CSC 101 Introduction to Computers

Fall 2004

Lecture Week Nine

Computer Cards, Ports, and Secondary Storages
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Syllabus

Assignments - Tuesday Class

Assignments - Mon-Wed Class
  • The other stuff
    • Expansion Slots - Expansion Cards - PC Cards
      • Graphics
      • Sound
      • Fax/Modem
      • NIC - Network Interface Card
      • SCSI
      • USB - Universal Serial Bus
      • Video Capture Card
      • FireWire
      • PCMCIA - Laptop
    • Busses and Ports
      • PCI - Peripheral Components Interconnect (PC Standard)
      • AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port (Not as common as PCI)
      • Monitor/Mouse Port - Round, 6 pin
      • SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
      • * USB - Universal Serial Bus
      • * FireWire/1394 Bus
      • Serial Port (Legacy)
      • Parallel Port (Legacy)
      • IrDa Port - Infrared Port
  • Parallel Processing - Grid Processing SETI - http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
  • Magnetic Disk Storage
    • Interchangeable
      • 3.5" Floppy
      • SuperDisk
      • Zip Disk
      • Caring for Floppy Disks
    • Fixed
      • Hard Drive

    • Data Organization
      • Tracks
      • Recording Density
      • Sector
      • Cluster
      • Cylinder
    • VFAT - Virtual Allocation Table
    • Other Disk Stuff
      • Defragmenting
      • Formatting
      • Disk Speed
    • Disk Caching and Virtual Memory
  • Optical Disc Storage
    • CD - ROM
    • DVD
    • Data Storage
  • Flash Drives

Computers; Information Technology in Perspective - Chapter 4, Section 4; Chapter 5, Section 1 -2 - pgs. 178 - 206

Links for Further Study

Grid Computing Projects - http://www.grid.org/home.htm

Virtual File Allocation Table Definition - http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci214144,00.html

CD-ROM Technology - http://www.pcmech.com/show/multimedia/29/

Information about the computer bus - http://www.computerhope.com/help/bus.htm

The computer bus - http://www.fact-index.com/c/co/computer_bus_1.html

Last Updated: 11/3/04