Due: Monday 11/25 10:00 am

Submission name: work25.txt

There are many different kinds of computer hardware out there, but most computers contain these five components:

  • Processor (CPU)
  • Storage
  • Memory
  • Input
  • Output

Use whatever resources are at your disposal to answer the following for the first three components listed (processor, storage, memory):

  1. What does this component do?
  2. How are bits saved and/or transmitted by this component?
  3. How does this component interact with the other two?
  4. What general order of magnitude (kilo, mega, giga, terra) of bytes do we use to describe the speed of this component (consider normal versions available to the average person)?
  5. What general order of magnitude (kilo, mega, giga, terra) of bytes do we use to describe the amount of data stored by this component (consider normal versions available to the average person)?
  6. Provide a distinct concrete example of this component.