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MEANING OF COMPUTER

Definition of computer
Computer an electronic device.
For storing and processing data
Typically in binary from according
To instruction given to it in a
Variable program .
Computer have two part
Computer hardware

Computer software
What is computer hardware

computer hardware is physical
Part of the computer the system the machinery
And equipment.


Part of the computer you can
See.
EXAMPLE OF HARDWARE
monitor:- T.V like screen used to
show pictures.


C.P.U:- central processing unit this is
he where most of the computer
calculation take place in terms of computing
power the c.p.u is the most important element of the
computing system.

keyboard:- this device is used
to type information into the computer
and contains the number 0-9
What is software
software
Software is set program (which are step by step
instruction ). Telling the computer how to process
data
Software need to be installed on a computer usally
from a CD
EXAMPLE:-
1) Microsoft word-word processing program.
2) Microsoft power-point presentation program
3) Microsoft excel-work book program used to
take , calculate, and analyze numeric data

1) System SW
2) Application SW
System software

It controls the overall operation of the system
It is stored in the computers memory and
instruct the computer to load store, and
execute an, application .
Example:-
Operation system (OS) translators (DOS),
window, Unix etc
Application of software

Consists of programs designed to make user more
productivity and or assist them with personal tasks a.
widely used type of application software related to
communication is web browser, which allows. User
which allows user with an internet connection to access
and view web page or access program. Other popular
application software include world processing software,
spreadsheet software database software and
presentation software account many other type
application software exist that type of application enable
user to perform a verity of tasks. There include personal
information management, note taking, project
management ,accounting document computer aided
designed, desktop publishing point ,image editing
,photo editing audio and video editing multimedia
authoring web page authoring finance etc.
Relationship between hard ware and
software
To produce useful output on a computer, the
hardware and software must work together. So
there is a special relationship between hardware
Software. Both are complementary to each other.
useful can be done computer to each. Useful
can be done with the computer hardware on its
own and software cannot be utilize without
hardware.

software
OS hardware
Advantage of computer
Benefits from using computer are possible because computer have
the advantage of reliability, consistency, storage and communication
Speed : when data instruction, and information flow ,along
electronic circuits in a computer, they travel at incredible fast
speed. Many computer process. Billons or trillions of operations in a
single second processing. Billion or trillions, of operation
computing.
Example : adding , sorting , organizing , display , image ,recoding ,
audio , play music etc.
Reliability: the electronic components in modern computer are
dependable and reliable because the rely break or fail .
Consistency: given the same input and processes a computer will
produce the same result- consistently a computing phrase known as
garbage result in out point out that accuracy of a computer out
put depend on the accuracy of the input
Example: if you do not use the flash an a digital camera when dons,
the resulting pictures that are displaced.
Storage; a computer can transfer data, quickly from storage or

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