Computer Fundamentals

by Julian Manders-Jones

1. ALU

1.1. Basic binary

2. I/O Devices

3. Storage

3.1. optical

3.2. SSD

3.2.1. military applications

3.2.2. portable apps

3.3. Magnetic

3.4. RAID

4. Components

4.1. Graphics Cards

4.1.1. NVidea

4.1.2. parallel processing

4.2. Expansion Slots

4.2.1. PCMCIA

4.2.2. PCI

4.3. Specifications

4.3.1. iMac

4.3.1.1. OSX, GPU, CPU

4.3.2. iPad

4.3.2.1. iPhone OS

5. Control Systems

5.1. embedded systems

5.2. closed feedback cycle

5.2.1. New node

5.3. Sensors

5.4. Artificial Intelligence

6. News, Trends & Developments

6.1. Tablet PC's

6.2. oLED's

6.3. Netbooks

6.4. Costs of Processors

6.5. Organic Systems

6.6. iPad

7. Types of Systems

7.1. Generations of Computers

7.2. Supercomputers

7.2.1. Brute Force

7.2.2. Parallel Processing

7.2.3. UNIX

7.2.4. Research & Development

7.2.5. ICT Department Personel

7.2.5.1. Systems Programmers

7.2.5.2. Expected Salaries

7.2.5.3. Systems Analysts

7.3. PDA, Smart Phones, Consoles, TV's

8. CPU

8.1. Solid state electronics

8.2. semiconductors

8.3. memory types

8.3.1. cache

8.3.2. DRAM, Virtual Memory, Flash, Video, BIOS, SSD

9. Applications

9.1. iChat

9.1.1. AIM & Jabber

9.2. Web CMS

9.2.1. Joomla

9.2.2. Moodle

9.2.3. Copyleft

9.3. iWorks

9.3.1. Pages

9.3.2. Numbers

9.4. Wordpress Blogs

9.5. phBB Forums

9.6. Google Docs

9.7. EasyBib

9.8. Copyright & UN

10. Research Skills

10.1. MLA Styles

10.2. IBD requirements

10.3. Plagiarism

10.4. Portfolio Criteria and Assessments

11. Software Development Cycle

11.1. Feasability Studies (TELOS)

11.2. GUI

11.3. Investigations

11.4. Collecting Data

11.5. Design and Prototyping

11.6. Beta Testing - black box testing

11.7. Evalautions

12. History of Computers

13. Microprocessors

13.1. machine language

13.2. addresses & instruction locations

13.3. program execution

13.4. Intel 8080 - Dual Core, Atom, AMD, Apple A4

13.5. Transistors

13.6. Assembly Language

13.7. CAM for Microprocessors