The Computer System | Lesson 3.2: Introduction to Computer Hardware | D322 Courseware | WGU-CGP-OEX

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• Identify storage and input/output (I/O) systems including different media and file systems. Define system. Differentiate between input, output, and storage. Describe the role of a central processing unit (CPU) in a computing environment.

• computer system, a system of hardware, software, networking, and human components that function together

• The IPOS (input-process-output-storage) model explains what computer systems are used for.

• They take input, process it, and provide an output while using storage to keep intermediate and final results of the transformation of data.

• computer hardware contains three major components: the central processing unit, storage, and peripheral devices.

• The central processing unit supports data processing

• Computer memory stores ephemeral programs and data in use temporarily for quick access and primarily stores it in RAM.

• Peripheral devices support the input and output operations of the system.

• which constitute the Von Neumann architecture of a computer system, another name for the IPOS model.