Computer Systems
This unit provides an overview of computer processing, defining some basic terminology and showing how the key pieces of a computer system work together. The Java editing environment is also introduced.
Objectives
- Describe the relationship between hardware and software
- Define various types of software and how they are used
- Identify basic computer hardware and explain what it does
- Explain how the hardware components execute programs and manage data
- Describe the steps involved in program compilation and execution
- Understand the binary number system
- Describe the steps in problem solving
- Distinguish between compile-time, run-time and logical errors
- Understand and modify existing code
- Create a simple program using drag and drop software
- Solve a variety of programming problems
- Become comfortable exploring Java programming language examples
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