Iqra University

Islamabad Campus

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS

Marks: 15 Due date: Monday 17th Jan 4pm

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Provide (HARD-COPY)
2. Write in YOUR OWN WORDS (2.5 PAGES) in a WORD DOC
3. STUDENTS CAN USE INTERNET/GOOGLE/WIKIPEDIA FOR THEIR HELP, BUT
ANSWER SHOULD BE IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Qn:
Given following two types of computers:

a) An old computer with processor 8085 having 500 Mega Hertz speed, RAM of 512 Kilo bytes
and hard disk of 50 Mega bytes storage and it has DOS - operating system.

b) A modern computer with Intel’s latest processor having 3.8 GHz speed, RAM of 16 GB, CACH
memory of 4GB and 1 Tera Bytes Hard-Disk storage and it has WINDOWS 10 operating
system.

Task:

Discuss the performance of these two different computers considering the following factors:

1. Speed of the computers to process the information

2. Performance of memory RAM and Cache memory
3. What types of applications such as word, power point etc. FB,Whatsapp etc. can be run/used in
these two computers?
4. What is the basic architecture/hardware of these two computers
5. Using internet and web browsing in these computers
6. Using Wi-Fi and Data-package in these computers