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| physical components of a computer |
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specified pattern of instructions for a computer to perform
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run, execute,
invoke, launch |
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– Central Processing Unit
– Part of microprocessor (e.g., G4, Pentium, etc.)
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– Instruction Set Architecture
– what specific instructions the CPU can perform |
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hardware term:
Primary (Main) Memory
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– RAM = Random Access Memory
– “fast” storage, “close” to CPU
– stores both an executing program and the data it works on (e.g., Microsoft Word +
a current English paper) |
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Secondary Memory
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– slower storage, “outside” main unit
– hard disks
– “Tertiary”: floppies, tapes etc. |
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4 bytes
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| #include
using namespace std;
int main ( void)
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| to get the program to pause before it ends so you can see the window |
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cin.clear();
cin.ignore(255, '\n');
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| to comment a whole block of lines |
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| The /* and */ pair of symbols denotes a C-style multi-line comment. Everything in between the symbols is ignored. |
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