Couloub’s Law

As already mentioned above, the electric force between two particles decreases with the inverse square of the distance, just as does the gravitational force. Coulomb, who investigated the repulsion between small balls charged by rubbing, discovered the dependence of the electric force on distance through experiments. His experimental results are summarized in coulomb’s Law – … Read more

Types of computers

There are many types of computer systems in existence. This section summarises some of the more common types currently available. PC/desktop computers PC/desktop usually refers to a general purpose computer which is made up of separate monitor,  keyboard, mouse and processor unit (see Figure 1.1). The term PC (personal computer) usually refers to computer systems which are IBMcompatible, thus … Read more

Main components of computer systems

A typical computer system is made up of hardware and software. The figure shows an example of a computer system consisting of input devices, output devices, and secondary storage. These will be discussed in more detail in Chapter 2, but examples include: Input devices: keyboard, mouse Output devices: monitor, printer Secondary storage devices: DVD R/W … Read more

Hardware and software

Computer systems are now commonplace in every part of our daily life. This chapter introduces the basic components that make up these computer systems; most of these will be described in much greater depth in later chapters. Comparing books with computers is a good analogy: the actual pages and the ink used on the pages are equivalent to the … Read more

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