Lesson 28a: Hardware

Due (via email to instructor) by 8 am on Monday, Apr. 19

Read Module 7 of the text, pp. 233-244, and answer the following questions.



Exercise 1:     What were the three technologies that combined to make modern computers possible?


Exercise 2:     The actual construction of computer circuitry has as much in common with photography as it does electrical engineering. Explain how this is the case.


Exercise 3:     The three basic logic gates AND, OR, and NOT correspond to which logical operators in JavaScript?


Exercise 4:     A half-adder circuit (see p. 244 of the text) has two inputs, labeled a and b, and two outputs, labeled sum and carry. Describe in English what the values sum and carry represent.


Exercise 5:     List any topics in the reading that you found especially interesting or thought-provoking.


Exercise 6:     List any topics in the reading that you found confusing.


Solutions to odd numbered exercises (posted late afternoon of due date).