(4.1) IFS H/W Infrastructure

This image displays information being translated into the binary code, which is what the language a computer understands. This allows the computer to store and manipulate aswell as understand the information.

Computers must have a Central Processing Unit, which is known as the computer's brain. The CPU has two components which are the Control Unit and Arithmetic Logic Unit. The Control Unit manipulates and interprets data using transistors while the Arithmetic Logic Unit performs all logical and mathematical operations. Information is entered into a computer using Input Technologies. When this information is entered, different Processing Technologies transform the information into machine language, or the binary code, allowing for the computer to understand the information. Machine Language is also known as the American Standard Code for Information Interchance, which is also known as the ASCII.

The Machine Language is shown through Binary Code, which are a series of multipul 0's and 1's. This mathematical sequence of 1's and 0's represent on/off expression of commands for the flow of electric current that the CPU receives. In the current, a 1 represents an electric current and a 0 represents no electric flow. Each individual 1 and 0 that makes up each specific code are called bits. This is where eight bits equal one byte.