Unit 25

Assignment 1 (Part 1)


This assignment has required me to explain a list of different Internal system unit components as well as peripherals such as output devices, input devices and cables. Lastly I have also been required to explain backing storages which relates to performance, the types of the devices and the devices themselves.


Through the explanation of these components I also explained the use of the component and communication between other internal components too.


Below are the components which I have explained fully in this assignment;

 

Internal system unit components:

• Processors
• Motherboard
• BIOS
• Power Supply
• Fan and heat sink cooling
• Hard drive controllers (choose two of either SATA, PATA IDE and EIDE) *
• Hard drive configuration (master and slave)
• Ports (choose two of either USB, parallel or serial) *
• Internal memory (choose two of either RAM, ROM or  L1/L2/L3 Cache) *
• Specialised cards (choose two of either network or graphic cards) *

Peripherals

• Output devices (choose two of either a monitor, printer or plotter) *
• Input devices (choose two of either a camera or a scanner) *
• Cabling (choose two of either coaxial, optical or twisted pair) *

Backing storage

• Types (choose two of either disks, pen drives, optical media or flash memory cards) *
• Portable and fixed drives

Performance factors (choose one of either data transfer rates or capacity)

Through completing this task I feel I have enhanced my knowledge of some components and gained new knowledge of others. As there was components which was on the least which I knew nothing about, this enabled me to conduct my own research to gain more knowledge of the component so I was able to complete the assignment correctly.


Part 2


This part of the assignment required me to create a presentation about operating system below is what was included within the presentation:


- Comparing two operating systems (Windows and Linux)
- Difference between command line operating systems and GUI operating systems
- Operating system function and services (Peripheral management and security management
- Device drivers
- Operating system features (Ability to customise and cost and support for user)


Within this presentation I was comparing and contrasting systems as well as explaining different functions and services. I learnt a lot through creating this presentation as I have stronger knowledge of these subjects than I did before I started.