Wednesday, September 20th
Updated September 19, 2017
How CDs work - watch the animation at the bottom of the page.
Comparison of CD audio to DVD audio - - - Blu Ray - what makes Blu Ray different from CD or DVD technology?
Digital Recordings ADC, DAC, Bit Depth, Sampling Rate, Compression (DSP - which one?) page 110 DSP Info
Chapters 1-3 blue book and Chapters 1-2 green book Exam will be Friday - 70pts
Complete Chapter 3 On-line Review - send me your score of 100%
Complete Chapter 4 Intro
Homework
NO News article due this Friday because of chapter exam - save for next week instead.
Martin and Daniel will present news articles NEXT Friday.Prepare for Chapter 1-3 Exam Friday - No news article this week.
Continue to search for an ITGS project and client.
What
3.1 Hardware page 26
Central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, clock speed: for example, megahertz (MHz), gigahertz
(GHz), terahertz (THz)
• Primary storage: read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM)
• Secondary storage: optical, magnetic, flash memory: for example, USB (universal serial bus) flash drive
• Bit, byte, kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), terabyte (TB), petabyte (PB), exabyte (EB),
zettabyte (ZB), yottabyte (YB)
• Character encoding: ASCII (Unicode and American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
Why
Understanding the specifications of a system requires a knowledge of the terms and what they correspond to.
How
When you can read the specs of a system and determine if it will meet the needs of the intended user.