How+Computers+Work

=How Computers Work= Here is the **Block Diagram of a Computer** we developed in Monday Week 7. [| How a computer system processes and stores data.doc]

Follow this link to find out how the **CPU** works http://www.intel.com/education/mpworks/step1.htm Here is a powerpoint presentation someone made to support an oral presentation on how the **CPU** works. It isn't perfect, but you might find some of it useful. http://www-scf.usc.edu/~christjm/buad302/How%20Microprocessors%20Work.ppt#256,1,How Click here to begin your research on how computer memory works: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-memory.htm

Here is an animated demonstration of how the CPU performs the fetch-execute cycle central to data processing: http://www.cegsa.org/images/c/ce/CPUDEMO1.swf

Here is an idea for a learning activity you could do with the CPU animation to deepen your understanding. Feel free to download what I have done and develop it from there. [| Figuring out how the CPU performs the Fetch-Execute Cycle.doc]

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