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The document provides an overview of computers, detailing their basic operations, important features, and essential components. It explains that computers are electronic devices that process data efficiently and accurately, highlighting their speed, reliability, versatility, and storage capabilities. Additionally, it outlines the main parts of a computer, including the input and output units, which facilitate data entry and result display.

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Computer networking refers to interconnected compu

The document provides an overview of computers, detailing their basic operations, important features, and essential components. It explains that computers are electronic devices that process data efficiently and accurately, highlighting their speed, reliability, versatility, and storage capabilities. Additionally, it outlines the main parts of a computer, including the input and output units, which facilitate data entry and result display.

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Basics of Computer and its

Operation
The Basics of Computer and its Basic Operations is an important topic. Computer is
Electronic Device that receives input from the user, calculates, processes the raw data
into meaningful information and provides the desired results as output. Basically, it
has the capability to transform Data.

Basics of Computer and its Operation


The computer was invented by Charles Babbage. One should wonder how a machine
can perform so many varieties of tasks so efficiently. Let us learn about the basics of a
computer and its operation, features, parts, etc.

Important Features of a Computer


Some basic characteristics of a computer are:

Speed

Computers perform very fast calculations and processing of million instructions and
tasks in a few seconds.

Efficiency

The computers are not only fast but also, the information processed is highly efficient
and accurate.

Reliable

Computers are highly reliable for long working hours and can do heavy amounts of
work for long durations, unlike humans.

Versatile

The variety of tasks that a computer can perform is highly versatile as the functions
and tasks performed can be of a billion types ranging from simple calculations to
highly complicated science researches.

Storage

The amount of data that a computer can store is very vast and also the management
and accessing of data is very organized and efficient. It also avoids the loss of data.

Basic Operations of the Computer


Some of the basic operations done by the computer are:

Accept/Input Data

This refers to collecting the data and instructions being given by the user. It can also
be termed as Data Capturing.

Data Storage

The data is required to be stored at various levels while processing, before processing,
or even after processing to store desired results. This is data storage.

Data Processing

This refers to processing the given data according to the given instructions and
producing the required output.

Displaying the Calculated Results

This refers to producing the output on the output devices once the result is calculated.

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Parts of Computer
To understand the basics of computer er we need to learn about its various parts. A
computer has several components. Let us learn about them one by one. A computer
has basically five parts:

Input Unit

The input unit basically includes the input devices and its operation is to take the
input from the user. The input data is not in machine language. Therefore, the input
unit converts it into the language of the computer (binary code). Some important input
devices are Keyboard, Mouse, Microphone, Scanner, Barcode Reader, Light
Pen, Joystick, etc.

Output Unit
The output unit basically involves the output devices and its operation is to give the
processed information as an output on the computer. The results of processing are
always in binary code. Humans cannot understand this code. Therefore the output unit
converts it into a form that we can understand. Some important output devices
are Monitors (also called Visual Display Unit), Speakers, Printers, etc.

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