General Computer Questions [pic] General Computer Question 1: What is a computer? Answer: A common‚ somewhat simplified‚ definition is that the computer is an electronic device that can be used to process information. Today‚ computers are not only used for calculations‚ but also for creating and manipulating text and pictures. They are used to design bridges and spacecraft‚ to record a company’s sales and to keep track of customers‚ to create a school newspaper‚ or to estimate the cost
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Week Five Discussion | This Discussion will give you the opportunity to calculate or identify the three measures of central tendency. You will be asked to select an appropriate real life situation in which one measure would be more appropriate than the other two measures of center. 1. Select a topic of interest to you and record the topic in your posting‚ for example: “What is the average number of hours people watch TV every week?” Make sure the question you ask will be answered with a number
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Final Exam Review Questions You should work each of the following on your own‚ then review the solutions guide. DO NOT look at the solutions guide first. 1. Explain the difference between a population and a sample. In which of these is it important to distinguish between the two in order to use the correct formula? mean; median; mode; range; quartiles; variance; standard deviation. 2. The following numbers represent the weights in pounds of six 7year old children in Mrs. Jones’ 2nd grade class. {25
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Gulf Real Estate Properties Gulf Real Estate Properties‚ Inc.‚ is a real estate firm located in southwest Florida. The company‚ which advertises itself as “expert in the real estate market‚” monitors condominium sales by collecting data on location‚ list price‚ sale price‚ and number of days it takes to sell each unit. Each condominium is classified as Gulf View if it is located directly on the Gulf of Mexico or No Gulf View if it is located on the bay or a golf course‚ near but not on the Gulf
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Fractions are ways to represent parts of a whole. Common fractions are ½ and ¾. These are proper or regular fractions. Some fractions are called mixed numbers. These are represented by a whole number with a fraction (proper fraction). 1 ½ and 2 ¾ are good examples. An improper fraction has a larger number on the top than on the bottom‚ such as 9/8. I will explain how to convert these fractions to decimals. I will show you how to change an improper fraction to a mixed number. Operations (addition
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Would you use this web page when writing a term paper about the history of computers? A Brief History of Computer Technology A complete history of computing would include a multitude of diverse devices such as the ancient Chinese abacus‚ the Jacquard loom (1805) and Charles Babbage’s ``analytical engine’’ (1834). It would also include discussion of mechanical‚ analog and digital computing architectures. As late as the 1960s‚ mechanical devices‚ such as the Marchant calculator‚ still found
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A computer is a general purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of arithmetic or logical operations automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed‚ the computer can solve more than one kind of problem. Ads by Plus-HD-V1.5c×Conventionally‚ a computer consists of at least one processing element‚ typically a central processing unit (CPU)‚ and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations‚ and a sequencing and control
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Grade I MTAP Math Challenge Questions and Reviewer I Math Challenge Grade I Score: __________ Name: ______________________________ School: ___________________________ __________1. Joe found out he can do 6 problems in 15 minutes. About how long will it take Joe finish 18 problems? __________2. Manie found out he can do 5 problems in 23 minutes. About how long will it take Manie finish 20 problems? __________3. Ann took 55 minutes to do her assignment. Rosa took 12 minutes less than
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Unit – Rates‚ Ratios‚ Proportions Rates A car travelled 348 km in 4 hours .Write the unit rate that describes how fast the car was going. 348 4 4 4 87 1 The car travelled 87 km per hour. Ratios A ratio is comparison of measured
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Function of digital computer A typical digital computer system has four basic functional elements: (1) input-output equipment. (2) main memory. (3) control unit. (4) arithmetic-logic unit. Any of a number of devices is used to enter data and program instructions into a computer and to gain access to the results of the processing operation. Common input devices include keyboards and optical scanners; output devices include printers and cathode-ray tube and liquid-crystal display monitors
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