计算机专业英语课件新—unit 3.pptVIP

计算机专业英语 ——Overview of Computer;Unit 3 Overview of Computer;Words; ; The processing device executes and stores programs and data. Display ,an output device of the computer ,serves as a window on the processing device . It allows users to view its contents . Printer is also an output device of the computer.; Secondly , we introduce programs. Program consists of many instructions. Programmers or computer users use them to tell computers what to do . One of the basic programs is Operating System, we call it OS .;Sentence; The CPU coordinates all the activities of the various components of the computer .It determines which operations should be carried out and in what order. The CPU can also retrieve information form memory and store the results of manipulations back into the memory unit for later reference. ;a clock 一个时钟 instruction control unit 指令控制单元 arithmetic and logic unit 算术逻辑单元 register 寄存器 megahertz 兆赫 clock cycle 时钟周期 Nanoseconds 纳秒 ;The term ‘memory’ is usually used to refer to the internal storage locations of a computer. It is also called real storage or primary memory, and is expressed as quantities of K. Each K is equal to 1,024 bytes, and each byte is equal to 8 bits. The microcomputer’s memory consists of main memory and secondary storage.; The main memory of most computers is composed of random access memory, or RAM. Input data can be stored in RAM, destroying the old contents of the selected bytes of words, once the results written to other memory locations. Finally, the contents can be sent to an output device. When a program is finished, a new program can be copied into RAM are easy to change. ; Main memory is expensive, and the supply on most machined is limited. Another problem is its volatility; main memory loses its contents when its power is cut when the computer is turned off. Therefore we need a