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A computer is a machine that carries out arithmetic and logical operations. Computers have two main components - hardware and software. Computers are hugely popular because of their high processing speed and computational abilities.

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Computer

A computer is a machine that carries out arithmetic and logical operations. Computers have two main components - hardware and software. Computers are hugely popular because of their high processing speed and computational abilities.

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Computer

1. A computer is a machine that carries out arithmetic and logical operations.


2. A computer has two main components - hardware and software.
3. Internet runs on computers, connecting billions of computers the world over.
4. A computer takes command input, processes it as per the command and provides the
output.
5. The concept of programmable computer was first invented by Charles Babbage.
6. Computers are hugely popular because of their high processing speed and computational
abilities.
7. Today, computers are used in almost everywhere-
offices, hospitals, stations, schools etc.
8. Most powerful computers of today are called
supercomputers.
9. Central Processing Unit and Random-Access
Memory of a computer are Integrated Circuits.
10. Today, only 10% of world’s currency is physical,
rest all exists on computers.
11. Heaviest desktop computer ever made was IBM
5120 from 1980.
12. There is also a computer in our smart phones, which
is much cheaper and smarter than before.
13. No human has won a chess game against a high specification computer since 2005.
14. A video game named DOOM was the first most installed software in the computers.
15. Computers have got fans to keep them from overheating while working.
16. Apple’s first computer, Apple I was first on sale in 1976.
17. The very first basic computer was Abacus invented in 500 B.C. in Babylon.
18. Hard disks of computer are very sensitive to vibrations.
19. Computers today have become essential components in all scientific equipment’s.
20. Computers are widely used for weather forecasting and medical equipment’s.

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