Introduction of Computers
Introduction of Computers
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Baltazar, Rolando DC. Lava,Pette Zeimon N
Bustos, Matthew M. Llamas,Justine Dale P.
Dela Rezma, Zsarissa P Manansala, Jv Angelo M
Fabian,Dustin L Manansala,Kyle Gabriel L
from user. It gives results, it can manner each numerical and non-
numerical calculation.
In a computer system, the input devices are hardware peripherals that are used for
communication between humans and computers. Input devices send signal to the computer as
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The System Unit or Processing device is the metal and plastic box that contains the most components of the
computer, counting the motherboard, memories, central processing unit (CPU), on/off button, and power supply. When
you think, you employ your brain. In the same way; system unit has the CPU as the main brain of the processing
device. It tells the other parts of the computer what to do. It is the controlling portion of a computer that controls all the
An output device may be a portion of a total computer hardware that receives data and signals
from a system unit and after that translates that information into another form. That form as output may
also be data or signals like sound, video, character writings, or paper difficult copy printed as archive. The
difference between an output device and an input device is that an input gadget sends information into the
computer, while an output gadget gets information and signals from the system unit.
SPEAKERS/HEADPHONES PROJECTOR
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STORAGE DEVICES
The storage devices used in computers are special gadgets made of
special materials. A few are made of special mechanical devices that are
coupled with magnetic materials. Numerous a long time ago, data was
stored in papers and cardboards. These days, most capacity devices are
made of special semiconductor materials utilizing special and advanced
physics technology. Both of the mechanical and semiconductor sorts of
capacity materials utilized these progressed innovations to store
information and computerized signals.
The hard disk is a portion of a computer which is used for storing data. Storing data gadgets are
called storage devices. These medium of storage are semimagnetic disks that are called platter. They
offer assistance in storing any work done on a computer permanently. Inside the system unit may be a
difficult disk that's made up of one or more metallic disks. It stores a large amount of information.
FLOPPY DISKS
A floppy disk stores little amounts of information.The floppy drive is fixed in the system unit. It
is also made of magnetic devices formed in a thin film type disk-shaped inside the disk cartridge.
Currently, floppy disks are not used anymore since of its small storage capacity
A Compact Disk or CD stores numerous times more data than a floppy disk. It is made using glass
and laser innovation. Information are stored using advanced light innovation and light beam pointed
into the glass disk by mechanical precision accomplishing tall information capacity capacity. This
compact disk works when it is embedded into the CD drive wherein a laser peruser and sensor examined
the data force from the compact disks. The CD drive is settled within the CPU. Take note that compact
disk may be a light touchy capacity gadget and improper handling of it may result within the misfortune
of information put away.
FLASH DRIVE
A USB Flash Drive (Universal Serial Bus) is a portable storage device, small and
can hold about 2 billion characters. Flash drive is also called thumb drive.
RAM
A Ram (Random Access Memory) is the internal, physical memory hardware device installed
within the motherboard of the system unit. This capacity device makes a difference the central processing
unit (CPU) within the execution of the operating system (OS), application programs and other
information application. Just like the streak drive, RAMs are made of special semiconductor materials
that stores electrical signals as digital information. Arbitrary Get to Memory is a unstable memory fabric
Software;
Hardware
the screen, the mouse and the central preparing unit. In any case,
MOTHERBOARD
FORM FACTOR
EXAMPLE:
specifications of the two connectors are different and it may cause harm
motherboard that was made for a distinctive era of memory. Since the
In addition to the different eras, there are different sizes and shapes of memory for different sorts of
hardware. Servers, desktop computers, laptop computers, notebook computers, and mobile phones all utilize
different memory form factors. These form factors have both physically distinctive sizes and distinctive
Motherboard form factors are designed for the size of the hardware
unit and the number and kind of cards, drives, processors, and
Software
(working framework + CPU) that they are based on. For example, a
hardware which can as it were perform mechanical tasks that they are
planned for. Program gives the implies for finishing numerous different
Application software
processing, web browsing and almost any other task for which you
Are the combination of software and hardware that are gadgets that work
that the user does not have to be manually install drivers for the device
or indeed tell the computer that a unused gadget has been included.
drivers for the hardware in case required, and starts to work with the
computer, it'll start to work inside many seconds of being plugged in. A
would work.
