Although there is no lab specific to this lecture, these are the concepts that I might put in an exam.
Data Storage: Punch cards/paper tape/ later magnetic tape, floppy disk, hard drive
Data Processing
Data Retrieval/ playback
Computer Program
a computer 'operation' = addition, subtraction, greater or less than, etc.
computer programming language (e.g. Fortran, C++, BASIC, etc.)
microcomputer/ mainframe computer
Disk operating System/ DOS and OS Operating System
ASCii = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
GUI = Graphic User Interface
Mac OS
Windows
Proprietary Software / open platform software
digital = discrete integers
binary number = base 2
single switch = single 'bit' of information
8 bits = 1 byte
RAM = random access memory
CPU = central processing unit
Input/output devices: keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer
Data Storage device: hard drive, flash memory, floppy disc, CD, DVD