Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha Ref Page Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers Slide 1/17 Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha Learning Objectives Learning In this chapter you will learn about: § Computer § Data processing § Characteristic features of computers § Computers’ evolution to their present form § Computer generations § Characteristic features
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We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in business‚ hospitals‚ crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they be used for in the future? Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their benefits? In the last two decades cybernetics have experienced a major breakthrough .This led to the utilization of computers in nearly all parts of our daily life‚ from personal computers to the ones performing complicated surgeries
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Etymology The first recorded use of the word “computer” was in 1613 in a book called “The yong mans gleanings” by English writer Richard Braithwait I haue read the truest computer of Times‚ and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed‚ and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number. It referred to a person who carried out calculations‚ or computations‚ and the word continued with the same meaning until the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century the word began to take on its
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Education by Computers – a Better Way? This study examines the role of computers in education in order to show their importance in it and accordingly the reasons. The aim of the researcher is to show an irrefutable irreplaceability of computers in the educational industry‚ inclosing some notable facts and investigations. The researcher also provides some key advantages of the education by computers‚ comparing a traditional method of study with a study via computers. Computers are the future
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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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Computers in Education By Carla Cooper and Evelia Ramirez December 2006‚ University of California at Berkeley www.consttutioncenter.org “Today‚ education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities‚ even service in the armed
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day and left for work. On his way to work Mike thought about the way the council members would vote. The reporter shocked him when she said‚ “Last night‚ animal control workers spent more than three hours removing animal remains from a fire at The Lazy Horn Trailer Park. Twelve cats‚ fourteen dogs along with six bunny rabbits and the owner died when the fire destroyed the trailer in less than forty minutes.” Turning off the radio off when he went around a curve‚ but Mike failed to see the box lying
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------------------------------------------------- Computer From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Computer (disambiguation). "Computer system" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Computer system (disambiguation). "Computer technology" redirects here. For the company‚ see Computer Technology Limited. Computer | | A computer is a general purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed‚ the computer can solve
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ESSAY PORTFOLIO Is the Internet making us less intelligent? Essay Plan In my essay I wish to argue that the Internet is not making us less intelligent‚ but that it has provided a whole new dimension to the way we interact‚ communicate‚ think‚ create‚ share and exist. The accessibility of the Internet provides a magnitude of knowledge and information in real time that could have never have been accessed
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Master Akinyemi Akintunde (A.K.A LAGBE) Computer package Hand Hand- Book powered by www.lagbeglobal.net What is a Computer? A computer is a programmable machine. The two principal characteristics of a principal computer are: it responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner defined and it can execute a prerecorded list of instructions (a program). Modern Computers Defined Modern computers are electronic and digital. The actual machinery -- wires‚ transistors
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