IT Era: Hardware

Measured in bytes

The amount of space available to store data either on disk or in memory

• SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

• DEVICE DRIVERS

• FIRMWARE

• SOFTWARE APPS & MOBILE APPS

• STORAGE CAPACITY

Run on a hardware device within an environment created by the operating system

• SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

• DEVICE DRIVERS

• FIRMWARE

• SOFTWARE APPS & MOBILE APPS

• STORAGE CAPACITY

Built-in programmable logic (software) that is embedded in a piece of hardware and controls how the device functions

Developed for one particular model and release of a device

Example: Android version 5.1.1 (Lollipop)

• SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

• DEVICE DRIVERS

• FIRMWARE

• SOFTWARE APPS & MOBILE APPS

• STORAGE CAPACITY

OS uses these small programs to communicate with installed hardware devices

Are software that allows your computer to communicate with and control the devices connected to it

• SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

• DEVICE DRIVERS

• FIRMWARE

• SOFTWARE APPS & MOBILE APPS

• STORAGE CAPACITY

Control the hardware and make it useful, and within the device itself, firmware provides basic functionality

• SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

• DEVICE DRIVERS

• FIRMWARE

• SOFTWARE APPS & MOBILE APPS

• STORAGE CAPACITY

The smallest unit of data a computer can understand

Can have one of two values: 0 or 1

Grouped in sequences of 0s and 1s to represent data

• BIT

• BYTE

• HERTZ

• BANDWIDTH

• MICROPROCESSOR

A group of eight bits

• BIT

• BYTE

• HERTZ

• BANDWIDTH

• MICROPROCESSOR

Unit of measured processor speed

Equivalent to 1 cycle (oscillation) per second

• BIT

• BYTE

• HERTZ

• BANDWIDTH

• MICROPROCESSOR

Measurement of volume

Expressed in bits per second (bps)

• BIT

• BYTE

• HERTZ

• BANDWIDTH

• MICROPROCESSOR

A silicon chip that performs calculations and logical operations in the computer

Also referred to as the Central Processing Unit (CPU) or simply as the processor

• BIT

• BYTE

• HERTZ

• BANDWIDTH

• MICROPROCESSOR