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Hello! This is my first blog here. I am Albert Samaniego, an Engineering Student from De La Salle Canlubang and my current interest is about computers. Because this is my current interest, I will write a blog about it but this is just an excerpt from a book. Therefore, here it is.

Computers

According to the author of the book, every computer has three fundamental characteristics.

Speed – “…provide the processing speed to our fast paced society…”

Reliability – “Computers are extremely reliable…most errors supposedly made by computers are really human errors.”

Storage Capability – “…can store tremendous amounts of data which can be located and retrieve efficiently…”


According also to the author, computers have many uses. They are widely used in Education, Graphics, Retailing, Energy, Law Enforcement, Money, Agriculture, Government, at Home, on Medicine, Robotics, Human Connection, in Science, Connectivity, Training and Paperwork.

Computers have also three main components. According to the author:

“A computer system has three main components: hardware, software and people. The Equipment associated with a computer is called hardware. A set of instructions called software tells the computer what to do…”





Ref: Capron, H.L. and Johnson, J.A.(2003). Computers: tools for an Information Age.
Jurong, Singapore. Pearson Education (Asia) Pte Ltd