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COMP 110
Computer Basics
Luv Kohli
August 25, 2008
MWF 2-2:50 pm
Sitterson 014
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Announcements
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jGRASP
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Office Hours
◦ Link to survey on web site
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Honor Code document
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Questions?
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Today in COMP 110
Hardware and Memory
 Programs and Compiling
 Your first program
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Before Programming
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Need to know basics of a
computer
◦ If you drive a car you should
know it runs on gasoline
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What’s in the box?
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Hardware vs. Software
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Hardware - physical machine
◦ CPU, Memory
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Software - programs that give instructions
to the computer
◦ Windows XP, Games, jGRASP
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Hardware
An aside: there is a computer museum in
the first floor lobby of Sitterson Hall
Hardware
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CPU (Central Processing Unit) - the
“Brain”
◦ Executes your instructions
◦ GHz - number of instructions per second, how
fast is the computer
◦ Dual Core - multiple processing units per CPU,
multiple brains
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Memory
Holds data for the computer
 How much the “Brain” can remember
 Main Memory
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◦ Memory computer uses for intermediate
calculations (program you are running)
◦ Expensive
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Auxiliary Memory (Secondary Memory)
◦ Disk drives, CDs, Flash drives
◦ Cheap
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RAM (random access memory)
Your main memory
 Random access?
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◦ Fast access
◦ Access any location in memory in constant
time
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Measuring memory
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2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM
◦ Bytes - measurement of memory
◦ Megabyte (MB) = 1 million (106) bytes (or
1,048,576 = 220 bytes)
◦ Gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion (109) bytes (or
1,073,741,824 = 230 bytes)
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What is a byte?
1 byte = 8 bits (thanks to Dr. Brooks)
 Bit = 0 or 1 (off or on)
 Language of the computer is bits
 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 - 1 byte of 8 bits
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Characters, numbers, encoded as series of bits
– a byte:
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◦
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0:
A:
a:
00110000
01000001
01100001
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Program
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Set of instructions for a CPU to follow
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You will be writing programs
◦ We will look at one soon
public class Hello
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
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Programming Languages
Your Program
High-level language
(human readable)
Compiler
Machine Language (Bits)
Low-level language
(computer readable)
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Java
Object-oriented programming (OOP)
language
 Based on the world
around us
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Objects, Methods, and Classes (oh my!)
Object – program construction that has data
and methods
 Methods – actions performed by objects
 Class – a type of object (e.g. Vehicle, Television)
– objects in same class have same kinds of data
and methods
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Data
Methods
Class: Car
Object: myCar
Make
Honda
Model
Civic
Accelerate()
Accelerate
Brake()
Decelerate
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Java: three main design principles
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Encapsulation
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Polymorphism
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Inheritance
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Encapsulation
Information hiding
 Packaging things up, only part of what is
going on is visible
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◦ myCar.accelerate()
◦ yourCar.accelerate()
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Just call these methods, the car will
execute them
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Polymorphism
“Many forms”
 One method call can cause different
actions in different contexts
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◦ Class Airplane
 Object: myAirplane.accelerateToMaxSpeed()
 550mph
◦ Class Car
 Object: myCar.accelerateToMaxSpeed()
 100mph
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Inheritance
Way of organizing classes
 At each level, classification becomes more
specific
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Vehicle
Automobile
Family car
Sports car
Bus
School Bus
Luxury Bus
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Sample Java Program (section 1.3)
import java.util.*;
public class FirstProgram
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello out there.");
System.out.println("I will add two numbers for you.");
System.out.println("Enter two whole numbers on a line:");
int n1, n2;
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
n1 = keyboard.nextInt();
n2 = keyboard.nextInt();
System.out.println("The sum of those two numbers is");
System.out.println(n1 + n2);
}
}
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java.util Package
import java.util.*;
 Package = library of classes (standard programs)
 Different libraries have different classes and
functions
◦ Physics library = Newtonian Physics
◦ java.util.* = Java utility classes, used for many things
including reading data from keyboard
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Begin the program
public class FirstProgram
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
 Begin a program named FirstProgram
 Program names should make sense
 A program is also a class in Java
◦ A program class has a unique method ‘main’
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Output to screen
System.out.println("Hello out there.");
System.out.println("I will add two numbers for you.");
System.out.println("Enter two whole numbers on a line:");
 Write what is in quotes to screen
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Invoke methods on objects
Method
myCar.start();
Object
airplane.land();
Arguments
System.out.println(“Hi”);
Invoke Method
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Variable
int n1, n2;
Variable - store piece of data
 n1 - store integer
 n2 - store integer
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Create Scanner Object
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
Class
Object
Not always
System.in
Create object or instance (keyboard) of Scanner
class
Car myCar = new Car();
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Call method on object
Object
Method
n1 = keyboard.nextInt();
Invoke/Call
Read an integer from the
keyboard and store it in n1
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Output to screen
System.out.println("The sum of those two numbers is");
System.out.println(n1 + n2);
Add n1 and n2
Print the sum to the screen
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Sample Java Program (section 1.3)
import java.util.*;
public class FirstProgram
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello out there.");
System.out.println("I will add two numbers for you.");
System.out.println("Enter two whole numbers on a line:");
int n1, n2;
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
n1 = keyboard.nextInt();
n2 = keyboard.nextInt();
System.out.println("The sum of those two numbers is");
System.out.println(n1 + n2);
}
}
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Wednesday
Designing Programs (Read 1.2)
 If time, start primitive types (start reading
2.1)
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Come to office hours if jGRASP is not
working
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