Webcam.
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Inputting
Processing Unit
The task of performing calculations and comparisons are known as processing. The unit in
Computer System that's responsible for processing is ALU (Arithmetic and Coherent
Unit). ALU is the put where the actual execution of the instructions takes place during the
processing operations. All calculations & comparisons are made within the ALU. The
information and instructions stored within the essential storage are transferred to it as
when required. ALU may deliver Intermediate results and keep it within the memory,
which is additionally moved back to the ALU for the final processing. After completion of
processing, the ultimate comes about are sent to storage units from ALU
OUTPUTTING
This unit takes care of getting processed information from the processing unit and presents
it to the client in a suitable form. A computer produces results in binary form, and the
output unit does decoding to create it usable to the clients. The gadgets that can output
information from a computer are known as output unit devices. Monitors, Speakers,
Projectors are soft output devices, though printers, plotters produce difficult copy output.
Soft copy output is something that's temporary or is accessible as it were as long as the
output device is turned on. Opposite to these are hard copy output, which is changeless.
The printout in a paper isn't misplaced since the printer is turned off
STORING
Before the actual processing begin, data & instructions entered to the computer must be
stored some place interior the computer. Essentially, results produced by the computer are
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required to be held before it is passed to the output unit. The intermediate item made by
the computer must too be stored for further processing. In this way the importance of
storage units in a computer system is vital. Based on whether the capacity device is inside
the most machine or not, it can be internal or external storage. So also, looking at whether
the storage device works near with CPU or works as backup media, they can be essential
storage or secondary storage. Primary storage is also called primary memory. Secondary
storage is known by other names such as backup storage or secondary memory. For
capacity purposes, a computer system may have different gadgets such as registers, cache,
RAM/ROM, streak, attractive disks, optical disks, etc.
CONTROLLING
ALU measurements does not know what should be done with the data; moreover, the
output unit does not know when the result should be shown. By selecting, interning, and
seeing to the execution of the program, the CU can maintain arrange and direct the
operations of the whole system. CU doesn't perform any actual processing on data,
however it is known as a central nervous system for the comforts of the computer. It
manages and arranges the whole system.
preparing it for input. The collection process is the first step that provides the
data. Collecting data is hard work on its own, but it is the most essential on
which the results depend. The quality of input will determine the quality of
secondary sources. This data might include census data, GDP or other
monetary figures, data about several industries, the profit of a company, etc.
Depending upon the data requirement, its source must be identified from
This is the feeding of raw and filtered data for processing. If the inputs
are not given correctly or entered wrong, the output will be directly affected.
Output
Processing
data is one who gives information to the user and can be put to use. The raw
data cannot be understood and thus needs processing, which is done in this
step.1d Processing of data may take time depending on processing power, the
complexity of the data, computer systems, and the volume of input data. The
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Computers are today applied in all the aspects of education, finance, government, health
care, science, publishing, travel, and manufacturing;
Education- computer helps many different people during the beginning of class. Students may
use it in their researches and the teachers can use it in teaching the students in Synchronous
Learning and long distance teaching using communication through Google apps that help to be
connected from one to another.
Researches
Ex. Meetings
Governments- this is the most important use of computer because it can modify the most of
works in government, departments and establishments.
*Email Functions for distributing payments. State and Federals use computer to distribute taxes
and payments to people
*Record Keeping
Health Care- It uses in many different hospitals and Health care center. Especially now that
we’re in pandemic. Computers is the most used device/machine for identifying information and
researching.
