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01  Basic architecture of a computer

Summary

  • A computer is an electronic machine which can accept data in a certain form, process the data according to a set of instructions known as a program and give the results of the processing in a specified format.

  • A computer system consists of two parts - hardware and software.

  • There are three basic hardware sections - central processing unit (CPU), consisting of a control unit and the arithmetic logic unit (ALU), main memory and peripherals (input devices, output devices and storage devices).


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