Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Priyanka Sharma and Harsad Bhadka Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 184 ISBN: 9783848485420
Описание
Computer Maintenance & Peripherals. Introduction the word “Computer” comes from the word “Compute”. Compute means to calculate, so computer consider being a calculative device, but nowadays uses of computer in more than 80% of different areas that are not related to arithmetic calculations. So, computer is not merely calculative device. A computer is an electronic device that manipulating data according to a list of instructions. Computers take numerous physical forms. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers. Today, computers can be made small enough to fit into a wrist watch and be powered from a watch battery. Society has come to recognize personal computers and their portable equivalent, the laptop computer, as icons of the information age; they are what most people think of as "a computer". However, the most common form of computer in use today is by far the embedded computer. Embedded...