* Inventory Management
* Surgical procedure
* Data analysis
Science
Information examination . Computers utilized in logical inquire about have the capacity to analyze
information in ways and at speeds not conceivable with the human eye. They are able to analyze rates of
materials display in a assortment of compounds from soil tests to chemicals and even the air you breathe.
Example:
AIR TESTING.
Publishing
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any unused advancements.
the perspectives of fabricating operations counting, arranging, control,
scheduling, planning, dissemination, preparing, promoting, production
Below is a list of the main advantages and benefits you'll get and society gets
from using a computer.
2. Access to internet connection and web activities. – Modern use of gadgets like
computers can give users such as students an access for using internet connections to
reach different websites for gaining different information.
4. Enhance and innovate skills – innovation and changes occurs through time,
through the use of computer, people can learn and skills such as typing skills, document
creation through words, excel, etc. video editing, etc. essential for future use.
Below is a list of the main disadvantages and benefits you'll get and society gets
from using a computer.
1.Lack of mobility that may lead to unhealthy body – lack of exercise of body
movement due to excessive usage of computer in a day may lead to having an unhealthy
life style and sometimes may develop obesity.
3.Unsecured Data Privacy – using different sites when using sites may lead to
unauthorized data capture. Other unknown person may copy of share information that
may lead to fraudulence and identity theft.
storage-The computer utilized, a CompuStar microcomputer", contains 64K (64,000 bytes) of memory
and two double-sided, double-density 5lA" floppy disk drives with 350K of capacity per disk, at- tached
to a settled disk drive with 10 megabytes (10,000,000 bytes) of stor- age.
• Desktop computers – A case put beneath or on a work area. The show may be discretionary,
depending on use. The case estimate may shift, depending on the specified development spaces.
Exceptionally little computers of this kind may be coordinates into the monitor.
• Rackmount computers – The cases of these computers fit into 19-inch racks, and possibly space-
optimized and exceptionally level. A committed show, console, and mouse may not exist, but a KVM
switch or built-in farther control (by means of LAN or other implies) can be utilized to pick up support
access.
• Laptop Computers and scratch pad computers – Versatile and all in one case
.• Tablet computer – Like portable workstations, but with a touch-screen, totally supplanting the
physical keyboard.
• Smartphones, smartbooks, and Palmtop computers – Little handheld individual computers with
restricted equipment specifications.
.• Video diversion supports – Settled computers built particularly for amusement purposes.
• Handheld amusement comforts – The same as amusement supports, but little and portable.
mainframe computer
The term centralized server computer was made to recognize the conventional, huge,
organization computer planning to benefit numerous clients from the littler, single-user machines. These
computers are able of dealing with and handling exceptionally huge sums of information rapidly.
Centralized computer computers are utilized in expansive teach such as government, banks, and
expansive organizations. They are measured in MIPS (million enlightening per moment) and can react to
hundreds of millions of clients at a time. mainframes can reportedly handle as many as 1.1 million
transactions per second.
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During their largest period, in terms of physical size, a typical mainframe occupied 2,000 to 10,000
square feet (600 to 3000 square meters).
uses---Supercomputers play an imperative part within the field of computational science, and are
utilized for a wide extend of computationally seriously errands in different areas, counting quantum
mechanics, climate estimating, climate investigate, oil and gas investigation, atomic modeling
(computing the structures and properties of chemical compounds, organic macromolecules, polymers,
and precious stones), and physical recreations (such as recreations of the early minutes of the universe,
plane and shuttle streamlined features, the explosion of atomic weapons, and atomic combination).
They have been fundamental within the field of cryptanalysis.
size---200 to 300 gigabytes In differentiate, a supercomputer contains a capacity of 200 to 300 gigabytes
or more. Another useful comparison between supercomputers and individual computers is within the
number of processors in each machine. A processor is the circuitry mindful for dealing with the
enlightening that drive a computer.
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