HW: Chapter 1
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- Of the types or classes of computers described in Chapter 1 of
Patterson & Hennesey, which have you used, and how?
5 pts
- Choose 3 or 4 of the "great ideas in computer architecture" and
describe how that idea also applies in some other context (i.e.,
beyond computer architecture / operating systems / networking, or
beyond computer science entirely). (Note that not all of the
"great ideas" have obvious analogies in other contexts.)
9 pts
- (If you have used Eclipse:) When you click on "Run" in Eclipse
for a Java program,
what steps are being invoked? (If you have not used Eclipse but
have used BlueJ, answer
the same question for the combination of clicking on "Compile" and
then executing "main" from the main application class.)
3 pts