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Characteristics, Capabilities And Limitations Of Computers

COMPUTER

Characteristics of computer
A programmable machine. The two principal characteristics of a computer are:
• It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner.
• It can execute a prerecorded list of instructions (a program).
Modern computers are electronic and digital. The actual machinery -- wires, transistors, and circuits -- is called hardware; the instructions and data are called software.
All general-purpose computers require the following hardware components:
• memory : Enables a computer to store, at least temporarily, data and programs.
• mass storage device : Allows a computer to...

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