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Computer Fundamentals English Medium

What a computer is, its history and types, architecture, input and output devices, memory, and how data is represented in binary, octal and hexadecimal.

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Chapter 1 English Medium Computer Fundamentals Introduction to Computer What a computer is, its four jobs and nine features, history (Abacus to IBM-650), five generations, types (by size, work and purpose), supercomputers, uses, AI and robotics — with flashcards and a 30-question quiz. Open map Chapter 2 Pass English Medium Computer Fundamentals Computer Architecture How a computer is built: input, output and memory units, the CPU (ALU, registers, CU), the microprocessor, the motherboard, kinds of bus, the instruction cycle, op-code and operand, UPS and DMA — with flashcards and a 31-question quiz. Open map Chapter 3 Pass English Medium Computer Fundamentals Computer Hardware Input devices (keyboard, mouse, OMR, OCR, MICR, scanner…), output devices (monitor, every kind of printer, plotter, speaker, projector) and ports (parallel, serial, USB, firewire) — with flashcards and a 46-question quiz. Open map Chapter 4 Pass English Medium Computer Fundamentals Computer Memory Primary memory (RAM, DRAM/SRAM, ROM, PROM/EPROM/EEPROM, cache, flash, virtual), secondary storage (hard disk, floppy, tape, CD/DVD/Blu-ray, pen drive), capacities and units from bit to yottabyte — with flashcards and a 52-question quiz. Open map Chapter 5 Pass English Medium Computer Fundamentals Data Representation Binary, decimal, octal and hexadecimal systems, every conversion with solved examples, the BCD/ASCII/EBCDIC/Unicode codes, the sign bit, one’s complement and the truth tables of six logic gates — with flashcards and a 40-question quiz. Open map