Anatomy of a Computer

9/19/99


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Table of Contents

Anatomy of a Computer

A chip off the old block

How many?

How fast?

How fast? (Cont.)

The mother of all circuit boards

The fan and the sink

A link to the outside world

Two types

SCSI port

A connector in every port

Analog to Digital

In the cards

Some types of cards

Plug and play

Memories

ROM

RAM

Random Vs. Sequential

Some Types of RAM

Cache

Buffer and Clipboard

Author: Tom Blum

Email: blum@lasalle.edu

Home Page: http://www.lasalle.edu/~blum