Beginning terms
The physical parts of the computer.
Hardware
Stores results
Storage
consists of a keyboard
and a screen so it can be considered an
an input device, especially some of the
specialized types.
Register terminal
is the thinking that the computer does - the calculations, comparisons, and decisions.
Processing
one billion bytes
Gigabyte
The programs (instructions) that tell the computer what to do.
Software
Processing data
Processing
Sound Input, Voice Input, Microphones, Video Input, Digital Cameras, Video Cameras, and WebCam are all examples of what input?
Multimedia
Numbers that are written with just 0 and 1.
one quadrillion bytes
Petabyte
individual facts like first name, price, quantity ordered.
Data
Produces output
Output
The input of data in computers through
electronic means.
Data automation
The part of the computer on the inside where
work gets done.
Central Processing Unit
one quintillion bytes
Exabyte
Data which has been massaged into a useful form, like a complete mailing address
Accepts data
Input
This software
takes a scanned image and converts the
characters in the image into the computer
characters.
Optical Character Recognition:
One round of steps from getting an instruction back to get the next instruction.
Machine Cycle
one sextillion bytes
Zettabyte
An electronic device that executes the instructions in a program.
Computer
Input, Processing, Output, Storage are part of what cycle
The information Processing cyle
Hand-held or fixed
devices that can read the bar codes on
packages.
Bar-Code Scanner
translate it into
computer commands
Decode
one septillion bytes
Yottabyte