Task 3 - Some stuffs that I've learned during lectures

These are the stuffs that I have jotted down in Hardware Technology class;

What is a Workstation?

A Workstation is any PC or Laptop that we own. Its an old term of our Personal Computer which we use to work on.

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Types of Floppy?

There are 2 types of Floppy;

1. The big black Floppy (which was used probably around my sister's and Sir Ahmad's generation).
2. Diskette.

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A Computer only knows 0 and 1. We are the ones that give them instruction that actually does what they do for us. A Computer is not smarter than any human.

An 8-bit computer means that the computer can only stores eight 0 and 1. The largest bit currently is 64-bit.

In 1980, MS-DOS appears.

In 1990, Pentium was introduced, during this era then PC has interface and Windows made it first debut as well as Linux in this era of time.

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What is a PC Clone?

PC Clone is a copycat machine. A machine which can do exactly the same things that an original PC can do. Cloning of devices have been done since 1980s.

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64-bit is made for heavy duty workers and hardcore gamer.

32-bit is common in most computer architectural.

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Digital technology works with the help of light.

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ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer) is the first digital computer that was developed. (ABC does not stands for Ais Batu Campur, nyaman plang tu)

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The first computer in the world to be programmed with a software as Zuse's computer Z3. It was used in the German aircraft industry during World War II. It was made by Kanrad Zuse.