • how does a computer work
      • first you need the operating system
    • main memory (RAM)
      • program instructions
      • operating system instructions
    • operating system
      • controls computer's resources and blocks of data
      • provides services to application programs and users
    • memory swapping
      • when RAM too small to hold all open programs and data
      • CPU loads new program segments into free memory
        • if none available, operating system swaps out existing instructions, or data, to a disk and copies requested program, or data, to freed space
        • swapping slows down computer
    • why does a business professional care how a computer works
      • simple tasks do not need a fast CPU
    • 2 types of architecture
      • client server architecture  
      • peer to peer architecture
    • open source - has access to the coding
    • windows server computer hosting  two virtual machines
  • own versus license
    • license
      • right to us specified number of copies

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