Chapter 1 - Introduction PDF
Chapter 1 - Introduction PDF
LEARNING OUTCOME
Student is able to:
• understand and describe the history of a computer, the
components of a computer and the applications of
CHAPTER 1 computer in various field(P1, A2)
Introduction to Computers • discover the relations amongst the components of a
computer(C3)
Input
Processor
Output
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Embedded Computers
Supercomputers
Handheld Computer
keyboard
Stylus
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Mainframes Supercomputer
• Large, expensive, powerful computer – handle • Fastest, most powerful computer, most
hundreds or thousands of connected users expensive
simultaneously.
• Store huge amount of data, instructions and • Use for – application- complex, sophisticated
information. mathematical calculations
• Can act as server • Large scale simulations and applications in
• People can access programs on the mainframe medicine, aerospace, automotive design, online
using terminal / personal computer
banking, weather forecasting,
nuclear energy research,
and petroleum exploration
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Computer Applications
Manufacturin
Government g
-E-filing Science -Robots
-Biometric
devices