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WORKING OF A COMPUTER
Understand this example,
Input Process Output
2, 3, + 2 + 3 5
Numbers,
Addition Result
Instruction
Computers works on the Input-Process-Output cycle, also known as the IPO cycle.
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
You have learnt that a computer works on the principle of Input, Process and Output.
Let us explore these in more detail.
Input
Input means giving instructions to the computer using numbers, letters, or symbols.
We use input devices, like the keyboard and mouse to do this.
Keyboard Mouse
Process
After the computer gets the input, it uses the
Central Processing Unit (CPU) to work on it. The
CPU is like the brain of the computer and does all
the calculations.
Output CPU Box CPU
Output is the result we see after the
computer has processed the information.
We see this result on output devices
like the monitor and printer. With this,
we understand that a computer is an
electronic machine that takes in input,
Monitor Printer
processes it, and then shows us the result.
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