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Chapter 1-Computer Technology

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Background information needed to know before actually starting programming.
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Getting Started with Java What is Java? What is Java used in? What is the importance of Java as it relates to computer use? What does (IRE) stand for? What does (IDE) stand for? What does an IDE provide? Computer Hardware Give an example of two input devices. Give an example of two peripheral devices. Give an example of two output devices. What is the importance of the motherboard? What is the importance of expansion boards? What is the CPU? Identify the functions that the CPU performs. How long does it take to carry out a single addition operation on a computer? What is the clock rate and how is the clock rate measured? Explain what a "bus" does in computing. What is the difference between the address bus and the control bus? Explain the difference between ROM and RAM memory. How is secondary memory used? What is the cache? Operating Systems and Environment What is applications software used for? What is an operating system? What are some examples of the different types of operating systems? If an application is platform-independent, what does that mean? What is an environment as it relates to computing? Explain what the Windows 7 OS entails. What is the purpose of a utility program? What are device drivers used for? What is a memory resident?

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