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digital electronic device
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combines hardware and software to accept the input of data, process and store the data, and produce some useful output.
-store and process bits electronically |
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-represents data with 1's and 0's
-8 bits is a byte
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-process of transferring data into 1's and 0's (bits) |
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| tangible comparment versus eletrictronic instructions |
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-tangible: hardware
-instructions: software |
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-data
-items stored on a digital electronics device (text and values)
-information
-data organized and presented in a manner that provides value to the user: documents, graphs, music, photos
Computers provide value to people by transforming data into info |
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| digitcal technology metrics |
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-kilo: thousand
-mega: million
-giga: billion
-tera: trillion
-peta: quadtrillion
-exa: quintrillion |
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-computer type, processor, and operating system |
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| types of general purpose computers, and level of power (lowest to highest) |
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-personal computer
-workstation
-server
-supercomputer |
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| four types of general personal computers |
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-desktop computer
-laptop
-tablet pc
-smartphone |
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nTelecommunications are communications that take place electronically over a distance.
nA computer network is a telecommunications network that connects two or more computers for data communications.
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