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Thursday, July 8, 2010

characteristics of computer


Computers are not merely a calculate but are programmable calculation which help to reduce on human memory and burden of mechanical processing . all computers have many comman characterics .

word size or length refers to the number of the CPU can manipulate at one time . it is based on the size of the registers in the CPU and the number of data lines in the data bus . in other words , it is the native unit of storage on a particular machine .

Computers can do calculation at a very fast rate . it can even perfom very complex calculation that human beings may not be able to do . the speed of computer measured in terms of fraction of second. A computers system can store a great amount of information in it . any data or information stored in its memory can be retrived any time and at lighting speed.

A compouter is a versatile machine . compputer has the ability to communicate with others systems and adopt several modes like audio , visual , graphics ,user - friendly .

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