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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a handheld computer that has a
touchscreen and allows us to organize our daily routine tasks like schedules,
calendars and address book information. It also has a pen-like stylus which
allows us to give input. It can also accept handwritten input directly from the
touchscreen.
Smart Watch Who developed the first video game?
A smart watch is a computing device that can be worn on your wrist. It provides
features of an older watch and some advanced features of a smartphone like
connecting to the Internet, using mobile apps, making phone calls, etc.
Gaming Consoles
Gaming console, also called a video game console, is a computing
device specially designed to play video games. We can connect the
gaming console with the television to play games on television. Some
commonly used examples of gaming consoles are Sony Playstation,
Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, etc.
1. What is a microprocessor?
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uiz Bee 2. Write any two examples of embedded computers.
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DEVICES OF A COMPUTER
As you know, a computer works in three steps: input process output.
Input is any data or instruction entered into a computer. The input devices help us enter data
and give commands to the computer.
Process refers to the work done by the computer with the help of the processor.
Output refers to the result that has been processed by the CPU.
We use different devices for each step. Let us learn about these devices in detail.
INPUT DEVICES
We have already read about some of the commonly used input devices in earlier classes. Let us
now learn about a few more here.
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