The Von Neumann Architecture, originally theorizes by John Von Neumann, has five main components: input, memory, processing unit, control unit, and output. Input: The input, as it pertains to the Von Neumann Architecture, is simple. …

How does a computer store information? What tools does a computer use to retain information? These are very important questions, as all that has discussed in my various blogs thus far is how to get a computer to manipulate ones and zeros to make decisions. There are two kinds of…

DeMorgan’s Law, Decoder, MUX, Full Adder, and PLA! In the previous blog, we looked at transistors and how to build logic gates from those transistors. In this blog, we are going to look at DeMorgan’s Law, the next level of abstraction, and the implementations and uses of those gates. DeMorgan’s…

Across the past two blogs, which you can reference here and here, I have written about bits and binary. I have written of the system we use today and how it came into being; I have written of the different logical functions that can be performed on binary digits. Up…

As discussed here, bits are essential building blocks for information and data. The value of a bit comes from the electrical pulses: the voltage, received by the bit. We use a standard known as 2’s Complement to write binary such that addition and subtraction work. …

A computer has — stored within it — millions or even billions of minuscule devices called transistors. These transistors detect the presence — or absence — of voltage and return a value of 0 — if it detects the absence of voltage — or 1 — if it detects the…

Every year around this time, thousands upon thousands of people vow to change their behavior. “I am going to walk every day!”; “I am going to eat healthier.”; or “I will read more!”, …

Arizona State University is a great school for computer science; ASU has been known as a pioneer in online education. Arizona State University offers over 200 online degree programs. The Master’s of Computer Science (MCS) degree is another feather in their cap. …

Week two covered various topics, such as: solving a system of linear equations using Gaussian elimination, LU decomposition of a matrix, as well as finding the inverse of a matrix. The material is covered very well, though I recommend you speed up the video a bit. The professor covers all…