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Table of contents

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Layers of a Computing System

Chapter Goals

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Computer Components

Sizes in Perspective

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Stored-Program Concept

John von Neumann

Memory

Arithmetic/Logic Unit

John Vincent Atanasoff

Input/Output Units

Herman Hollerith

Control Unit

Flow of Information

The Fetch-Execute Cycle

Figure 5.3 The Fetch-Execute Cycle

RAM and ROM

Secondary Storage Devices

Magnetic Tape

Modern Tape Drives

Magnetic Disks

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Compact Disks

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Touch Screens

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Synchronous processing

Pipelining

Independent Processing with Shared Memory

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Author: Vincent Costa

E-mail: vcosta@optonline.net