Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc The World of Computers Chapter 1
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc For Cyberphobia InputOutputHardwareSoftwarePrograms Computer Competency
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Computer’s Strengths Speed Speed Accuracy Accuracy Consistency Consistency Reliability Reliability Memory Capability Memory Capability
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Computer Usage Communication Communication Science, Research, & Engineering Science, Research, & Engineering Education & Reference Education & Reference Computer-Aided Design Computer-Aided Design Entertainment & Edutainment Entertainment & Edutainment
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Powerful graphics software
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Computers as diagnostic and monitoring tools
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Multimedia presentations for recording text, video and audio (courtroom depositions)
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Computers as recreational devices
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc The Computer Revolution Personal Computers PCs BBSs N I I Information Superhighway
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Early mass production in the auto industry
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Computer Systems Personal Computer Workstation Midsize Mainframe MainframeSupercomputer
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Palmtop computers
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Executive daytimer with pen input device
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Laptop computing by a real estate agent
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Workstation (software retrieval only as needed)
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Mainframe Computers Enterprise-wide Systems Enterprise-wide Systems Host Computer VDT or Terminal Input/Output-Bound Applications Minicomputers Minicomputers Supercomputers Supercomputers Processor-Bound Applications
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Networked environment for business computing
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Mainframe computing
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Super computing (Cray T3E-900) (1 trillion operations per second)
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Supercomputer simulation of impact of titanium golf club head and ball
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Basic Computerese Processor
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Basic Computerese Processor Computer System
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Basic Computerese Processor Computer System Monitor (Soft Copy)
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Basic Computerese Processor Computer System Monitor (Soft Copy) Printer (Hard Copy)
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Basic Computerese Processor Computer System Monitor (Soft Copy) Printer (Hard Copy) Keyboard
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Basic Computerese Processor Computer System Monitor (Soft Copy) Printer (Hard Copy) KeyboardMouse UNFAIR!
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Basic Computerese Processor Computer System Monitor (Soft Copy) Printer (Hard Copy) KeyboardMouseChipsRAM Integrated Circuits
Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Specialized multimedia and communication devices
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Copyright Prentice-Hall, Inc Computers can.... Input/Output Operations Input/Output Operations Processing Operations Processing Operations Computational Operations PAY = HOURS_WORKED * PAY_RATE PAY = HOURS_WORKED * PAY_RATE Logic Operations IF HOURS_WORKED > 40 THEN PAY_OVERTIME
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