Related: 2024-09-16 Unix Lecture 1


Computer Architecture

  • all computers have a processor, a clock, and memory. This is the Central Unit (Unité Centrale)
  • two “busses” (bus en FR) that connect to electronics/hardware components
    • historically called a data highway or databus
    • communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer or between computers
  • peripheral systems

RAM - Random Access Memory - allows support for accessing data.