FIT
100
© Copyright University of Washington 1999-2000
Computer Basics
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Fetch/Execute cycle and analogy
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to Nenana Ice Classic
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Five components of a computer
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Memory and container analogy
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Machine instructions and the
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indirect reference to operands
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Instruction reference via PC
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Memory and speed terminology
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N
etworks …
D
igitarati …
C
omputers …
A
lgorithms …
P
rogramming …
Logical
R
easoning …
A
b
stracting ….
D
atabases ...
Deep
I
deas ...
S
elf-reliance ...
T
opics
C
omputers ...
Knowing how computers work it should be
obvious why they are always so
annoyingly literal-minded!