The Journey Inside Introduction to Computers Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 2 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph‚ watching the video‚ and completing Activity 1. 1. Both a toaster and a computer have physical parts you can touch such
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HISTORY OF COMPUTER Abacus - The First man-made computing device. - It can perform addition and subtraction - invented in China Pascal’s calculating machine/Pascaline - The first mechanical calculator - Invented by Blaise Pascal - Can perform addition & subtraction Leibnitz calculator - First general-purpose calculating machine - Extended version of Pascal Calculating machine - Can perform multiplication and Division - Invented by Gottfried Leibnitz Automatic
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Computer Multimedia Sam Quesinberry Computers have come a long way very fast since there start in the 1940’s. In the beginning they were mainly used for keeping financial records by banks and insurance companies‚ and for mathematical computations by engineers and the U.S. Military. However‚ exciting new applications have developed rapidly in the last few years. Two of these areas is Computer Graphics and sound. Computer graphics is the ability of the computer to display‚ store and transmit
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APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS TO SOCIETY Computers play a great role in the society. Whether at home‚ in school‚ at the mall or in the office‚ computers significantly help in the accomplishment of various tasks. Be it at work or at play‚ computers have undeniably been utilized to perform general or specific activities that enable life to be more convenient and worry-free. Computers in Business In the field of business‚ computers are very useful. They are used in keeping records of daily sales
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Components of a Computer In the realm of modern business‚ computers are essential to success. In this paper‚ I will describe the different hardware (or physical) components of a computer. According to our text “These components include input devices‚ output devices‚ communications devices‚ primary and secondary storage devices‚ and the central processing unit (CPU).” (Stair‚ Reynolds‚ 2003). An input device is any device that transfers information from the outside world to the computer. These can
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Effects of Computer on Society Everyone knows that this is the age of computer and majority of people are using computer. Development of science and technology has direct effect on our daily life as well as in our social life. Computer technology has made communication possible from one part of the world to the other in seconds. They can see the transactions in one part of the world while staying in the other part. Computer development is one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20 the
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Contents PeopleSoft Messaging Server Settings Guide 1 Contents 2 Introduction Introducing the PeopleSoft Messaging Server 3 Messaging Server Processes 4 Configuring Messaging Servers in PSADMIN 4 Understanding Dispatcher Parameters 5 Understanding Handler Parameters 7 Understanding Integration Broker Parameters 8 Minimum and Recommended Values. 9 Edit History 10 Introduction Introducing the PeopleSoft Messaging Server PeopleSoft Messaging Services exist on the application server
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The purpose of this study is to create a computer-aided instruction for the grade seven students of The National Teachers College. This will allow the students to use the computers individually that will provide their lessons and drills. In addition‚ this study aimed to determine the academic performance in the pretest and posttest of students taught in their English subject using CAI and the traditional way of pedagogical method. The primary objective of the study is to ameliorate the competency
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affected by computers that historians refer to the present time as the information age." (Presley‚ 16) Comments like this show how computers have changed how we live‚ work‚ and play. For example‚ combined with the Internet‚ computers have incorporated many forms of communications into a universal one. The computer’s role in the world continues to grow in importance even as we sometimes take it for granted. We must realize how greatly computers have affected our lives. Computers have become such
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13 Prof. Anatoly Sachenko Computer Hardware I. LECTURE OVERVIEW Foundation Concepts: Computer Hardware‚ reviews trends and developments in microcomputer‚ midrange‚ and mainframe computer systems; basic computer system concepts; and the major types of technologies used in peripheral devices for computer input‚ output‚ and storage. Computer Systems – Major types of computer systems are summarized in Figure 13.2. A computer is a system of information processing components that perform
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