Computer Science Paper-I: Computer Hardware Part-C
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What are the basic components of a Micro-computer according to the text?

Basic Block; Program memory; Data memory; I/O Ports; Clock generator

Explain the Interconnecting Components in a Micro-computer as mentioned in the text.

Necessary functional block; Bussed architecture for microcomputer; memory addressing; Addressing I/O ports; comparison of I/O mapped and memory mapped I/O

What are the Input Output Techniques discussed in the text?

Non-CPU devices; Program & interrupt controlled I/O; Hardware controlled I/O or DMA

What is the aim of the course outlined in the text?

<p>To introduce the overall organization of microcomputers and operating systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the study of computer organization in the text restricted to the description and understanding part only?

<p>Because the computer organization study is very vast &amp; complicated</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some examples of CPUs discussed in the text?

<p>Intel 8088, 286, 386, 486, 586 Pentium, P54C, MMX P55C; Motorola 6800 &amp; 88100 series; CYRIX &amp; AMD CPUs</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain the memory addressing modes of Intel 8088.

<p>Segment offset; Data addressing modes; Addressing for branch instructions</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the components of the Motherboard of a General PC according to the text?

<p>8088 CPU; ROM &amp; RAM; Keyboard &amp; its interface; System timer/counters; Hardware interrupt vectoring; DMA controller &amp; channels; Interfacing to audio speaker; Bus slots &amp; feature cards</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe the Video Display Adapters & Their Video Modes discussed in the text.

<p>Monochrome &amp; colour graphics adapters</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the fundamental components of Operating System viz. DOS/WINDOWS as mentioned in the text?

<p>ROM bootstrap, IO.SYS, DOS.SYS, Command.COM</p> Signup and view all the answers

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