BASICS OF COMPUTER
BASICS OF COMPUTER C ommonly O perated M achine P articularly U sed for T rade E ducational and R esearch. Definition : Computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming. Modern computers have the ability to follow generalized sets of operations, called programs. These programs enable computers to perform an extremely wide range of tasks . ( Or) It is an electronic device that receives input, stores or processes the input as per user instructions and provides output in desired format. Input-Process-Output Model : Computer input is called data and the output obtained after processing it, based on user’s instructions is called information . Raw facts and figures which can be processed using arithmetic and logical operations to obtain information are called data . Characteristics of Compute