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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 the 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

                  Human needs 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.



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