Computer & Technology Systems by H Mason

AAALinkedInFacebookTwitterShare ThisRSSReprintsWinIT ResourcesComputing fundamentalsA computer is a device that accepts information(in the form of digitalizeddata) and manipulates it for some result based on a programor sequence of instructions on how the data is to be processed. Complex computers also include the means for storing data (including the program, which is also a form of data) for some necessary duration. A program may be invariable and built into the computer (and called logic circuitry as it is on microprocessors) or different programs may be provided to the computer (loaded into its storage and then started by an administrator or user). Today's computers have both kinds of programming.Most histories of the modern computer begin with the Analytical Engineenvisioned by Charles Babbage following the mathematical ideas of George Boole, the mathematician who first stated the principles of logic inherent in today's digital computer. Babbage's assistant and collaborator, Ada Lovelace, is said to have introduced the ideas of program loops and subroutines and is sometimes considered the first programmer. Apart from mechanical calculators, the first really useable computers began with the vacuum tube, accelerated with the invention of the transistor, which then became embedded in large numbers in integrated circuits, ultimately making possible the relatively low-cost personal computer.Modern computers inherently follow the ideas of the stored program laid out by John von Neumann in 1945. Essentially, the program is read by the computer one instruction at a time, an operation is performed, and the computer then reads in the next instruction, and so on. Recently, computers and programs have been devised that allow multiple programs (and computers) to work on the same problem at the same time in parallel. With the advent of the Internet and higher bandwidthdata transmission, programs and data that are part of the same overall project can be distributed over a network and embody the Sun Microsystems slogan: "The network is the computer."

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what's a compooter

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a combination of hardware that runs an operating system

Computer

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An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.

What is a Computer? A computer is a electronic device for storing and processing data, which can have instructions given to it in a variable program.

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Computer

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An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.

A computer system is a basic, complete and functional computer, including all the hardware and software required to make it functional for a user.It should have the ability to receive user input, process data, and with the processed data, create information for storage and/or output.

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What is a computer?

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A computer is a electrical device that receives/stores information and data

What is a computer?

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A computer is an electronic device which is used for storing and processing data, it is typically in binary form, according to what instruction are given by the user on a variable program.

What is a computer?

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an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program

What is a computer?

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a computer is a something that is capable of receiving information and to process it.

A computer system is a basic, complete and functional computer, including all the hardware and software required to make it functional for a user.It should have the ability to receive user input, process data, and with the processed data, create information for storage and/or output.

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A computer system is something you put all your hardware and software in

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A computer is a electronic device that is designed to work with information.

A computer is a digital device that is made up of hardware and has software on it.

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