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CONTENT
• Introduction
• Hardware and Software
• Software
• Computers Characteristics
• Generations of Computers
• Categories of Computers
• Applications of Computers
• Input → Process → Output (IPO)
• Computer ports and cables

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 INTRODUCTION

• A computer is a machine that accepts data as input, processes that data using
programs and outputs the processed data as information.
• Initially, computers were developed to perform mathematical operations, but
later on, they were used to store the result of those operations, which with the
time leads to the storage of other data or information.

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• Data is a collection of unprocessed facts, figures, and symbols.
e.g. Ram, age, 32, years, old
• Information is a processed form of data. It is organized, meaningful, and
useful.
e.g. Ram is 32 years old. Or Ram’s age is 32 years.

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• A computer can be defined as an advanced electronic device that takes raw

data as input from the user. It uses a set of instructions (called program) to
process the data and give the result (output). The result can be used
immediately or saved for future use.

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 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

• In the process of converting data to information, a computer uses hardware and software. At
the simplest level, all computers consist of these two basic components; the hardware and the
software.

• Hardware is any part of the computer that has a physical structure that can be seen and
touched, though some may be so tiny that they are invisible to the naked eye.

• Software is the instruction set that tells the computer how to perform tasks. Software is
intangible i.e., that cannot be seen and touched, but its effect is clearly defined.

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• Hardware components are classified into following categories:

• Input Devices
• Output Devices
• Storage Devices

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INPUT DEVICES
• Input devices are the devices that allow a user to enter data
and instructions into a computer such as keyboard, mouse,
microphone, scanner, trackball, joystick, graphics tablet and
digital camera.
Or
• An input device is a piece of hardware used to provide data
to a computer used for interaction and control. It allows
input of raw data to the computer for processing.

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INPUT DEVICES
The various functions of input devices are:
• They accept data and instructions from the user.
• They convert these instructions and data from human readable form to
machine readable form.
• They supply the converted instructions and data to the CPU for further
processing.

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OUTPUT DEVICES
• Output devices are used to display the result or
information to the user through monitor or VDUs,
LCDs, printers, plotters and speakers.
Or
• An output device is a piece of computer hardware
that receives data from a computer and then
translates that data into another form. That form
may be audio, visual, textual, or hard copy such as a
printed document.

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OUTPUT DEVICES
The various functions of output devices are:
• It accepts the results produced by the computer which is in the
coded form or machine readable form.
• It converts these coded results into human readable form.
• It supplies the converted results to the user.

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The key distinction between an input device and an output device is

that an input device sends data to the computer, whereas an output
device receives data from the computer.

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STORAGE DEVICES
Storage devices are the devices which are used to retrieved from and
saved to the data and information such as hard drives, memory sticks
(pen drives), compact discs, DVDs and tape drives.
Or
A storage device is a piece of computer hardware used for saving,
carrying and pulling out data. It can keep and retain information short-
term or long-term.

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STORAGE DEVICES
1. Floppy disks were developed in late 1960s. A floppy disk is
made up of a circular thin plastic jacket coated with magnetic
material. Its outer cover which is a hard plastic protects this plastic
disk. It can hold 1.44 MB data. Nowadays, these disks are outdated.

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STORAGE DEVICES
2. Hard Disk is made up of a metal disk and coated with a metal oxide used to store
bulk of data. These disks can store more information than floppy disks, up to tens or
hundreds of gigabytes.
• An internal hard drive is the main storage device in a computer.
• An external hard drive is also known as removable hard drive. It is used to store
portable data and backups.

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STORAGE DEVICES
(HARD DISK)

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STORAGE DEVICES
3. Compact Disk – Read Only Memory or CD-ROM is a read only or read-write disk. It can store
large amount of data which can be distributed to large number of users. It is inexpensive and fast,
but its access time is longer than that of magnetic disk.
• There are two types of CDs:
• CD-R and CD-RW.
✓ CD-R stands for Compact Disk – Recordable which can store 700 MB of data, but only once.
✓CD-RW stands for Compact Disk – ReWriteable which can read, write and erase data as many
times.

