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Chapter 1

Introducing Computer
Systems

McGraw-Hill Technology Education Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Lesson 1A.

Exploring Computers
and Their Uses

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Introduction

The Amazing Computer

WOW!

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Overview: Computers in Our World

“Computers are everywhere”

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The Computer Defined

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History of computers
• Chinese Abacus
• Jacquard loom (1805) and Charles
Babbage’s- Analytical Engine (1834)
• In fact, even by the end of the 1960s, only
analog computers were used for solving
systems having finite difference equations.
• Supercomputers- Large Computation
• Digital Computers- Economics, large scale
computations
1A-6
Generation of Computers
• The mechanical era (1623-1900)
• First generation electronic computers
(1937-1953)
• Second-generation (1954-1962)
• Third generation (1963-1972)
• Fourth generation (1972-1984)
• Fifth generation (1984-1990)
• Sixth generation (1990-till date)
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Computers For Individual Use

• Desktop Computers
• Workstations
• Notebook Computers
• Tablet Computers
• Handheld Computers
• Smart Phones

1A-8
Computers For Organizations

• Network Servers
• Mainframes Computers
• Minicomputers
• Supercomputers

1A-9
Computers in Society
How important are computers to our society?

– “Computers have changed our


world”
– “Computers have changed the way
we do everything”
– The impact of other inventions

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Why Are Computers So Important

• People can list countless reasons


for the importance of computers.

• Information.

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Uses of Computer
1. Computers at Home
2. Computers in Education
3. Computers in Small Business
4. Computers in Industry
5. Computers in Government
6. Computers in Health Care
7. Computers in Banking and Insurance
8. Computers in Communication
9. Computers in Police Department
1A-12 10.Computers in Retail
Lesson 1B

Looking Inside the


Computer System

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Computer System

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The Parts of a Computer Systems

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Information Processing Cycle

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Essential Computer Hardware
1. Processor 2. Memory
3. Input and output 4.Storage

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Software Brings the Machine to life

• System Software
• Application Software

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Computer Data

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Computer Users (The user’s Role)

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“User-less” Computers

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