By Prof. Manikandan.

R Dept of Computer Application Qaide Milleth College - Chennai

Definition of Computer What does it Do? Computer Hardware Computer Software Computer Input Devices Computer Output Devices Computer Storage Devices Types of Computer Computer Networks

Computer is an programmable electronic machine. An Electronic Device with the ability to:
Accept User data and Instructions. Perform Arithmetic and Logical Operations. Output the Result. Store data and Instructions.

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Computer Hardware Computer Software

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Computer Hardware is the physical part of the computer system, the machinery and equipment. Parts of the computer you can see

Computer Software are programs that tell the computer what to do. Examples Microsoft Word-word processing program Microsoft PowerPoint-presentation program Microsoft Excel-work book program used to track, calculate, and analyze numeric data

Computer Devices that input information in the computer Examples Key Board Mouse Scanner Digital Camera Bar Code Reader Microphone

Computer Devices that output information from the computer. Examples

Monitor Printer Projector Speakers

Storage devices
Used to store data on or access data from storage media

Example
Hard drives DVD / CD disks USB flash drives Floppy Disc, etc.

DVD / CD Disks

Hard Drive

Pen Drive

Floppy Disk

Types of Computers
The categories of computers are:

Personal or microcomputers Desktop Notebook, Laptop, Table PC Hand-help or PDAs Mainframes Supercomputers

Personal computers or Micro Computer are used for general computing tasks.

Micro Computer

Desktop Computer

Laptop Computer

Hand-held computers fit in the palm of your hand and run on batteries. Also PDA Called(Personal Digital Assistant).

Mainframes are used by companies to provide centralized storage, processing, and management for large amounts of data.

Supercomputers are the largest and fastest of computers, and can process an enormous volume of data.

Computer Network
Two or more computers and other devices that are connected, for the purpose of sharing data and programs.

Types of Computer Network

Personal Area Networks (PAN) Local Area Networks (LAN) Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Wide Area Network (WAN)

A Typical PAN

USB

IrDA

Bluetooth Firewire

LAN CONNECTION It connects hundreds of computers, and the distance is up to a few kilometers.

Metropolitan area network (MAN):

It connects thousands of computers in a metropolitan area within a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

Wide area network (WAN):

It connects tens of thousands of computers distributed throughout a country or the world at a typical distance of thousands of kilometers.

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Definition of Computer What does it Do? Computer Hardware Computer Software Computer Input Devices Computer Output Devices Computer Storage Devices Types of Computer Computer Networks

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Sub Date : March 15th