Bibliography
Task 1-
Human-computer Interface:
[Cited: 26/01/15][Cited: 04/02/15]
Central Processor Unit:
[Cited: 05/02/15]
[Cited:06/02/15]
Memory:
[Cited: 07/02/15]
Display:
Sound:
Game Storage Medium:
[Cited: 08/02/15]
Interface Devices:
Connectivity:
Power Supply:
Human-computer Interface:
[Cited: 26/01/15][Cited: 04/02/15]
Central Processor Unit:
- http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/cpu.htm
- http://techterms.com/definition/alu
- http://www.teach-ict.com/gcse_computing/ocr/212_computing_hardware/cpu/miniweb/pg4.htm
- https://kb.wisc.edu/techstore/page.php?id=4927
- http://www.ehow.com/list_6966558_types-computer-cpu.html
- http://www.tech-faq.com/cpu-speed.html
[Cited: 05/02/15]
- http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/clockspe.htm
- http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188776-how-l1-and-l2-cpu-caches-work-and-why-theyre-an-essential-part-of-modern-chips
- http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/index.php?pageid=cpucache
- http://www.techopedia.com/definition/292/address-bus
[Cited:06/02/15]
- /memory.html
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/G/GPU.html
- http://www.pchardware.co.uk/graphiccards.php
- http://www.doityourself.com/stry/4-types-of-graphics-cards#b
- http://www.techimo.com/forum/pc-hardware/140828-graphics-card-clock-speed-definition.html
- http://www.streetdirectory.com/etoday/address-bus-data-bus-juwe.html
- http://www.tes-dst.com/tes-dst/index.php/graphics-rendering
- http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/buying-advice/pc-components/3584727/best-processor-for-games-video-editing/
Memory:
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/memory.html
- http://science.opposingviews.com/functions-computer-memory-1411.html
[Cited: 07/02/15]
- http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001361.htm
- http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/memocapa.htm
- http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/63117/memory-capacity
- http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/Rambus
- http://www.techopedia.com/definition/2802/rambus-dynamic-random-access-memory-rdram
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SRAM.html
- http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/SRAM-static-random-access-memory
- http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/dram.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_memory_access
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_memory_(interprocess_communication)
Display:
- http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/display
- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236405&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=12087162&PID=3987229&SID=skim92X590208X46f1b38822a55de36600e0dcae6ae1c6&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-Skimlinks
- http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/MICRO/fma/pdf/LCD_Backgrounder.pdf
- http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lcd1.htm
- http://techterms.com/definition/monochrome
Sound:
- http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/souncard.htm
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/sound_card.html
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/MIDI.html
- http://www.globalspec.com/learnmore/semiconductors/audio_video_ic/audio_processors_ic
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/monophonic_sound.html
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/stereophonic_sound.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXm6SuUigI&list=PLC6DD661D892CB6F5&index=9
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/3/3_D_audio.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card
- http://www.answers.com/Q/How_does_a_computer_store_sound_in_a_computer%27s_memory
- http://www.anandtech.com/show/781/6
Game Storage Medium:
[Cited: 08/02/15]
- http://www.gn.apc.org/support/open-source-vs-proprietary-software
- http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/proprietary
- http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/storage-medium
- https://web2.ph.utexas.edu/~ygong/flash.html
- http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Datatraveler-310-Flash-Drive/dp/B0039PBFNE
- http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/digital-versatile-disc.html
- http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/optical-disc
- https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/78/~/what-is-a-universal-media-disc-%28umd%29%3F
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_head
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_tape
- http://dfgamestechnologies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/game-storage-mediums.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_protection
Interface Devices:
- http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/paddle.htm
- https://prezi.com/6e30v2pkihdy/gaming-control-device/
- http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joystick
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_device
- http://www.diffen.com/difference/Analog_vs_Digital
Connectivity:
- https://my.virginmedia.com/discover/tv/tivo/
- http://techterms.com/definition/standalone
- http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/43646/game-port
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/local_area_network_LAN.html
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/wide_area_network_WAN.html
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/Internet.html
- http://www.livinginternet.com/i/iw_ip.htm
- http://techterms.com/definition/broadband
- http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/types-broadband-connections
- http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/GPRS
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WAP.html
- http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/WAP
- http://techterms.com/definition/wi-fi
Power Supply:
Task 2-
Platform Dependency:
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Operating Systems:
Drivers:
Application Software:
Graphics / Sound API:
Television:
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Platform Dependency:
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Operating Systems:
- http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics/2.5
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_OS
- http://www.mobileburn.com/definition.jsp?term=Symbian+OS
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mophun
Drivers:
- http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/what-is-driver#1TC=windows-7
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/driver.html
- http://pcsupport.about.com/od/termsag/g/term_driver.htm
- http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/53842/video-driver
- http://compnetworking.about.com/od/networkadapters/g/bldef_nic.htm
Application Software:
- http://linux.about.com/cs/linux101/g/interpretedlang.htm
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2657268/whats-the-difference-between-compiled-and-interpreted-language
Graphics / Sound API:
- http://money.howstuffworks.com/business-communications/how-to-leverage-an-api-for-conferencing1.htm
- https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110622130750AAd3tXH
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX
Television:
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