What type of computer would I get?

The type of the computer I would buy is the M17 alienware notebook. The alienware laptop is one of the best laptop ued for video games with high quality and good performance. Plus it has an LCD screen. So that makes me save more money. The M17 also has the first quad core mobile CPU. It lets the computer more various task simutaneously so multitasking is easier. The M17 can store 150 video games, 250 movies, and 250,000 songs! This is also another another reason I would want to buy the M17. Plus for better protection the M17 also has sensor technology. It has fingerprint sensor, and it also has face sensor in which it scans your face. Plus its very attractive looking.

System clock

circuit that makes a stream of big and small pulses.

Scanner

a printer that scans paper to copy what it has.

ROM Read only memory

data that's meant to be read. Data can't be modified.

RAM rondom access memory

data that can be modified. Its also called the main memory.

Pointer

programming language data type.

Plotter

printers that use pens.

output devices

the result of processed data that could be shown like monitors, or heard like speakers.

optical storage devices

data thats made by making marks in apattern that can be read using light.

Printers

machines that print text or images into paper.

Network drive

a disk attached to a server in a network so data can be shared by others.

Mouse

an output device that controls the pointer on the computer screen.

Motherboard

a plastic board inside a computer wich contains the CPU, memroy, expansion ports, and slots, and basic controllers.

Memory

amount of data stored or how much data a device can hold.

Main memory

also know as RAM ( random acces memory ).

keyboard

input device that tells the computer to write text.

instruction cycle ( I cycle )

when the computer gets machine language instructions and processes it.

input devices

peripheral device sending info to a computer

printer

machine that prints data from the computer into paper in froms of text and pictures.

hard disk drive

device that reads a hard disk.

Execution cycle (E-cycle)

when the computer follows a command from a computer program.

DVD

disk that holds a lot of data like audio and visual.

Controller

part of the computer that controls transfer data to other parts of the computer. ex: mouse, keyboard.

Cenrtral processing unit cpu

part of the comouter that destroys computer programs.

CD-ROM

disk that holds data like info and audio.

Byte

basic measurement of stored data. There's eight bits in one byte.

2) bit

binary digit.

1) American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)

coding standard for interchanging data.

What is the difference from hardware and software?

The difference between hardware and software is that hardware is the physical content of the computer like a mouse or the keyboard. Softeware is the content in the computer like a program. An example of a program is like Photoshop or Microsoft paint.

In what ways would computer technology changed in the future?

The computers I encountered when I was in grade school were those big fat computers that looked very old, and made a lot of sounds. These computers that processed data really slow, and that pissed me off whenever I woukd try to go in the internet. The computers i use today are way much better than the ones I used in grade school. Computers today process data really fast, and have very good connection to the internet. Plus there much more smaller, like laptops which you can bring around with you instead of using it in one place. The computers today can hold more data than they did back in my younger days. I'd say the computers today are like 10 times better than the ones before. When my parents didn't have computers, they would have to read from books and dictionaries. There was computers back then in my parent's days, but they were really simple computers. They were even more simpler than the ones I encountered in grade skool. So maybe, 30 years from now, computers will be able to hold huge amounts of data. A super computer might be even as small as a laptop and stil hold huge amounts of data. Computers 30 years from now would be extremely advanced.

Why are computers so popular?

Today computers are popular for many things. One of the many reasons why they're so popular is they're used for business and advertising means. Plus they can be used for getting information like the news and sports news. Computers are also used for entertainment ranging from from video games to funny videos in youtube or myspace. Computers have also helped people know more about each other like myspace, youtube, facebook ,zanga, etc. One day of my actually found his step brother over myspace, and a family reunion took place later on.

21. Notebook computers

portable computers or computers that you can bring with you (laptop.)

20. Local area networks

networks that connect local computers.

19. Wide area networks (WANs)

networks that connect computers that are very far.

18. super computer

computer that stores very, very huge amounts of data that ,and can process data very fast.

17. software

commands the computer to do something like a program.

16. sender

computer sending data.

15.receiver

computer receiveing data.

14.protocol

data in standard format.

13.people

humans.

12.Network

signal that connects computers.

11.Minicomputers

computer that serves many users.

10.Microprocessors

silicon chip that has the processing unit for computers.

9.Microcomputer

personal computer.

8.Mainframe computers

computers that store, process, and manage huge amounts of data.

7.Internet

biggest network used for communicating.

6.Hardware

physical equipment of a computer.

5.Data communications

the way data moves.

4.Data

information that could be sounds, images, numbers, or text.

3.Computer system

programs to make the computer to work like an operating system.

2.Computer

device that holds data.

1. Channel

anything that carries data like microwavwe signals, telephone wires, etc.