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Main Components of a Computer System
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- 1What are the 4 main Hardware components?Input Devices
Central processing Unit
Backing storage
Output devices - 2What is Software?The term used to describe the programs that allow the hardware to perform tasks.
- 3What is Hardware?The term used to describe the parts of a computer that can be touched and handled.
- 4How fast is the typical computer ?A typical computer can perform over one million calculations per second.
- 5What does GIGO stand forGarbage In, Garbage Out
- 6Name the 5 types of a computer systemMicrocomputers
Mainframe computers Mini computers
Portable data entry terminals
Embedded computers - 7What does the Central Processing Unit (CPU) doThe Central Processing Unit processes the raw data and turns it into information.
- 8What are the 5 different ways of processing dataCalculating
Sorting
Searching
Storing
Drawing - 9The three main elements in a CPUThe control unit,
The arithmetic and logic unit,
The immediate access store
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