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Introduction to Computer Systems

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A course summary, then multiple-choice questions and short tasks covering every lesson.

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What you learned in this course

$A computer takes input, processes it by following a program, stores it and produces output .$
$Hardware is physical; software is instructions (system and application software).$
$The von Neumann architecture : CPU (control unit, ALU, registers), memory, I/O, and address/data/control buses.$
$History: abacus \to Pascaline \to Babbage and Lovelace \to Colossus and ENIAC \to the stored program (1948).$
$Generations: vacuum tubes \to transistors \to integrated circuits \to microprocessors \to AI.$
$Types: supercomputer, mainframe, server, workstation, desktop, laptop, phone/tablet, embedded; analogue, digital, hybrid.$

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Part A — Knowledge check

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$Which list is in the correct order for the input-process-output model?$

Answer every question before you finish. Use Previous and Next to fill any gaps.

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Next in this unit: Number Systems — binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal, with every conversion shown step by step.

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