10:50 AM 8/24/2006 A COMBINATION OF RELTED ELEMENTS(HARDWARE AND SOFTWRE) WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL.cOMPUTER SYSTEMTANGILBE PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE SEEN AND TOUCHED. HARD DISK.THE INTANGIBLE INSTRUCTIONS THAT TELL THE COMPUTER WHAT TO DO . SOFTWARE.A HARDWARE DEVICE WHICH ENABLES THE COMPUTER TO ACCPECT DATA.AN electronic device that accpets data, perfomrs computations, and makes logical decisions according to instructions and data that have been given to it and tha produces meaning ful information in a form useful to humans. computera hardware device that processes data into meaningful information.a hardware device that permits the storage of data.a hardware device that reports processed informtaion in a form tht humans can understand.a series of detailed, step-by-step intructions that tell the computer precisely what actionsto perform.a program that contacts the computers circuitry and hardware devices.a program thatinstructs the computer to perform a specific, userdefined taks. application program.data that enters the computer.useful information that leaves the computer.activity that takes place in the computers processor, where detailed instructions tell the cmputer processor, where detailed instructions tell the computer what should be done to the data to produce the desired informtaion.data from a source doucument that is fed into the computer for processingforms that become the source of the data entered into the computer for processingforms tht become the source of the data entered into the computers input device.knowledge of some fact or circumstance that is givein or recived.the process of sharing information between humans and computers. information/ data program.the technologic process that enables an enitre microprocessor to occupy the space of a tiny chip no larger than the size of your fingertip.term(s) used to identify conputers in which thier computation and input/output processing cPABUILITIE ARE SUCH THAT THEY CaN BE USED FOR almost anytype of application.General- purpose computers.didgital,voice,and video communication access through computer controlled telephones and televisions to any information resource anywhere in the world. the internet clock speed of a computer neasured i nmillionths of a second.Megahertizbuisness that use computer to store huge amounts of informtaion, hten make acces to these computers and the stored information avaieble for personal use. inoformtaion utilities.a communications network that covers a limited geographic area.a physically structured network of computers around the world. 11:20 AM 8/24/2006

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