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Course Orientation

Welcome and How to Usadasse This Course

Foundations: From Data to Knowledge

Data, Information, and Knowledge

Inside the System: From Input to Output

Computer System Components and Their Interactions

Overview: What Is a Computer?

Input Devices

Central Processing Unit (CPU) Essentials

Primary Memory

Secondary Memory

Output Devices

Software Fundamentals

Applied Concepts and Characteristics

Units of Measurement in Computing

Characteristics and Classification of Computers

Computer Classifications Overview

Security Note: Computer Viruses

Knowledge Checks

Quiz: Data, Information, and Knowledge

Quiz: Components and Roles

Quiz: CPU and Memory Interaction

Quiz: Storage and I/O

Quiz: System Characteristics and Units

Course Wrap-Up

Final Survey: Course Feedback

Memory: Primary and Secondary

Understanding Primary vs. Secondary Memory

Foundations of Computer Systems: From Data to Knowledge is a practical, beginner-friendly course that demystifies how computers turn raw data into meaningful information and actionable knowledge. You will explore the full journey—input, processing, memory, storage, and output—while understanding how hardware and software collaborate to deliver accurate, timely results. Starting with clear definitions of data, information, and knowledge, you will see how quality, context, and processing techniques elevate data into insights. Then, step inside the system: examine the CPU’s instruction cycle, the roles of RAM, cache, and registers, and how input and output devices encode and present information. You will also learn how operating systems coordinate components, why units like bits and bytes matter for performance, and how characteristics such as speed, accuracy, automation, and storage shape real-world computing. Through concise explanations, real examples (like sensor data becoming dashboard insights), and targeted knowledge checks, you will build a confident mental model of modern computer systems. By the end, you will be able to evaluate device capabilities, reason about performance trade-offs, and communicate clearly about system components and their interactions—essential foundations for further study in CS, IT, data, and cybersecurity.

Foundations of Computer Systems: From Data to Knowledge

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            <p>Foundations of Computer Systems: From Data to Knowledge equips you with a clear mental model of how computers transform raw inputs into meaningful insights. The course begins with orientation essentials—how the modules align to learning goals, how quizzes and the final survey work, and where to find support—so you can focus on mastering concepts. From there, you will explore the continuum from data to information to knowledge, examining how processing steps, data quality dimensions, and real-world examples (such as sensor streams becoming dashboard insights) connect technical mechanisms to practical understanding.</p>

<p>With that lens established, the course dives into the components and interactions that power every modern system. You will study input devices and encoding, the CPU’s instruction cycle (ALU, control unit, registers), and how primary memory—RAM, cache, and registers—feeds rapid computation, while secondary storage—HDDs, SSDs, and removable media—provides persistence. You will see how software, particularly operating systems, orchestrates the entire pipeline from input through processing, memory, storage, and output, and how feedback loops turn results into new inputs.</p>

<p>Applied modules extend these foundations: you will quantify performance and capacity using bits, bytes, throughput, and latency; connect system characteristics like speed, accuracy, automation, storage, and versatility to the way components collaborate; and survey classifications of computers from embedded devices to servers, tracing how data flows vary by scale. A focused security note on computer viruses links software behavior to memory and storage risks, reinforcing why system fundamentals matter for resilience. Knowledge checks throughout help you validate understanding of data concepts, component roles, CPU–memory interaction, storage and I/O, and system units and characteristics, culminating in a concise wrap-up and feedback survey to guide your next steps.</p>
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