film Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Hi, i was wondering what is the simplest represntation of a computer system. I have been told two different ones. 1)Input->process->output .................Memory ................... ^v 2)Input->process->output -Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jool Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 1)Input->process->output.................Memory ................... ^v Don't really get what you're trying to illustrate here. Regardless of how I'm supposed to interpret those two I wouldn't call any of them a representation of a computer. To me they seem to be representations of a program running on a computer and not the computer itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Input > Process > Output is the definition of a system... But the storage part generally comes under processing really... you have to store the data to process it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Inputs <--> Storage Address in Ram <--> Output --> Input (keyboard/----^------------------------------------ --> Monitor/Sound/etc bit value)------| -----------------| -----------------v ----------Processing <--> Permanent Storage --------------------------------------(HDD) Correct me if im wrong, which i may be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jool Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 It really depends on what you are trying to describe, the actual physical way a computer works or the concept of what a computer is. The concept is a machine that manipulates data based on instructions while the simplified physical computer is cpu, memory, input, output, etc. connected to a system bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I believe fetch, execute, store is the formal way this is typically described. Read up on the Von Neumann Architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 1)Input->process->output.................Memory ................... ^v Don't really get what you're trying to illustrate here. Regardless of how I'm supposed to interpret those two I wouldn't call any of them a representation of a computer. To me they seem to be representations of a program running on a computer and not the computer itself. .. i meant 1)Input->process->output OR ................Memory ................... ^v 2)Input->process->output Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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