HW1 Reading Assignment HW1 Reading Assignment 1. There are two parts in computers, hardware and software. CPU and main memory are called peripherals and controllers are devises that coordinate the activities of specific peripherals. The operating system is the core of software of a computer.
Application is a terminology for any application.
Java source code is compiled into bytecode, a low-level representation of any processor. Then, if there is a Java interpreter, the bytecode can be executed on any platform. In C, massive memory management is needed, releasing objects and allocating data space that are no longer needed. Thus, the different type of compilers are needed. The whole idea of Java is that if we can transfer text, graphics and audio files across the net, why not transfer a program and have your computer run it as part of the web page.