This document is an introductory chapter about computing. It defines computing as any goal-oriented activity that benefits from computers. Computing includes tasks like designing hardware and software, processing information, and using computers for research and intelligent systems. The main subfields of computing are described as computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information technology, and information systems. The chapter then provides a brief overview of the history of computing from early tools like the abacus to modern computers. It defines a computer as a machine that can follow instruction programs to manipulate data, and notes that computation requires both hardware and software working together.
This document is an introductory chapter about computing. It defines computing as any goal-oriented activity that benefits from computers. Computing includes tasks like designing hardware and software, processing information, and using computers for research and intelligent systems. The main subfields of computing are described as computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information technology, and information systems. The chapter then provides a brief overview of the history of computing from early tools like the abacus to modern computers. It defines a computer as a machine that can follow instruction programs to manipulate data, and notes that computation requires both hardware and software working together.
This document is an introductory chapter about computing. It defines computing as any goal-oriented activity that benefits from computers. Computing includes tasks like designing hardware and software, processing information, and using computers for research and intelligent systems. The main subfields of computing are described as computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information technology, and information systems. The chapter then provides a brief overview of the history of computing from early tools like the abacus to modern computers. It defines a computer as a machine that can follow instruction programs to manipulate data, and notes that computation requires both hardware and software working together.
This document is an introductory chapter about computing. It defines computing as any goal-oriented activity that benefits from computers. Computing includes tasks like designing hardware and software, processing information, and using computers for research and intelligent systems. The main subfields of computing are described as computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information technology, and information systems. The chapter then provides a brief overview of the history of computing from early tools like the abacus to modern computers. It defines a computer as a machine that can follow instruction programs to manipulate data, and notes that computation requires both hardware and software working together.
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Introduction to
Computing Introduction to Computing
CHAPTER # 1 What is Computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity which benefits from computers Computing is the study of how computers and computer systems work and how they are constructed and programmed Computing includes designing and building hardware and software systems processing, structuring and managing various kinds of information doing scientific research on and with computers making computer systems behave intelligently creating and using communications and entertainment media etc
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What is Computing Its primary aspects of theory, systems and applications are drawn from the disciplines of Technology Design Engineering Mathematics
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Subfields of Computing
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Subfields of Computing Computer science (CS) or computing science It is the scientific and practical approach to computation and its applications Software engineering (SE) It is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the design, development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software Computer engineering (CE) It is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems Information technology (IT) It is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise Information systems (IS) It is the study of complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create, and distribute data
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History of Computing The history of computing is longer than the history of computing hardware and modern computing technology It includes the history of methods intended for pen and paper or for chalk and slate, with or without the aid of tables The earliest known tool for use in computation was the abacus (invented in Babylon circa 2400 BC) Calculators were also a popular computation tool used in recent centuries
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Modern Day Computing Modern day computing is usually performed with the help of computers A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions called a computer program A computer program provides instructions to the computer hardware
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What is a Computer Computer is a Latin word which means to compute It is a calculation machine to perform computations and to make logical decisions millions / billions times faster than human beings Computer is an electronic device used for information processing A computer is, at its most basic, a machine which can take instructions, and perform computations based on those instructions and give results Computer is an electronic machine made with many subunits that enables the user to access data easily A computation on a computer is performed on the basis of two main entities i.e. hardware and software
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Computer Software Software is a collection of computer programs and related data that provides the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it e.g. Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Windows Software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system Software cannot be touched
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Computer Hardware Computer hardware is the collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system It encompasses the physical interconnections and devices required to store and execute (or run) the software It refers to the physical parts or components of a computer such as monitor, keyboard, storage, hard drive disk, mouse, printers, CPU, memory, motherboard, graphic card, sound card, and other chips It contains physical objects that can be actually touched
