Chapter 1 - Waves and computing 1) How Waves Take the Universe on a Joy Ride a) Mechanical waves: - b) Transverse waves: Medium: in solid-liquid - c) Longitudinal waves. Medium: in solid-liquid-gas d) Wavelength and Amplitude, e) Frequency, Energy 1) Electromagnetic waves, Medium: vacuum, Electric and Magnetic Field 2) How Electromagnetism Is the Ghost in the Machine a) Nucleus, electron clouds, proton. neutron b) Conductive material, non-conductive material: insulators - semi conductive: silicon c) Generators - d) Alternate current e) Voltage - Amperage - Resistance Chapter 2- 3) How Computers Remember a) Binary code b) 64 bits for the current processor c) Boolean logic/ Logic gate 4) Writing Data to RAM: Random Access Memory a) Operating System b) Address Line c) Data line d) Capacitor e) Microchip: transistor / pass electricity (Ibit) not allowed (Obit) f) DRD RAM/ SDRAM 5) Reading Data from RAM a) Operating System b) Address Line c) Data line d) Capacitor e) Microchip: transistor / pass electricity (Ibit) not allowed (Obit)