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CS101 Introduction To Computing
CS101 Introduction To Computing
CS101 Introduction To Computing
Lecture 5
Building A Personal Computer
During the last lecture …
• We found out about the various types, big and small, fast and
slow, cheap and expensive. Our main categories were:
• Super computers
• Mainframes
• Servers
• Desktops
• Mobile computers
• We also found out that a modern computer contains the
following essential components:
• Processor
• Memory subsystem
• Storage subsystem
• Input subsystem
• Output subsystem
• The Bus
Today’s goal is quite simple …