AND CALCULATION LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this Lesson, you are expected to do the following:
LO 1. select components to be measured; and
LO 2. carry out mensuration and calculation. Bit - a fundamental unit of information having just two possible values, as either of the binary digits 0 or 1. Byte - a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that most commonly consists of eight bits. Booting – starting (a computer) by loading an operating system from a disk. Electronic storage - a device for recording (storing) information (data). Laser - a device that emits light (electromagnetic radiation) through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons Operating system - a set of programs that manage computer hardware MEMORY MEMORY
-any form of electronic storage
-is used most often to identify fast, temporary forms of storage. READ-ONLY MEMORY (ROM) chips are located in the motherboard. ROM chips contain instructions that can be directly accessed by the CPU. Basic instructions for booting the computer and loading the operating system are stored in ROM. ROM chips retain their contents even when the computer is powered down. The contents cannot be erased or changed by normal means. RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) IS the temporary storage for data and programs that are being accessed by the CPU. RAM is volatile memory, which means that the contents are erased when the computer is powered off. The more RAM in a computer, the more capacity the computer has to hold and process large programs and files, as well as enhance system performance. MEMORY MODULE