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The document discusses computers, describing how they have evolved from early mechanical devices to modern digital electronic computers. It details how computers progressed from specialized machines for calculations to general purpose devices powering the internet and powering a wide range of consumer and industrial products. The document also provides an overview of the typical components of a modern computer.

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The document discusses computers, describing how they have evolved from early mechanical devices to modern digital electronic computers. It details how computers progressed from specialized machines for calculations to general purpose devices powering the internet and powering a wide range of consumer and industrial products. The document also provides an overview of the typical components of a modern computer.

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A computer is a machine that can

be programmed to automatically carry


out sequences of arithmetic or logical
operations (computatioFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFn).
Modern digital electronic computers can perform
generic sets of operations known as programs.
These programs enable computers to perform a
wide range of tasks. The term computer
system may refer to a nominally complete
computer that includes the hardware, operating
system, software, and peripheral equipment
needed and used for full operation; or to a group of
computers that are linked and function together,
such as a computer network or computer cluster.
A broad range of industrial and consumer
products use computers as control systems,
including simple special-purpose devices
like microwave ovens and remote controls, and
factory devices like industrial robots. Computers
are at the core of general-purpose devices such
as personal computers and mobile
devices suFFFFFFFFFFFFFFch as smartphones.
Computers power the Internet, which links billions
of computers and users.
Early computers were meant to be used only for
calculations. Simple manual instruments like
the abacus have aided people in doing
calculations since ancient times. Early in
the Industrial Revolution, some mechanical
devices were built to automate long, tedious tasks,
such as guiding patterns for looms. More
sophisticated electrical machines did
specialized analog calculations in the early 20th
century. The first digital electronic calculating
machines were developed during World War II,
both electromechanical and using thermionic
valves. The first semiconductor transistors in the
late 1940s were followed by the silicon-
based MOSFET (MOS transistor) and monolithic
integrated circuit chip technologies in the late
1950s, leading to the microprocessor and
the microcomputer revolution in the 1970s. The
speed, power, and versatility of computers have
been increasing dramatically ever since then,
with transistor couFFFFFFFFFFFFFnts increasing
at a rapid pace (Moore's law noted that counts
doubled every two years), leading to the Digital
Revolution during the late 20th to early 21st
centuries.
Conventionally, a modern
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDcomputer consists of at
least one processing element, typically a central
processing unit (CPU) in the form of
a microprocessor, together with some type
of computer memory, typically semiconductor
memory chips. The processing element carries out
arithmetic and logical operations, and a
sequencing and control unit can change the order
of operations in response to stored information.
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devices include input devices (keyboards,
mice, joystick, etc.), output devices (monitor
screens, printers, etc.), and input/output
devices that perform both functions (e.g., the
2000s-era touchscreen). Peripheral devices allow
information to be retrieved from an external source
and they enable the result of operations to be
saved and retrieved.
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