What is a computer System?

What is a computer System?

1. What are the components of a computer system?

   • What is a CPU?
     • ALU?
     • Registers?
     • Fetch-Decode-Execute?
   • Secondary Storage
     • portability
     • reliability
     • optical
     • solid state
     • magnetic
     • cloud
   • Primary Storage/Memory
     • Volatile
     • Non-volatile
     • RAM
     • ROM
     • Virtual
     • Cache
   • Peripherals
     • Input
     • Output
     • Special Needs
   • Can you describe/diagram Von Neumann Architecture?

2. How can performance be improved?

3. What is hardware?

4. What is software?

5. What is an embedded system?