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What Is Computer ?
A computer is a essentially a machine that can store large
amounts of data and process this data whenever needed. Processing
means operations like calculations, logical decision making,
outputting data, communicating with others computer etc.

Some essential abilities of a computer are as follows :

# Very high speeds.
# Excellent accuracy
# Flexibility of operations
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It is electronic data processing machine that accept
data ,process it according to the provided set of
instructions and produce the desired out put.
Any computer has four functions.
1.Accepting the data and instructions as input
2.Storing data /obtaining when required
3.Process the data as per instructions
4. Communicating information
Qualities like Speed ,Storage/Reuse of information, Consistency
, Auto-
Auto-operation, Accuracy
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1. Keyboard 1. Operating System Software

2. Mouse ÷ 2. Application Software
3. Internet Browser Software
3. Monitor÷÷
Monitor
4. Printer
5. Speakers/headphones/mi
crophones
crophones
£. Central Processing Unit
7. Disk Drives
Drives
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 alassification Of aomputer
_ Personal computer : A small, single- single-user computer
based on a microprocessor
microprocessor.. In addition to the
microprocessor, a personal computer has a keyboard for
entering data, a monitor for displaying information, and
a storage device for saving data
data..
_ Workstation : A powerful, single single--user computer
computer.. A
workstation is like a personal computer, but it has a
more powerful microprocessor and a higher higher--quality
monitor..
monitor
_ Minicomputer : A multi multi--user computer capable of
supporting from 10 to hundreds of users simultaneously
simultaneously..
_ Mainframe : A powerful multi
multi--user computer capable of
supporting many hundreds or thousands of users
simultaneously..
simultaneously
_ Supercomputer : An extremely fast computer that can
perform hundreds of millions of instructions per second.
second.
 2 at is Software ?
Every Computer needs instructions from the user for executing
different tasks. A set of such logically ordered instructions given
to a computer to performs a tasks or solve a problem is call a
program.
A set of one or more programs is called software

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— Windows = Desk Operating System software
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Word Processing DMICROSOFT WORD´

Words Program; used for letters; reports, tables , (*.DOC)
etc.
Spreadsheet DMICROSOFT EXCEL´
rumbers Program; used for payroll; budgets; (*.XLS)
financial statements, etc.
Database DMICROSOFT ACCESS´
Records Program; used for employee, customer or ( *.MDB)
inventory records, etc.
Desktop Publishing DMICROSOFT
Publishing Program; used for brochures; flyers; PUBLISHER´ ( *.PUB)
newsletters, posters, etc.
Presentation DMICROSOFT
Slides Program; used for speeches POWERPOIrT´ (*.PPT)
Web Site Design & Management DMICROSOFT
Web Program; used for designing & managing web FROrTPAGE´
sites (no extension)
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Commercial Application : Pay roll, Invoice,Market
research, Personal record.
Customer service:
service: Electric bill,railway, airlines,
banking service.
Education:: Result processing, class note, teaching,
Education
online examination.
Government:: Planning,budgeting, records day to
Government
day dealing
Textile/Industries/Engineering : Designing,
drafting, machine handling
Research : Review, Planning analysis of results.
Transport:: Traffic control and booking
Transport
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Local Area retworks : retwork of interconnected
computer in a single room, rooms wit in same
building wit t e same premise.
premise.
Wide Area retworks : It is computer networking
spanning a regional, national or geograp ical
area.. 2 en many networks in t e world
area
connected to eac ot er by Optical Fiber aables ,
telep one lines or satellite t en it is known as
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_ It is windows to global information.
information. T e global
interconnected networks use Ta  I
protocols.. It is known as networks , in w ic
protocols
t e networks  computers operating in different
environment are knitted to t e internet by a
communication protocol ( Ta  I  , to
provide t e various application services i.e.
E-Mail , Usenet ( rews  , 222, Telnet,
FT, etc
etc..
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