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The meaning of the word "COMPUTER"

Common

Operating

Machine

Purposely

Used for

Training

Education and

Research

That is the meaning of computer

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A computer is also called a processor. It is an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations.

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Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations.Compare analog computer, digital computer....(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/computer)

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computer is an electronic devices which takes input from external device like keyboard and processess the input through cpu and display the result on output devices like monitor,lcd.

A digital computer is composed of the following units:

  • Arithmetic Logic Unit - manipulates data
  • Memory Unit - stores data & instructions
  • Sequencer Control Unit - fetches & decodes instructions, controls other units
  • Input/Output Unit(s) - transfers data & instructions into and out of the computer

The exact operation of these units varies depending on the architecture of a given computer.

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A computer is a general purpose device which can be programmed to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of problem. The essential point of a computer is to implement an idea, the terms of which are satisfied by Alan Turing's Universal Turing machine.

Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit that can change the order of operations based on stored information. Peripheral devices allow information to be retrieved from an external source, and the result of operations saved.

A computer's processing unit executes a series of instructions that make it read, manipulate and then store data. Conditional instructions change the sequence of instructions as a function of the current state of the machine or its environment.

In order to interact with such a machine, programmers and engineers developed the concept of a user interface in order to accept input from humans and return results for human consumption.

The first electronic digital computers were developed between 1940 and 1945 in the United Kingdom and United States. Originally, they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers (PCs).[1] In this era mechanical analog computers were used for military applications.

Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space.[2] Simple computers are small enough to fit into mobile devices, and mobile computers can be powered by small batteries. Personal computers in their various forms are icons of the Information Age and are what most people think of as "computers". However, the embedded computers found in many devices from mp3 players to fighter aircraft and from toys to industrial robots are the most numerous.

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According to an English dictionary it is an electonic machine that stores and procceses information

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Anything that has a GUI, Graphical User Interphase which is anything that lets you interact with the device

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