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STORAGE DEVICES
4. DVD, short for Digital Versatile Disc, is an optical storage disc
similar to CD-ROM, as this is double sided with dual layer disc and can
hold 4.7 GB of data.

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STORAGE DEVICES
5. Blue-Ray Disks are used to store more than 25 GB of data with a
very high speed in less amount of time. A single layer of BD can store
13 hours of video where as double layer BD can store more than 20
hours of video.

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STORAGE DEVICES
6. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. It is a portable memory device which
is used to store data that needs to be transferred to the other device using USB
port of the system.
• Also known as a thumb drive, pen drive, flash-drive, memory stick, jump
drive, and USB stick.
• Flash memory is generally more efficient and reliable than optical media,
being smaller, faster, and possessing much greater storage capacity, as well
as being more durable due to a lack of moving parts.

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STORAGE DEVICES
7. Memory Card or flash memory card is a memory device. It is used as
an easy, fast and reliable medium to store and transfer data from one
device to the other. It is used in digital cameras, game consoles, mobile
phones etc.

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CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT)
• The system unit is the box that protects the internal electronic components
from damage. It contains the central processing unit (CPU)and memory. The
CPU interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer.
Memory is where data and instructions areheld.

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CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT)
• The heart of the computer system is the processor unit. It
consists of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) which
executes most computer operations (arithmetic and logical)
and the Control Unit which acts as the nerve centre that
sends control signal to all other units.

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CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT)
• The control unit and ALU are usually many times faster than other
devices connected to a computer system. This enables a single
processor to control a number of external devices such as video
terminals, magnetic tapes, disk memories, sensors, displays and
mechanical controllers, since they are much slower than the
processor.

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MEMORY
• There are two categories of memory:
• Primary memory and
• Secondary memory (or external memory).

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MEMORY
Primary Memory is very fast as data and programs must be in the
primary memory for execution. Random Access Memory (RAM) and
Read Only Memory (ROM) are both primary memory.

Pen drive

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MEMORY
• Random Access Memory refers to memory that can be selected and
used randomly. The information stored here disappears the very moment
the machine is turned off. It is also referred to as volatile memory.
• Read Only Memory is permanently built into the computer at the time
of production. The information from this memory can only be read and it
is not possible to write fresh information into it. It permanently stores a
set of instructions which instructs the computer how to work. After we
switch on the computer, it uses instructions stored here to carry out a
series of tasks automatically, before we can actually use the computer.

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MEMORY
• Secondary Memory or Auxiliary Memory: The content on the
RAM is erased when electric power is switched off. So, it becomes
necessary to store this data for future use, somewhere else. Since,
primary storage is expensive too; we need a relatively cheaper form
of backup storage which can store vast quantities of information.
Thus, Secondary Memory devices become an important part of the
computer.

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UNITS OF MEMORY
• Memory, storage, files and folder sizes are all measured in bytes.
Computers work in the base 2 system, also called binary number
system, using only the digits 0 and 1.
• A single numeric value using either 0 or 1 is called a bit.
• A sequence of ‘bits’ make a byte.
• Usually eight bits make a byte (sometimes it could be sixteen, thirtytwo
or even sixty four). Bits are grouped into bytes to increase the efficiency
of the computer.

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UNITS OF MEMORY
• For large capacities, the terms Kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB),
terabyte (TB) and Petabyte (PB) are used.
1 bit = 0 or 1
1 nibble = 4 bits
1 byte = 8 bits
1 KB = 1024 bytes
1 MB = 1024 KB
1 GB = 1024 MB
1 TB = 1024 GB
1 PB = 1024 TB

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 COMPUTER AND IT’S COMPONENTS
1. Which part of the computer shows you information from the
computer?
2. Which part of the computer is the brain of the computer?
3. Which computer part can you point and click with?
4. How big is megabyte?
5. Memory that loses its contents when power is lost?
6. What are the two kinds of main memory?

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7. Which one is the secondary memory device?
a. CPU
b. ALU
c. Floppy disk
d. Mouse
8. What are the two basic types of memory that your computer uses?
a. RAM/ROM
b. RW/RAM
c. ROM
d. ERAM
9. A secondary storage device is? Another name for secondary storage device is?
10. The primary storage device for computer is the ?

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