Computer designers have worked with the available technology and information theory to create ever faster, ever more capable machines. This course is divided into 7 Chapters. The first 3 chapters teach you about this course and provide a historical and technical background for later chapters.
Introduction introduces the course materials and explains how to use the software.
History describes the evolution of computers beginning with the mainframe systems of the early 1960s. This section also introduces several concepts such as the Harvard Architecture and Von Neumann Architecture which apply to modern-day computers. Introduction to Computer Technology provides an overview of a typical computer system for those people who want a quick refresher course in the terminology and issues surrounding microcomputers. This is the end of the current lecture. How to Proceed through this course We suggest that you move through the course as follows.