COMPUTER

SYSTEM – AN

OVERVIEW

A Computer is an electronic device that can perform a variety of operations according to a set of instructions called PROGRAM.

SOME TERMS TO BE KNOWN …

• Hardware - It refers to the physical parts of the computer , the ones that you can touch For e.g. – Keyboard, Mouse etc.

• Software – It refers to the programs that tell the computer what to do. E.g. - games, windows XP

• Data - Unprocessed raw facts and figures are data.• Information – It refers to the processed data that is meaningful .

Functional Components

of a Computer System

FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Functional Components Of Computer System

INPUT - Input simply means to insert something which

can be processed out.

Processing – In this stage your data is being processed.

Output – In this stage you get the required result of your data.

Major Applications Of Computer

• Business•Medicine

•Communications

• Education Purpose

•Manufacturing

•Entertainment

• Government•Military•Music

Strengths of computer

SPEED ACCURACY VERSATILITY

HIGH STORAGE CAPACITY

Weakness Of Computer:

IQ LEVEL ZERO

NO HEURISTICS

LACK OF DECISION MAKING POWER

TYPES OF COMPUTER

SUPERCOMPUTERS

MAINFRA-ME COMPUTER

WORKSTATIONS

LAPTOP

EMBEDDED COMPUTERS

PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTERS

Made By - Anshi Agrawal