Friday, 16 November 2012

Computer Logic

Computer Logic
If on = 1                                              Binary System
If off= 0
Transistors are Switches
2 state device can be only of 1 or 2 possible states (1 or 0)
How many different values can be represented with 3 bit? 8 different combinations
How many different values can be represented with 4 bit? 16 different combinations.
You need to know the weights- 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048
Number Conversions-
·         Hexadecimal- Base 16
·         Decimal-Base 10
·         Binary Base 2
Least Significant Figure –LSB
Most significant Figure -MSB
Hexadecimal – 0-9 ,10-15 A-F                                                                                      Interchange
A        S       C     I     I

American                                                                    Standard                            Code For               Information

·         Ascii is an 8 bit code used to represent characters in binary
We say that :
·         A bit is known as- 1-0
·         Byte -8 bits
·         1 kilobyte -1024 bytes
·         1 Megabyte -1024 kilobytes
·         1 giga byte – 1024 mega bytes
·         1terrabyte- 1gigabyte
Analogue devices-
traditional clock/speedometerData changes continously
Digital devices-a device that shows data at descrete intervals
Modem -Converts between the analogue signals. used in telephone cables to digital signals

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

WordProsessing 2

Advanced Functions

Coloumns- are mainly used in newspapers and magazines
Mail Merge-It is used to do personalised letters by combining together a form of letters and a list of data .
Table of contents-is a list of heading in a document. You can use a table of contentsto get an overview of the topics together with their page number.
Indexes-An index list th terms and topics dicussed in a document, along with the page number.To create it you need to mark the index apperaing in your document.