Essays Tagged: "processor"
The Central Processing Unit
Microprocessors, also called central processing units (CPUs), are frequently described as the 'brains' of ... al computers (PCs) andother computers. Chipsets perform logic functions in computers based on Intel processors. Motherboards combineIntel microprocessors and chipsets to form the basic subsystem of a ... asic subsystem of a PC. Because it's part of every one ofyour computer's functions, it takes a fast processor to make a fast PC. These processors are all made of transistors.The first transistor was c ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
How to buy a computer
. Also, the average person is not technically savvy enough to make an informed decision on the best processor to buy, the right size for a hard drive, or how much memory he or she really needs. Just b ... years from now, when a person may really need it. Here's something else to consider. While a faster processor will usually increase the speed of a system, merely doubling the processor speed usually w ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Development of Computers and Technology
rything these days. From Toasters to Televisions, just about all electronic things has some form of processor in them. This is a very large change from the way it used to be, when a computer that woul ... he core of the machine has stayed basically the same. The only thing that has really changed in the processor is the speed that it translates commands from 1's and 0's to data that actually means some ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Technology
Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Computer Graphics
ything these days. From Toasters to Televisions, just about all-electronic things have some form of processor in them. This is a very large change from the way it used to be, when a computer that woul ... he core of the machine has stayed basically the same. The only thing that has really changed in the processor is the speed that it translates commands from 1's and 0's to data that actually means some ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
Computer Security
od paid by you the person with the home computer. The system intruders use "hard disk" space, "fast processor", and the Internet connection. The more computers that an intruder uses the harder it is t ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
Is it Alive?
cells. The Nintendo Gamecube is also organized in a structured fashion. In the middle there is the processor or as I like to call it... the "brain". This is where all the thinking of the Gamecube goe ... ndo Gamecube responds to the environment in primarily two ways. One, input from the game pad to its processor by players, which tells it what functions to perform. Two, upon pressing the Power, Open, ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Multi User Operating Systems.
o or more tasks at the same time, however these tasks is not actually running simultaneously as the processor is actually switching between tasks at a very high speed, therefore each user sees their o ... amples of this are Windows 95, NT and UNIX.Hardware that is necessary to operate a MUOS includes processors, terminals, I/O devices, storage devices and memory. One of the main features of an MUOS ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Network Operating Systems.
however these tasks are not actually running simultaneously as they are actually resident in memory processor is actually switching between tasks at a very high speed, therefore each user sees their o ... st hardware to the world's fastest. Additionally, most UNIX operating systems support more than one processor, so a machine configured with 4 processors can support many more users than a machine with ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Multi User Operating Systems.
operating systems.These are operating systems which allow many users to share the resources of a processor at the same, for example UNIX, LINUX, or CICS.They differ from network operating system ... at the same time. In actual fact, although the system appears to be running the tasks together the processor is rapidly switching between the tasks this allows many users to access the shared resourc ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Computer Purchase Case Study.
stem. The last one we purchased was in 1996. It was a Packard-Bell system with a Pentium I, 166 kHz processor. At that time our kids were 10 and 5 and my wife was a complete novice on the computer. Wh ... that we need to upgrade this computer. New software will not run on the Windows 95 platform and the processor isn't fast enough to allow for multi-tasking. We now use the computer a little differently ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies
Can anyone compete against Dell?
nd there has a cycle between Microsoft and Intel, the two companies keep going to develop their new processor and new operating system, in order to upgrading the speed of computers.Again, the needs of ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies
Looking Beyond Adult Interpretations: Views of Children
nts, psychologist, social workers or adult recollection of their own childhood experience. An early processor Morrow (1993) argued that children are rarely seen and never heard in sociological analysi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Basic Registers in Computer processor
data is stored rather than the actual data itself.)AccumulatorThere is a central register in every processor called the accumulator. Traditionally all mathematical and logical operations are performe ... onally all mathematical and logical operations are performed on the accumulator. The word size of a processor is defined by the width of its accumulator. A 32bit processor has an accumulator of 32 bit ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Programming Languages
Process - How To Build A Pc
key components inside a computer; Motherboard, RAM, Hard drive, Power Supply, Case, Video Card, and Processor. Here is the rundown on the parts needed for the process. Motherboard is the biggest chip ... your computer. Case the actual aluminum box that all these parts nest in. Last But not least is the Processor the most expensive part this is the brain of the computer it is 2"x 2" and is a very compl ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing
Cost Benefit Analysis
e are many different kinds of Laptops, some Laptops may be wireless and some may not be. The 1.5Ghz Processor Laptop that I have chosen (see Task 2a) is wireless enabled. There are many specifications ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
How needs analysis is used to develop an appropriate beginners' course
set of procedures for discovering target situation needs. He calls this set the Communication Needs Processor (CNP). The CNP consists of a range of questions about key communication variables, for exa ... during the 1960s and 1970s. The most influential model of TSA was John Munby's Communicative Needs Processor (Munby, 1978), a complex and very detailed analytic tool that allowed course planners to b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics
Olympic Foods: A case argument
The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods."Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Dual core processor comparison: Pentium D vs. Athlon 64 X2
For comparing the Pentium D and Athlon 64 X2 processors, I decided to use both of their high-end models for statistics obtained from gamepc.com. ... decided to use both of their high-end models for statistics obtained from gamepc.com. The high-end processor for Intel was the Intel Pentium-D 950 (3.4 GHz) and for AMD I chose AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ ... el Pentium-D 950 (3.4 GHz) and for AMD I chose AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz). I figured these two processors would serve as a good model for comparing the two products in efficiency & power cons ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science