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PDA

                                    Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a handheld computer that has a touchscreen
                                    and allows us to organise our daily routine works like schedules, calendars
                                    and address book information. It functions as a personal information
                                    manager. It also has a pen-like stylus which allows us to give input. It can
                        PDA         also accept handwritten input directly from the touchscreen.


                  Smartwatch

                  A smartwatch  is a  computing  device  that  you  can  wear  on  your  wrist.  It
                  provides the features of an older watch and some advanced features of a
                  smartphone, like connecting to the internet, using mobile apps, making phone
                  calls, etc. Many smartwatches are connected to a smartphone that notifies
                  the  user  of  incoming  calls,  messages  and  notifications  from  applications.     Smartwatch

                  Some smartwatches can even make phone calls.

                                              Gaming Console

                                              Gaming console, also called a video game console, is a computing
                                              device specially designed to play video games. It is a small, portable
                                              self-contained  video  game  console  with  a  built-in  screen,  game

                                              controls and speakers. We can connect the gaming console with the
                        Gaming Console
                                              television to play games on television. Some commonly used examples
                                              of  gaming  consoles  are  Sony  Playstation,  Nintendo  GameCube,
                                              Nintendo Wii, etc.
                                                                                              #Digital Literacy

                       Let’s CatCh Up


                    Fill in the blanks.
                    1.  .......................... refers to a computer that provides the functionality of both an analog and
                       a digital computer.
                    2.  .......................... is a portable digital computer is smaller than a laptop computer.

                    3. .......................... are the largest and fastest of all types of computers.



                   i +  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 perform operations. The language
                  that is required by a computer to communicate with its users is called computer language. This
                  is also known as a programming language.
                  A computer language is a medium by which instructions are transmitted to the computer to
                  perform a specific task.  It is a set of words, symbols and rules used to write computer programs.



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