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book New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2014 16th Edition by June Jamrich Parsons,Dan Oja cover

New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2014 16th Edition by June Jamrich Parsons,Dan Oja

Edition 16ISBN: 978-1285097688
book New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2014 16th Edition by June Jamrich Parsons,Dan Oja cover

New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2014 16th Edition by June Jamrich Parsons,Dan Oja

Edition 16ISBN: 978-1285097688
Exercise 1
Suppose that you walk into an office and see the devices pictured to the right. You would probably assume that they are the screen, keyboard, and mouse for a(n)
Suppose that you walk into an office and see the devices pictured to the right. You would probably assume that they are the screen, keyboard, and mouse for a(n)     computer, workstation, or server. computer, workstation, or server.
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Personal computer
A computer is electronic devices which takes input signal from user, process the signal and give result or response according to input. Generally a computer consists of three things: input device (like keyboard, mouse), CPU and output device (screen).
According to size, cost and capability computer is classified into personal computer, workstation, server and super computer.
A Personal computer is microprocessor based general-purpose computer which fulfill the basic computing need of person. It is very useful for the user with respect to its sizing and cost.
This computer is embedded with operating system having following qualities that is- Interactive, User friendly, Time sharing, Multiprocessing and Multiple user.
Therefore, the appropriate word to fill in the blank is Personal.
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