lecture 2

prenahll.com/grauer

c:\office

Word Ch 1 hands on exercise 1
(pg 126)

c:\office\w01h1buffalo

Word formats based on:
* Characters
* Paragraphs
* Sections

Ctr- power up
Shift - select text / extend selection

Homework:
Word Ch1, Practice exercises and mid-level exercises

von Neumann architecture

input
output
memory
control
math ability

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Von_Neumann_architecture.svg/420px-Von_Neumann_architecture.svg.png&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Von_Neumann_architecture.svg&h=400&w=420&sz=16&tbnid=-u48fhNZU6qHYM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=95&zoom=1&docid=AfQfRQ5XGHoJnM&sa=X&ei=iKAuT6eIC-ry0gGZ_KjECg&ved=0CEEQ9QEwAg&dur=326


CPU: central processing unit
- control unit
- ALU

binary data
numbers are in base 2
decimal numbers are in base 10
45

instead of digits from 0 to 9
binary uses digits from 0 to 1
0 false, off
1 true, on

trilobite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite
is not a measure of computer storage
extinct marine arthropod

general pyurpose computer
instructions (software) to make this universal computer (hardware) into a specific computer

via the von Neumann architecture and the fetch-execute cycle

serif vs. sans serif
1 point = 1/72"

http://cs12.cs.qc.cuny.edu/~xiuyi/fugu.html