Week 1

7.1.1 Understand the features and use of different types of physical computers:

• personal computers
• mobile devices (smartphones and tablets)
• servers
• embedded devices

7.1.2 Understand the features and use of different types of hardware devices:

• input devices
• output devices
• processors:
  • number of cores
  • clock speed
  • cache size
  • mobile processors
• main memory:
  • RAM (Random access memory)
  • ROM (Read-only Memory)
• secondary storage:
  • magnetic
  • solid state
  • optical
  • RAID (1, 5 and 10)
  • NAS
  • SAN
• motherboard:
• graphics processing units
• network interface devices:
  • PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
  • USB (Universal Serial bus)
• cooling:
  • air cooling
  • liquid cooling
• sensors.

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2026-06-02 12:49:04