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Visualizing Technology
Chapter One: What Is A Computer?
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Computer Networking
Undergraduate 1
10/01/2012

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The Information Processing Cycle
Definition

Input.

Process.

Storage.

Output. 

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Input
Definition
Data is collected from customers who submit a form on a site.
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Process
Definition
The data is then manipulated, or processed, so it can be used to evaluate the customer's needs.
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Storage
Definition
The raw data is stored temporarily until it can be processed. The processed information is stored for later retrieval. 
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Output
Definition
The processed raw data - now information - is output as reports and charts that managers can use to help make decisions. 
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Original Computers were...
Definition
People
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Jacquard Loom 
Definition

- The first machine to use punched cards.

 

- was revolutionary because it used the idea of a machine having the ability to follow an algorithm. 

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Analytical Engine
Definition

-Designed by Charles Babbage

 

- Ada Lovelace wrote a program for Analytical Engine to calcuate a series of numbers. 

 

- Never actually built because the technology required didn't exist. 

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First Generation 
Definition
Vacuum Tubes
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Vacuum Tubes
Definition

-resembled incandescent light bulbs

 

- Gave off heat and were unreliable.

 

- Major characteristic of First Generations

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