INTRO TO COMPUTER
What is a Computer ?
A computer is an electronic
device or machine which accepts
data as input, stores data,
transmit and manipulated
i n f o r m a ti o n a n d g e n e r a t e t h e
meaningful output result in our
desired format.
In other word, It is an
electronic, electrical, digital
high speed data processing
machine.
C h a r a c t e r i s ti c s o f c o m p u t e r
The major c h a r a c t e r i s ti c s of
computer which made them so powerful
and useful are :-
1. Speed : Computer works at an
incredible speed. The speed of the
computer is measured in terms of
millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond
or picoseconds. i.e one thousand, one
million, one billion and one trillion of
a s e c o n d , r e s p e c ti v e l y t h e c o m p u t e r ,
which you are presently working on
w o u l d b e p r o c e s s i n g i n f o r m a ti o n a t t h e
speed of a couple of a MIPS (Million
I n s t r u c ti o n P e r S e c o n d ) .
2. Storage To d a y ’ s
computer can storage huge
amount of data. Once record a
p i e c e o f i n f o r m a ti o n i s n e v e r
f o r g o tt e n ( u n l e s s a n y p r o b l e m
t a k e p l a c e ) a n d a n y i n f o r m a ti o n
c a n b e r e t r i e v e d a n y ti m e . To
give an idea storage capacity a
single CD ROM can contain the
e n ti r e e n c y c l o p e d i a B r i t a n n i c a
and more.
3. A c c u r a c y I n a d d i ti o n t o
being fast computer is also
accurate. However faulty
i n s t r u c ti o n s a r e p r o v i d e d f o r
processing the data, obviously
faulty answer will be given.
This is called GIGO (Garbage In
and Garbage Out).
4. V e r s a ti l i t y C o m p u t e r h a s
capability to performing almost
any task. Provided that the task
can be reduced to sense of
logical steps.
5. A u t o m a ti o n Once a
programme is in the computer
m e m o r y, the individual
i n s t r u c ti o n s a r e t h e n t r a n s f e r r e d
o n e a ft e r a n o t h e r t o t h e c e n t r a l
u n i t f o r e x e c u ti o n .
6. Diligence Being a machine a
c o m p u t e r d o e s n o t s u ff e r f r o m
t h e h u m a n t r a i t s o f ti r e d n e s s a n d
l a c k o f c o n c e n t r a ti o n t h e y c a n b e
p e r f o r m e n d l e s s f u n c ti o n w i t h o u t
g e tti n g b o r e a n d c l a s p i n g b y
o v e r fl o w o f m e m o r y .
7. Reliability of faithfulness
Computer 100% reliable and
f a i t h f u l s e r v a n t s o f h u m a n i t y.
D O U B T A N D C L A R I F I C AT I O N
CONCLUSION