This week’s topics
What is a computer system?
- Input, process, output and storage
- Computers around us
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Describe the role of hardware and software components.
Activity
Identify the input, process, output and storage of five devices.
Study materials
Further resources
- Workplace Software and Skills, 1.2: The information processing cycle · PDF · OpenStax Workplace Software and Skills (2023), 1.2 on input, processing, output and storage, p. 29 · for registered students
- Workplace Software and Skills, 1.1: Computing from Inception to Today · PDF · OpenStax Workplace Software and Skills (2023), 1.1: computers around us at work and at home, pp. 8–26 · for registered students
- Introduction to Computer Science, 1.2: Computer Science across the Disciplines · PDF · OpenStax Introduction to Computer Science (2024), 1.2: computer systems in different fields, pp. 20–24 · for registered students
- Misconceptions about computer science · Open-access article · Denning et al. (2017), Communications of the ACM. Short column correcting common misconceptions about what computing is. · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
