Class 04
 

  Class Overview
  • "Why Computer Science" a set of interesting videos from University of Washington Seattle.
  • How computers Compute -- part 2
    • Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
    • Central Processing Unit (CPU)
    • Memory
    • Assembly Language
    • Applications
    • Operating Systems
    • What computers can do.
    • (to be continued -- algorithms)
    • Computer [PC] System Hardware and Software << slides

Assignment

  1. Read the page about Linux at http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/l1/lesson1b.html
  2. If you get interested read further for the beginning sections of "lessons"
  3. Write about half-a-page on what you like about the operating system you use normally and what needs improvements.