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MIND MAPS

                 A Mind Map is a tool that allows us to organise ideas, thoughts or concepts and their relationship
                 in a graphical manner.

                 After the brainstorming  session  is over,  we structure  the ideas  and information,  and their
                 relationship using Mind Maps. In this technique, we pick up the ideas that have common features.
                 These ideas are then grouped under one category, and the different categories are linked to the
                 main topic using lines or arrows. Let us draw a Mind Map for Computer:
                                                                                               Railway Station
                                                                                                 and Airport
                          Hardware
                                                                                                    Hospitals
                        Software                                                                     Homes
                                                                           Uses of Computer          School



                                           Parts of Computer



                                                               Computer




                                               Types of Computers              Cost of Computers

                     Main Frame Computers
                       Micro Computers
                      Super Computers                                                             Comparing Prices





                           COMPUTER LANGUAGES

                 Humans need a common language to communicate with each other. Similarly, computers need

                 a  language  to  communicate  with  its  user, take  instructions,  and  to  perform operations.  The
                 language that is required by a computer is called computer language. This is also known as a
                 programming language.
                 It is a set of words, symbols and codes that the computer can understand. There are a number of
                 programming languages worldwide. Computer languages are classified into two major categories:

                 Low-level language and High-level language.

                 LOW-LEVEL LANGUAGE

                 Low-level language  is a programming  language that deals with the computer’s  hardware
                 components.  It is machine-dependent.  A set  of low-level  language  instructions  written  for  a
                 particular type of computer will not work on a computer with a different design. These languages

                 are also known as computers’ native languages. There are two categories of low-level languages:


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